From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 6 00:26:21 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 435A216A418 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:26:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 013C413C458 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:26:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 05 Apr 2007 20:26:17 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id NDH12031; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:26:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-26-179.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.26.179]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 05 Apr 2007 21:25:57 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17941.37799.565062.791179@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:26:15 -0400 To: Vlad Skvortsov In-Reply-To: <46157E90.1070102@73rus.com> References: <46157E90.1070102@73rus.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 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 00:26:21 -0000 Vlad Skvortsov writes: > 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. > > Suggestions? Check out Addonics, particularly the Saturn system. I have one of these: http://www.addonics.com/products/Saturn/aeschd.asp and it's worked just fine - with one exception - for the last several months. The exception is transfer speed: for reasons confounding diagnosis, I am only getting ~2mbytes/sec across a USB 2.0 connection. Now if I could only find a source for inexpensive (<$20) 80 Gbyte IDE hard drives .... Robert Huff