> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com]
> Sent: den 28 november 2013 06:14
> To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc on NAS
>
> > Okay, so you use not-so-old parts together with the old parts. Sounds
> > reasonable. With enough oldish 80 GB-harddrives, software-raid, and given
> > the
> > chassis-space, I guess one could build a pretty impressive backup-server
> > with
> > BPC.
>
>
> I'd go for new TB+ SATA drives even if you have to add a controller.
>
> > BPC can handle USB(-connected) drives as well then? That opens up for some
> > emergency solutions actually.
>
> BPC doesn't really care about the interface as long as the filesystem
> is mounted in the right place. USB isn't as fast or efficient as
> SATA, but it does work. Backuppc needs to put the whole archive on
> one filesystem - and if you want to be able to recover from one drive
> out of a raid, the raid can only be RAID1 (mirrored). For a long
> time I ran a system where 3 drives were configured as a RAID1 but the
> 3 volume was plugged in long enough to resync, then rotated offsite.
> And I had a VM set up on my laptop that could access the offline disk
> with a usb adapter cable if I had ever needed to restore from it. The
> offices involved have more bandwidth now so I just run the backups
> from an offsite location.
Thanks!
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//Sorin
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