Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread Vlad Skvortsov
Robert Huff wrote: I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file server. I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share it with a couple of servers). I'd also like to be able to move backups to an off-site storage, so external HDD won't probably work for me. My

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:06:44PM -0700, Vlad Skvortsov wrote: Robert Huff wrote: I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file server. I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share it with a couple of servers). I'd also like to be able to move backups to an

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread Vlad Skvortsov
Roland Smith wrote: http://www.addonics.com/products/Saturn/aeschd.asp Yep, this looks interesting. However, can you say if there is any significant advantage of this Saturn enclosures over standard ones, besides the cyphering feature? If you want encryption, you can

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread Colin Percival
Robert Huff wrote: Check out Addonics, particularly the Saturn system. I have one of these: http://www.addonics.com/products/Saturn/aeschd.asp I recommend against buying anything from a company which (a) uses DES, (b) describes it as bullet proof protection, or (c) doesn't

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread Garrett Cooper
John Levine wrote: I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file server. I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share it with a couple of servers). I'd also like to be able to move backups to an off-site storage, so external HDD won't probably work for me. My

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread Robert Huff
Vlad Skvortsov writes: http://www.addonics.com/products/Saturn/aeschd.asp Yes, I'm aware of that. I guess my question was: why did you refer to this particular enclosure? Or you just happen to have this one and this is the reason? I happen to have this one; it's possible,

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread Robert Huff
Garrett Cooper writes: Have you also considered tape backup as well as standard disks? Tapes are a bit more expensive, but overall a more static backup / archiving solution than disks. Besides, they're cheaper in the long run from what remember. The problem is: tapes are slow;

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 09:12:11AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: Garrett Cooper writes: Have you also considered tape backup as well as standard disks? Tapes are a bit more expensive, but overall a more static backup / archiving solution than disks. Besides, they're cheaper in the

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-06 Thread John L
Get a couple of 150G USB disks. They work great, you can use dump/restore or just pax -r -w to copy stuff to the disks. Have you also considered tape backup as well as standard disks? I used to use DLT tapes, and I looked at AIT before I decided on disks. The disks have a couple of

backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-05 Thread Vlad Skvortsov
[please CC: me, I'm not on the list] Hi! I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file server. I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share it with a couple of servers). I'd also like to be able to move backups to an off-site storage, so external HDD won't

backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-05 Thread Robert Huff
Vlad Skvortsov writes: I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file server. I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share it with a couple of servers). I'd also like to be able to move backups to an off-site storage, so external HDD won't probably work for

Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server

2007-04-05 Thread John Levine
I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file server. I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share it with a couple of servers). I'd also like to be able to move backups to an off-site storage, so external HDD won't probably work for me. My data size is currently