Can BackupPC's data pool (/var/lib/BackupPC) be a CIFS mount, or must it be
a block device? I'm thinking it requires a block device due to the
hardlinks/inodes BackupPC depends on, and I'm not sure that a cifs-mounted
folder gives you that ability.
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Bryan Keadle (.net)
bkea...@keadle.net wrote:
Can BackupPC's data pool (/var/lib/BackupPC) be a CIFS mount, or must it be
a block device? I'm thinking it requires a block device due to the
hardlinks/inodes BackupPC depends on, and I'm not sure that a
Thanks for your reply. Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not necessary
those small ones - using this Drobo
B800fshttp://www.drobo.com/products/business/b800fs/index.php.
So NFS would be a protocol-based option for the data pool? Still, iSCSI
would be best if not DAS?
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012
I think I had a buddy try AoE and found it problematic - not yet ready for
prime time?
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Mike ispbuil...@gmail.com wrote:
On 12-07-13 01:38 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote:
Thanks for your reply. Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not necessary
those small
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Bryan Keadle (.net)
bkea...@keadle.net wrote:
Thanks for your reply. Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not necessary
those small ones - using this Drobo B800fs. So NFS would be a
protocol-based option for the data pool? Still, iSCSI would be best if not
On 12-07-13 01:38 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote:
Thanks for your reply. Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not
necessary those small ones - using this Drobo B800fs
http://www.drobo.com/products/business/b800fs/index.php. So NFS
would be a protocol-based option for the data pool? Still,
On 12-07-13 01:50 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote:
I think I had a buddy try AoE and found it problematic - not yet ready
for prime time?
I've used it for a variety of things from software RAID to network
booting - no problems here?
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The latency that remote storage adds, particularly at a higher level like NFS
or SMB, can really hurt BackupPC's performance. Besides, it is going to hammer
the daylights out of that remote storage, leaving very little performance for
anybody else.
And while a Drobo is one of the very nicest
What problem are you guys trying to solve by separating the backup PC
processing from the storage? Given back up PCs extremely high storage
requirements, and the demands it places upon that storage, I can't imagine that
you're going to try to share that storage with anybody else. Besides, if
Yes, NFS or iSCSI will work, but it is really a lot cheaper to just
throw some big drives in a linux box.
+1 to that.
And in all the questions you've
asked I don't remember any yet about getting offsite copies of the
archive, which is usually the one hard thing with backuppc that you
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Mike ispbuil...@gmail.com wrote:
On 12-07-13 01:50 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote:
I think I had a buddy try AoE and found it problematic - not yet ready
for prime time?
I've used it for a variety of things from software RAID to network
booting - no
On 07/13 12:59 , Timothy J Massey wrote:
And while a Drobo is one of the very nicest ones, it is still very much a
small NAS box.
BackupPC really wants to be set up on a standalone PC with directly attached
disks.
I've used BackupPC on a Drobo device. Performance sucked compared to local
Michael Stowe wrote at about 10:13:35 -0500 on Wednesday, July 11, 2012:
Naturally, I do lose ACLs and whatnot, but aside from a few tweaks, the
process at least works. I've been considering adding a supplemental ACL
backup to the routine.
In my vshadow script -- shadowmountrsync -- for
Kris Lou wrote at about 09:40:12 -0700 on Wednesday, July 11, 2012:
Naturally, I do lose ACLs and whatnot, but aside from a few tweaks,
the process at least works. I've been considering adding a
supplemental ACL backup to the routine.
That sounds like a useful idea, but
Care to share your shadowmountrsync?
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:48 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote:
Michael Stowe wrote at about 10:13:35 -0500 on Wednesday, July 11, 2012:
Naturally, I do lose ACLs and whatnot, but aside from a few tweaks, the
process at least works. I've been
That's beyond me (code it and submit a patch). Is there not a repository
or a way to submit these to those whom where code it and submit a patch
doesn't frighten?
:-)
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:53 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote:
Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote at about 10:50:46 -0500 on Monday,
It's on the Wiki - a good place to look and answer many basic
questions by the way
Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote at about 14:25:14 -0500 on Friday, July 13, 2012:
Care to share your shadowmountrsync?
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:48 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote:
Michael Stowe wrote at
I don't think you will find many people here willing to code and
submit a patch to satisfy your personal feature requests unless they
happen to need it for themselves. The leader/maintainer of BackupPC is
reportedly focusing all his efforts on a complete rewrite. The rest of
us are here as users
Wow - great posts here - thank you; good information.
I just recently been introduced to BackupPC and I've been pursuing this as
a VM appliance to backup non-critical targets. Thus, as a VM, I would use
remote storage (iSCSI) to provide capacity instead of local virtual disk.
High-value data is
I hear you - I'm not expecting people to serve my personal interests.
But this has been such an active and helpful group, I just thought the
suggestion had merit beyond my personal interest and that someone more
familiar with coding would take interest.
I can't wait to be able to contribute back
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Bryan Keadle (.net) bkea...@keadle.net wrote:
How might one suggest such an enhancement request - a trial run feature
that would show *WHAT* would get backed up, but not actually backup?
I'm not really sure the concept makes sense across the different
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) bkea...@keadle.net wrote:
I just recently been introduced to BackupPC and I've been pursuing this as a
VM appliance to backup non-critical targets. Thus, as a VM, I would use
remote storage (iSCSI) to provide capacity instead of local
Hey again,
Am 05.07.2012 16:10, schrieb Adam Goryachev:
first, I forgot to mention an important detail: we changed from
ext3 to xfs on the 5TB RAID10 array which holds all BackupPC data
during the re-setup.
Am 05.07.2012 15:04, schrieb Adam Goryachev: no, this doesn't seem
to be the
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