From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 14 01:09:30 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 B20DF16A406 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:09:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D0FF13C4A8 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:09:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia-2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E12DF314; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:08:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:11:23 +0100 From: cpghost To: Dino Vliet Message-ID: <20070214011123.GA52462@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> References: <64265.13098.qm@web51108.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <64265.13098.qm@web51108.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:09:30 -0000 On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 10:26:28AM -0800, Dino Vliet wrote: > I'm busy preparing my via c3 system to utilize it as a > backup file server. > > On the motherboard I have two IDE channels and > currenntly they have installed a IDE hard disk and a > dvd-rom. However, I have bought an extra IDE cable > where I will put two IDE hard disks in a master-slave > or cable select relation and put that on one of the > IDE banks. The other IDE bank I will use to put the > primary disk and the dvd-rom in a master-slave or > cable-select relation. > > 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. Just be sure that your PSU can carry the additional load! You probably don't want to run all this off a small 100 Watt PSU. ;-) > 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 o > installation? > > Do I also need a specialised tool like bacula for the > way I want to use it? > > Brgds > Dino Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/