Re: [Bacula-users] best approach for two usb storage devices
2011-01-31 09:03:07
> On 01/31/11 07:17, mayak-cq wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > just a quick question about what the best approach is for having
> > two usb storage devices
>
> One piece of not-specifically-bacula-related advice: Rather than
> buying off-the-shelf USB drives, you may be better advised to buy a
> USB external housing and install a separately-purchased drive of known
> quality into it. A lot of off-the-shelf USB disk drives turn out to
> contain the absolute cheapest possible disks, with predictable adverse
> implications for both performance and reliability.
>
Another way of dealing with cheap USB-drives could be to build a
zfs-pool. You'll need to set up a Solaris or FreeBSD (I took a
FreeBSD zfs-only system) host which serves at least as the SD.
In the end you'll have a bunch of cheap hardware made reliable with the
amazing capabilities of zfs.
Greetings,
Oliver
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