Re: [BackupPC-users] Combine multiple Backuppc servers into one

I was afraid of that. Thanks for the reply. It may make better sense to have multiple servers for a bit anyways. Hopefully soon we will be getting a dedicated Dell server for this so I can just set it up to do backups and leave the current ones in archive mode until at such a time that the data is outdated.

Thank you very much.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

Kameleon wrote:
> To simplify what I am trying to accomplish I will explain it this way:
>
> We currently have 2 backuppc servers. Both have 2x 1TB drives in a Raid1
> array. What I want to do is move all the drives into one machine and set
> it up as a Raid5. That would give us 3TB usable rather than 2TB usable.
> Hence why I need to move everything to one setup.
>
> Thanks for any guidance.

There's no good way to merge existing pooled files if that is what you
are asking. Or to convert a Raid1 to a Raid5 without losing the
contents. I'd recommend building a new setup the way you want and
holding on to the old systems for as long as you might have a need to
restore from their older history, or perhaps generating tar images that
you can store elsewhere with BackupPC_tarCreate. Once the new system
has collected the history you need you can re-use the old drives.

--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community
Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support
A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy
Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers
http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community
Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support
A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy
Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers
http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev

_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
List:    https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki:    http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/