This is but a single data point, but if others can provide some
additional data, it might help you triangulate what you want.
I'd also recommend 3ware over Areca - I've had 2 bad experiences with
Areca involving data loss - only one of which I could really blame on
the controller, but 3ware ser
For a backupPC server you need to remember that the process is disk
bound, not CPU bound. In my tests, software RAID would be ample for what
you are wanting to put together, and if you have a controller die it is
easy to get another one as the RAID configuration isn't dependant on the
controlle
On 03/14 01:36 , David Rees wrote:
> OS doesn't matter. Pick whatever you are familiar with. As far as OS
> goes, ReiserFS 3 is good because it stores small files very
> efficiently because of it's tail packing feature.
I make sure I turn off tail packing (mount option 'notail') with reiserfs
and
On 3/14/07, John Pettitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It's time to build a new server. My old one (a re-purposed Celeron D
> 2.9Ghz / 768M FreeBSD box with a a 1.5 TB raid on a Highpoint card) has hit
> a wall in both performance and capacity. gstat on FreeBSD shows me that
> the Highpoint
I agree with what Jason wrote, particularly in regards to a 3ware
controller. I also like reiserfs, but for 1.5 Tb a strong case could be made
for XFS or JFS, depending on your standard issues like many small files in
the backup, or fewer larger files.
I would also consider raid 5 or 6. Nothing i
John,
IMO, the point behind BackupPC is to use cheap, easily upgradeable disk
media to make backups available and easy. That kind of steers me in the
direction of several low-end backup servers, either with separate
storage or all sharing a big fat fiber channel NAS. Buying a high end
machin
