[pfSense-discussion] happy IPv6 day

2011-06-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
This being the World IPv6 day, I enabled IPv6 on three pfSense instances, using the excellent http://iserv.nl/files/pfsense/ipv6/ (thanks, Seth!) without problems. -- Eugen* Leitl http://leitl.org";>leitl http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07

[pfSense-discussion] Disk-based Backup

2011-06-08 Thread Odhiambo Washington
I have decided that my pfSense PC will have two disks - ad4 and ad6 as they are now. I'd like to backup ad4 to ad6 every weekend - automated using dump. Is this the stupid way of doing it? I have a feeling that someone would tell me that, but imagine if the disk crashed and I wanted to be up and

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Disk-based Backup

2011-06-08 Thread Jim Pingle
On 6/8/2011 1:50 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > I have decided that my pfSense PC will have two disks - ad4 and ad6 as > they are now. > I'd like to backup ad4 to ad6 every weekend - automated using dump. > > Is this the stupid way of doing it? > > I have a feeling that someone would tell me th

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Disk-based Backup

2011-06-08 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 20:56, Jim Pingle wrote: > On 6/8/2011 1:50 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > I have decided that my pfSense PC will have two disks - ad4 and ad6 as > > they are now. > > I'd like to backup ad4 to ad6 every weekend - automated using dump. > > > > Is this the stupid way of

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Disk-based Backup

2011-06-08 Thread Bao Ha
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jim Pingle wrote: > On 6/8/2011 1:50 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > I have decided that my pfSense PC will have two disks - ad4 and ad6 as > > they are now. > > I'd like to backup ad4 to ad6 every weekend - automated using dump. > > > > Is this the stupid way

RE: [pfSense-discussion] Disk-based Backup

2011-06-08 Thread Adam Thompson
The main issue with using RAID instead of backups is that it doesn’t protect against corruption, software bugs, or human error. While there are some cases were restoring to last weekend’s known-good state isnt’ adequate or appropriate, those are few and far between. OTOH, if a new RC build, fo

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Disk-based Backup

2011-06-08 Thread Jim Pingle
On 6/8/2011 2:04 PM, Bao Ha wrote: > How is ataraid ("fake" raid) compared to gmirror? > > I think the main disadvantage of ataraid is that it is tied to a > specific chipset. It is difficult to recover the disk if moved to a > different systemboard. But, for redundant purposes of a firewall, you

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Disk-based Backup

2011-06-08 Thread Jim Pingle
On 6/8/2011 2:32 PM, Adam Thompson wrote: > The main issue with using RAID instead of backups is that it doesn’t > protect against corruption, software bugs, or human error. While there > are some cases were restoring to last weekend’s known-good state isnt’ > adequate or appropriate, those are fe

Re: [pfSense-discussion] happy IPv6 day

2011-06-08 Thread Chris Buechler
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > This being the World IPv6 day, I enabled IPv6 on three pfSense > instances, using the excellent http://iserv.nl/files/pfsense/ipv6/ > (thanks, Seth!) without problems. > Works nicely indeed. Lots of pieces remaining to complete but what's the

Re: [pfSense-discussion] happy IPv6 day

2011-06-08 Thread Chris Buechler
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Chris Buechler wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: >> >> This being the World IPv6 day, I enabled IPv6 on three pfSense >> instances, using the excellent http://iserv.nl/files/pfsense/ipv6/ >> (thanks, Seth!) without problems. >> > > Works n