On Tue, May 18, 2010 05:08, Paul Mather wrote:
> I am currently assembling a quote for an LTO-4 tape backup system.  So
> far, I am looking at using a 16-slot Quantum SuperLoader 3 with LTO-4HH
> drive as the tape unit.  Married to this will be a server to act as the
> backup server that will drive the tape unit using Bacula to manage
> backups.  The server will be a quad core X3440 system with 4 GB of RAM and
> four 1 TB SATA 7200 rpm hard drives in a case that has room for eight
> hot-swap drives.  I plan on using FreeBSD 8 on the system, using ZFS to
> raidz the drives together to provide spool space for Bacula.  I will be
> using an Areca ARC-1300-4X PCIe SAS card to interface with the tape drive.
>
More memory.

Lots more, don't stop at 8, go to 16 or more.  It's not just ZFS, it's
also the database you choose.

        Cheers,
                Gary    B-)


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