From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 10 21:00:04 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 59B9C16A401 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1169813C47E for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160F160C8; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:00:03 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id K7qKqB7r5eBi; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:59:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.251] (pool-68-161-114-230.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.114.230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 700515C2C; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:59:59 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45CE324B.308@mac.com> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:59:55 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dino Vliet References: <64265.13098.qm@web51108.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <64265.13098.qm@web51108.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup solution 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: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:00:04 -0000 Dino Vliet wrote: [ ... ] > Then I will install freebsd on the first disk and will > use the two spare IDE-disks on the same cable as a > geom-mirror. > > I will use the system then as a central node with > rsync to do daily backups of my main data that is > scattered around on different desktops on my lan. > > Does anyone have tips regarding this kind of > installation? Please be aware that the ATA implementation of the VIA EPIA chipset isn't the greatest, especially when both are active at the same time. I've seen drive performance drop towards 5MB/s for WDC600/WDC800/WDC1200-grade drives which normally run at 40MB/s if you do something on the other channel as well. > Do I also need a specialised tool like bacula for the > way I want to use it? If you just want to have a hot-standby for a bunch of files, using rsync is fine. Using fancier backup schemes tends to make sense when using external/replaceable media like tapes or I suppose CD-R/DVD-R, rather than just with a plain set of disks. -- -Chuck