Run 'defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1' as root. I've been using it since November without problems, but I haven't actually had to restore anything in anger yet.
There's a rumor that Apple will be officially adding network support to Time Machine this week, but who knows. Scott On Jan 14, 2008 9:40 AM, Arne Schwabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Laird schrieb: > > I have an Asus P5K WS motherboard with a cheap Core 2 Duo CPU (E2140, > > $70 or so) and one of the cheap SuperMicro 8-port PCI-X SATA cards. > > That gives you 14 supported SATA ports. Throw 4 GB of RAM into it > > (~$100) and then either use 500 GB or 750 GB drives. One of the > > Seagate 750s is down to $155 this week, which puts it close enough to > > the 500s ($90-120) that it might be worth considering. I threw > > everything into a Lian Li PC-V2000A Plus II case, which is kind of > > pricy (compared to cheap PC cases, not compared to STK hardware :-) > > but holds 12 drives without any problem at all, and 20 drives with a > > bit of extra hardware. Before drives, the whole system's well under > > $1k, and it's been working perfectly for months now. > > > > I'm using raidz2 across 8 drives, but if I had it to do again, I'd > > probably just use mirroring. Unfortunately, raidz2 kills your random > > read and write performance, and that makes Time Machine really, really > > slow. I'm running low on space now, and considering throwing another > > 8 drives into the case in the spring, if I can find a cheap 8-port > > PCI-E SATA CARD. When that happens, I'll probably try to convert > > everything to mirroring. > > > > > Just a question how did you make time machine work on a network drive? > > Arne > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
