On Mon October 26 2009, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > Guy, > > I use a hot-swap sata enclosure for my disk backup. Mine is installed in > one 5.25" slot, elsewhere I have used an external esata version of the > same thing. Cheap and gives me the full native speed of the disk. I have one of those 4-in-3 bay converters, 4 hotswap 3.5" bays, in 3 5.25" bays. Really rather nice. Probably get another one later. > cheers > Eyal > > Guy Watkins wrote: > > } -----Original Message----- > > } From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid- > > } owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Leslie Rhorer > > } Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:36 PM > > } To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > } Subject: RE: Is My Data DESTROYED?! > > } > > } > Cool, I learned something. Thanks. > > } > > > } > I use disks too. Could "seek" using dd, but I also gzip my stuff and > > } use > > } > cpio. :( Anyway, I almost never need to restore a file. :) > > } > > } I rather like fbackup combined with gzip, but I don't know if there > > } is a Linux port of fbackup. I use fbackup to create a named index for > > } each > > } backup set, whether on disk or tape. This makes it easy to see if a > > } particular file is on an archive without having to load the archive. > > } > > > > Where do you keep this index? Hopefully not on the disk that needs to be > > restored. :) > > > > I thought about it, for my needs I don't need an index. You don't need > > an index for a full restore and I only need to restore once every few > > years. And so far, never needed a full restore, just a file or so. I can > > live with a few hours to restore 1 file. But I really need a faster > > backup. My 500GB USB disks gives me about 15 MB/sec. I don't know why > > it is so slow. Should be able to do 40+. > > > > Oh, I did have a 22 tape library with a DLT-8000. But it failed a few > > years ago. Was really cool, but took forever to backup 300-400GB. I > > guess my USB disk is about the same speed, and it takes forever too. > -- Thomas Fjellstrom tfjellstrom@xxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
