From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 24 12:57:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E75C916A421 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vic@virtualis.lv) Received: from mx2.bkc.lv (mx2.bkc.lv [195.244.128.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2EA813C4A5 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vic@virtualis.lv) Received: from mx2.bkc.lv (localhost.bkc.lv [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.bkc.lv (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDDDA319834 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:34:10 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [195.244.128.50] (unknown [195.244.128.50]) by mx2.bkc.lv (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC7D231982E for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:34:10 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <471F3C03.50301@virtualis.lv> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:35:15 +0300 From: Victor Meirans User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Low-cost online disk backup solution on FreeBSD. Hardware/Software recomendations? 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, 24 Oct 2007 12:57:57 -0000 Good day, I need an advice. What hardware/software would you recommend for online disk backup server solution on FreeBSD? 99% of clients will be Windows XP/Vista users and the main requirement is low cost solution meaning that the client license should be free (GPL?) or low-priced compared to Tivoli or other vendors. I was looking at BoxBackup as a software and gonna test it pretty soon, I like the encription feature. Any sucess stories with it? Pros/Cons? Or other recomendations? Hardware is a big question. Any experience with Intel storage systems and FreeBSD? Like this one: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ssr212mc2/index.htm or http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ssr212pp/index.htm Is this hardware supported? Any experience or other hardware recomendations? Any help would be highly appreciated. If this should be sent to some other list, please let me know. Thanks in advance. -- ViC