garym;662514 Wrote: > As with any forum, don't put too much emphasis on all the "problem" > posts, as people mostly post problems of course. The latest version of > vortexbox (1.10) has one button backup to USB drive and restore to make > that all easier. My reference was to mounting USB drives for basic use > (not backup use). > > This said, of all the computer stuff I've used in the last 30 years, > vortexbox has been the most trouble free. the first 9 months I used it, > it was just on 24/7 in the back Cabinet with not so much as reboot. Then > I did a major upgrade of both the linux system and SbS which required > that I connect a monitor and keyboard. This was just a matter of > entering a few command lines, which were laid out on the website, and > this all worked perfectly, although I did subsequently remove and > install SbS (which was a matter of entering one simple command line and > hitting enter). And the latter problem was a SbS problem I'm almost 99% > sure. And even that issue was solved in about 10 minutes. > > Your mileage may vary, but for me, vortexbox has been a very simple, > plug and play server choice. And I use it for network storage of files > too.
And by the way, for backup, I don't even use the vortexbox backup method. Once it is running, on my LAPTOP, I simply point to the vortexbox network drives as drives and can copy to and from those drives. So in my laptop, I select all the music files within the Vortexbox system in windows file explorer, select COPY, then PASTE them to a USB drive that is connected directly to my laptop. Nothing could be simpler. Just takes a bit of time with about 70,000 files. -- garym System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.10) > SbS 7.6.2 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) System 2: Win7(64) laptop > SbS 7.6.2 > Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio and laptop) Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controlled at both locations with: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.6 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90827 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
