BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

2012-07-13 13:01:06
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:00:03 -0500
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Bryan Keadle (.net)
<bkeadle AT keadle DOT net> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.  Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not necessary
> "those small ones" - using this Drobo B800fs.  So NFS would be a
> protocol-based option for the data pool?  Still, iSCSI would be best if not
> DAS?


Yes, NFS or iSCSI will work, but it is really a lot cheaper to just
throw some big drives in a linux box.  And in all the questions you've
asked I don't remember any yet about getting offsite copies of the
archive, which is usually the one hard thing with backuppc that you
need to plan from the start.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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