From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 12:35:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B06B16A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:35:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from ws1.cnweb.com (ws1.cnweb.com [207.91.1.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 047DA43FB1 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:35:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darryl@osborne-ind.com) Received: (qmail 10787 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2003 20:35:46 -0000 Received: from p189n31.ruraltel.net (HELO darryl) (24.225.31.189) by spkg.com with SMTP; 17 Nov 2003 20:35:46 -0000 From: "Darryl Hoar" To: Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:40:04 -0600 Message-ID: <010f01c3ad4a$fb780d80$0701a8c0@darryl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4927.1200 Subject: Backup Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: darryl@osborne-ind.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:35:48 -0000 Greetings, I have an NT 4 server that I wish to back its data up to a FreeBSD box running Samba. The thought being that since I cannot back all the NT 4 data up to one tape (24GB compressed), that I could back it up every other night. The nights it didn't go to tape, it would go to the Freebsd box. Should I use Freebsd 4.x or 5.x ? The disk drives in the to be installed FreeBSD box are SCSI. Should I use Vinum ? Just curious about others thoughts before I start setting it up. thanks, -D