Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:16:20 +0200 From: "DA Forsyth" <d.forsyth@ru.ac.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinion request about a file server Message-ID: <4A2D1D34.30423.EDBB90D@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <20090608120030.7F44E106568E@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20090608120030.7F44E106568E@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 8 Jun 2009 , freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org entreated about
"freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 262, Issue 2":
> Message: 13
> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:18:09 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
> > SO, to the original question, yes that motherboard will work just
> > fine. What are you doing for system backups? A single drive is not
> > enough. I recommend a mirror pair at least, and suggest a second box
>
> why? it's a backup system not main system.
>From his original it seemd he would be using a single drive for the
system and a mirror pair for data. Seems I got it wrong and the
single drive will be for 'some other purpose'. Fine, but all the
more reason to back it up.
A backup server is not the place to avoid data security. From
personal experience I can tell you that life is hell when your backup
drives are needed but don't work. My backup server has a mirror pair
for the data, and that gets copied to an external drive which lives
off site. And I'm not sure I've got enough backups.... yet (-:
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DA Fo rsyth Network Supervisor
Principal Technical Officer -- Institute for Water Research
http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/iwr/
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