In case of performance there could be other point of view. Everyone lay
stress on fast backups but for me performance is not a goal.

In my company there are many laptops (all windows) so I don't have time
for backing up after hours. Furthermore great speed of BackupPC server
comes with great client load. People are complaining and sometimes it is
hard to explain that there is no need to reinstall windows because
backup slows computer down.

So I use combination of VSS (Shadow Copy) and slow backups in
background. In such case and relatively small number of clients there is
no need for very fast processor and maybe some NAS device will suits you
just fine.

Tom.

lmirguet AT microworld DOT org pisze:
> Thanks Tomasz,
> 
> I am not too afraid by the installation issues - even though I would
> prefer something working out-of-the-box (or not far from that).
> 
> I am more afraid by the performance problems - and I wonder how it would
> work on a more recent system. We have a lot of data, and it would be
> good to have a reasonably fast system.
> 
> ---
> Laurent
> 
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Tomasz Pawlik <tomi AT mtl.one DOT pl
> <mailto:tomi AT mtl.one DOT pl>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Laurent,
> 
>     I have installed BackupPC on my very low-cost Synology DS110j. My device
>     is running DSM 3.0 and optware perl.
> 
>     Installation was not easy at all and I think it will be the same on
>     other Synology devices.
> 
>     Performance is also rather poor since my NAS has 128MB of RAM and very
>     little processor ;) You can forget about pool compression and more then
>     two simultaneous backups.
> 
>     Despite that I'm very satisfied with this setup because I have 24 hours
>     for doing my backups and performance is not an issue. Device is small,
>     quiet and low power consuming.
> 
>     Tom.
> 
> 
>     lmirguet AT microworld DOT org <mailto:lmirguet AT microworld DOT org> 
> pisze:
>     > Hello backuppc-users,
>     >
>     > I would like to backup all the machines of my company (12 laptops,
>     > Windows/Mac/Linux) in a centralized way on a NAS device.
>     > I like a lot BackupPC and if possible I would like to use it to
>     run the
>     > backups.
>     >
>     > Now comes the choice of the NAS... What NAS device would you recommend
>     > with a good ratio "performance / easy to install BackupPC on it" ?
>     >
>     > The ideal situation would be a NAS with BackupPC pre-installed - or a
>     > NAS with some available BackupPC packages ready to deploy.
>     > I looked at Synology / QNap / WD Sharespace but in each case the
>     install
>     > of BackupPC seems tedious, and I'm not sure of the performances I will
>     > get on such devices...
>     >
>     > Thanks for your advices and your help
>     > ---
>     > Laurent
>     >
>     >
>     >
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