From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 6 06:20:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10CC916A406 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 06:20:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1E613C455 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 06:20:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l366KDKv024191; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:20:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 24C0FB82A; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:20:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:20:13 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Vlad Skvortsov Message-ID: <20070406062012.GA75561@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Vlad Skvortsov , Robert Huff , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <46157E90.1070102@73rus.com> <17941.37799.565062.791179@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4615E374.90607@73rus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4615E374.90607@73rus.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Robert Huff , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:20:20 -0000 --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:06:44PM -0700, Vlad Skvortsov wrote: > Robert Huff wrote: > >> I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file > >> server. I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share > >> it with a couple of servers). I'd also like to be able to move > >> backups to an off-site storage, so external HDD won't probably > >> work for me. My data size is currently about 50G, but I expect it > >> to grow to about 250G. My price range is below $300. > >>=20 > >> Suggestions? > >> =20 > > > > Check out Addonics, particularly the Saturn system. > > I have one of these: > > > > http://www.addonics.com/products/Saturn/aeschd.asp > > =20 >=20 > Yep, this looks interesting. However, can you say if there is any=20 > significant advantage of this Saturn enclosures over "standard" ones,=20 > besides the cyphering feature? If you want encryption, you can use geli(8). This encrypts the raw disk with AES. I'm using it with my USB backup disk. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGFeacEnfvsMMhpyURAjaIAKCwi4O0gupDeTEVGE0rVkUIrqLbRgCgp/94 9H8BJqvqHTbYUgbUy3a4Wuw= =+Dq1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e--