On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 18:24 -0500, Eric Clark wrote: > NAS has actually gotten very effective > > You may want to take a look at the D-Links and Buffalo NAS Servers for > having the backup info on. > > > This may be a very good alternative over the long run as well becuase > the NAS will be on 24/7 and draw alot less electricity than a full > blown server.. Well my server will be on 24/7 anyway as it runs as my mail server and webserver anyway. Besides, a NAS is really just a glorified mini-server with a simplified management system. I could quite easily replicate all of its features on a Linux machine using standard tools. Thats not really what I wanted although so far it seems that this is the only real feasible route considering the amount of data that needs to be backed up. > > http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=nas+storage+dual > +bay&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=4947813462866442505&ei=FfO_Ss6BFdHj8AbEx8yuAQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=5#ps-sellers > > You can also pick up similar devices on ebay and the likes of buy.com > for alot less. > > The benefit is of course being able to use SATA II hard drives that > you already own, so you would cut down on cost there as well. > > I dropped 2x1TB into one of these babies and actually have it rocking > with 2 500GB partitions. *one for *(cough) movies and one of course > for files. > > One of the drives failed about 2 weeks ago, and I simply pulled it > out, and got a new one installed the same day, and it copied > everything back over. > > > It has RAID and a few other technologies like being able to continue a > download after you turn your PC or server off (connected to internet > of course). > > > Then also comes the benefits of less electricity usage to pay for. > That stuff aint cheap. Its a very smart solution for a growing > problem and the best factor that I have found with it is that it is > simple to setup, and easier to back up to knowing that it is always > online. > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:14 PM, M. Hamzah Khan > <hamzah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Eric, > > I've actually looked into NAS, but I wanted to escape using a > hard drive > based solution. > > Besides using Bacula on my server is basically the same thing > as it > backs up all the machines on my network :). > > I guess I'll have to settle with using a hard drive based > solution if I > want to keep the price down, and storage space up, tapes are > really too > expensive and I guess using RAID1 on a few disks should be > reliable > enough.... I hope. :) > > Thanks anyway. > > Regards > > Hamzah > > > On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 17:47 -0500, Eric Clark wrote: > > For backups I would actually look at a NAS Server dual bay > or quad bay > > 1TB x 2 or 3 drives > > > > The NAS is pretty simple to setup and would require network > backups > > and accessibility however you could actually do them in NTFS > so that > > you could backup windows machines as well. > > > > http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=netgear+nas > > > +storage&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=cuu_Sr6GHsKe8Abz1ZShAQ&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=7 > > > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 5:40 PM, M. Hamzah Khan > > <hamzah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > My home server just had a disk failure a few weeks > ago and > > like a lot of > > people I haven't ever really made backups on a > regular basis. > > So I was > > looking into backup solutions which will save me > from this > > situation > > again. > > > > Now I have Bacula setup, and backing up my files > onto my home > > server. > > > > Although this works great, I have one issue: The > disk in my > > server was > > the one that actually failed, and so, even with > RAID1, could > > fail again. > > So to get around this I wanted to backup to external > media > > aswell. > > > > I don't really think external hard drives are that > great > > considering > > they are just as reliable as internal hard drives > which would > > be > > pointless as RAID1 should be reliable enough in that > case. > > > > Backing up to DVDs are quite unreliable too, a > simple scratch > > could > > render the backup useless. Also it would require > quite a lot > > of DVDs to > > backup my data (at least 500GB!). > > > > The only other option I could think of is to use > tapes, but > > this option > > can be quite pricy for a home user. > > > > So I was wondering what you guys use for external > backups for > > a home > > system containing at least 500GB worth of important > data? > > > > Regards > > > > Hamzah > > -- > > M. Hamzah Khan > > RedHat Certified Engineer Number: 804005539516829 > > Email: hamzah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > URL: http://www.hamzahkhan.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > M. Hamzah Khan > RedHat Certified Engineer Number: 804005539516829 > Email: hamzah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > URL: http://www.hamzahkhan.com > > Mobile: +44 (0)7525663951 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- M. Hamzah Khan RedHat Certified Engineer Number: 804005539516829 Email: hamzah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.hamzahkhan.com Mobile: +44 (0)7525663951
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