BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Setting up a new BackupPC server

2009-09-14 14:51:13
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Setting up a new BackupPC server
From: "Jeremy Mann" <jeremy AT biochem.uthscsa DOT edu>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:47:44 -0500 (CDT)
James Ward wrote:
> I'm setting up a new BackupPC server as my current one has gotten
> full.  This system has 2G RAM, quad Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz and
> a 3ware 6.5T array.  I believe the array is currently RAID5 with no
> hot spare.  From what I'm reading, RAID5 is a no-no as is ext3?
>
> What is the best way to set up the RAID array for BackupPC?

In my personal experience, on our large arrays we use RAID5 with XFS
filesystem.


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Jeremy Mann
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University of Texas Health Science Center
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