From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 23 21:22:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7CD416A418 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:22:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@blacquiere.nl) Received: from post-26.mail.nl.demon.net (post-26.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A922413C465 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:22:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@blacquiere.nl) Received: from guldan-dsl.demon.nl ([83.160.7.100]:56027) by post-26.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1IkQQF-000AnE-Bg; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:32:19 +0000 Received: from shellvm.blacquiere.nl ([192.168.201.5] helo=shell.blacquiere.nl) by guldan-dsl.demon.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IkQQ8-000Mrb-Ou; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:32:18 +0200 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:32:12 +0200 From: Robert Blacquiere To: Mike Tibor Message-ID: <20071023203212.GA77481@shellvm.blacquiere.nl> References: <471E2290.9040704@nlink.com.br> <20071023115757.B15895@alpha.tibor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071023115757.B15895@alpha.tibor.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Disclaimer: running FreeBSD X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.201.5 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: robert@blacquiere.nl X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on mailvm.blacquiere.nl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on guldan-dsl.demon.nl) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backups Hardwares for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:22:14 -0000 On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:03:37PM -0800, Mike Tibor wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Paulo Fragoso wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >We have a FreeBSD mail server with 1TB RAID 6 using Areca ARC-1220 > >controler, all works fine. > > > >Today our backups are made on DDS-4 tapes, they are very slow and too > >small, this is our problem. What is a good (modern) alternative to DDS-4 > >working on FreeBSD? > > At another job I used a Sony AIT-2 drive to back up a number of BSD/OS and > FreeBSD boxes, and it was fine. At the job I'm in now I get to play with > an ADIC Scalar I2000 tape library with LTO2 drives. LTO2 is pretty nice, > but it's starting to get a little expensive. LTO3 or 4 would be great if > you can afford it. I suppose it depends greatly on the budget you have > available. > > If you want to get away from tape, you could build up a disk-based backup > server with a number of large SATA drives and script something using > rsync. Hooking on the disk based solution. With bacula and amanda you can use disc based backups and use tape backup. Data can be streamed from the disc based holding disc to the "slow" tape. But this may need tapes with the apporiate size. Robert -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? OpenBSD: Hey guys you left some holes out there!