Re: [Bacula-users] "Airgapping" USB drives used for backup?

2021-12-23 Thread Josh Fisher
On 12/22/21 12:47, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 12/22/21 09:03, Neil Balchin wrote: I’ve been down that road,  yes bacula can certainly be configured to handle that at least on a ’nix system.  Before your get too far though, you should do your own research on the reliability of spinning disk

Re: [Bacula-users] "Airgapping" USB drives used for backup?

2021-12-22 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/22/21 09:03, Neil Balchin wrote: I’ve been down that road, yes bacula can certainly be configured to handle that at least on a ’nix system. Before your get too far though, you should do your own research on the reliability of spinning disk drives (internal or external). They pale in

Re: [Bacula-users] "Airgapping" USB drives used for backup?

2021-12-22 Thread Heitor Faria
> Hi! Hello Anders, > I was pondering this as a lower-cost alternative to tape and wondering if this > is possible? It all depends on your workload. For several TBs, 70 USD per LTO plus the autoloader (Tandberg on Amazon US for 800 USD) can easily be cheaper than a bunch of disks. > Have a

Re: [Bacula-users] "Airgapping" USB drives used for backup?

2021-12-22 Thread Neil Balchin
I’ve been down that road, yes bacula can certainly be configured to handle that at least on a ’nix system. Before your get too far though, you should do your own research on the reliability of spinning disk drives (internal or external). They pale in comparison to Tape. I would include