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Ron Reaugh said:Rod Speed said:Ron Reaugh said:gstark33 <[email protected]> wrotemirroring?Do any of the new inexpensive ethernet external drives supportAFAIK no.My wife now works from home and I (as her IT guy)
want to set up a fail safe backup/recovery system.I'd like to have two external drives mirrored to each other.I can understand that very well.My advice would be to do it yourself with a real computer running
Linux and software-RAID1, i.e. two disks that mirror each other.
Then export the space via NFS (if you use Linux/Unix) or
SAMBA (if you use Windows). For the server best use some older,
reliable hardware, e.g. an older computer you trust. If you buy
new hardware, go for older, reliable stuff, not cutting edge.
Also keep a spare disk handy.The advantage of this approach is that you know what you get, you
understand the technology and you can repair/upgrade/modify it
yourself. The disadvantage is that it requires some work. I
don't think it will be more expensive.I've rarely seen such a bad set of advice.
Its not bad advice. I'd personally do it using Win and
RAID in the extra PC. Mainly because that give you a
lot more flexibility than with a ethernet hard drive box.
backup.The user should simply mirror two drives on a PC and then keep a 3rd[4th] HD
for offsite backup. The 3rd[&4th] should be rotated offsite as a
That wouldnt be as convenient to use.
Nonsense, it's the most convenient.
Rod Speed said:Ron Reaugh said:Rod Speed said:Do any of the new inexpensive ethernet external drives support mirroring?
AFAIK no.
My wife now works from home and I (as her IT guy)
want to set up a fail safe backup/recovery system.
I'd like to have two external drives mirrored to each other.
I can understand that very well.
My advice would be to do it yourself with a real computer running
Linux and software-RAID1, i.e. two disks that mirror each other.
Then export the space via NFS (if you use Linux/Unix) or
SAMBA (if you use Windows). For the server best use some older,
reliable hardware, e.g. an older computer you trust. If you buy
new hardware, go for older, reliable stuff, not cutting edge.
Also keep a spare disk handy.
The advantage of this approach is that you know what you get, you
understand the technology and you can repair/upgrade/modify it
yourself. The disadvantage is that it requires some work. I
don't think it will be more expensive.
I've rarely seen such a bad set of advice.
Its not bad advice. I'd personally do it using Win and
RAID in the extra PC. Mainly because that give you a
lot more flexibility than with a ethernet hard drive box.
The user should simply mirror two drives on a PC and then keep a 3rd[4th] HD
for offsite backup. The 3rd[&4th] should be rotated offsite as a backup.
That wouldnt be as convenient to use.
Nonsense, it's the most convenient.
Nope, not if the PC cant handle the removal of the drives easily.
Ron Reaugh said:Rod Speed said:Ron Reaugh said:Do any of the new inexpensive ethernet external drives support
mirroring?
AFAIK no.
My wife now works from home and I (as her IT guy)
want to set up a fail safe backup/recovery system.
I'd like to have two external drives mirrored to each other.
I can understand that very well.
My advice would be to do it yourself with a real computer running
Linux and software-RAID1, i.e. two disks that mirror each other.
Then export the space via NFS (if you use Linux/Unix) or
SAMBA (if you use Windows). For the server best use some older,
reliable hardware, e.g. an older computer you trust. If you buy
new hardware, go for older, reliable stuff, not cutting edge.
Also keep a spare disk handy.
The advantage of this approach is that you know what you get, you
understand the technology and you can repair/upgrade/modify it
yourself. The disadvantage is that it requires some work. I
don't think it will be more expensive.
I've rarely seen such a bad set of advice.
Its not bad advice. I'd personally do it using Win and
RAID in the extra PC. Mainly because that give you a
lot more flexibility than with a ethernet hard drive box.
The user should simply mirror two drives on a PC and then keep a
3rd[4th] HD
for offsite backup. The 3rd[&4th] should be rotated offsite as a
backup.
That wouldnt be as convenient to use.
Nonsense, it's the most convenient.
Nope, not if the PC cant handle the removal of the drives easily.Nope,
Yep.
using SATA and removable trays like KingWin KF-83 it's the most convenient.
I go away for awhile
and you turned it over to the wackos.
Ron Reaugh said:I go away for awhile and you turned it over to the wackos.
Rod Speed said:I'm gunny ignore all your puerile attempts at trolling, ****nert.
Ron Reaugh said:I go away for awhile and you turned it over to the wackos.
Eric Gisin said:The head wacko speaks. Go away again.
Buffalo <http://www.buffalotech.com/products/storage.php> makes some
multiple-drive NAS boxes that do RAID, but they're not exactly
"inexpensive". Consumer NAS boxes contain a single drive and a USB port
for an additional drive, but don't support any kind of RAID. There are
some inexpensive dual-drive enclosures that do striping, but I don't
know if any do mirroring reliably.
Two drives will give you more backup safety for the buck if they're in
separate enclosures (or hot-swap carriers) and kept in separate
locations (or a fire safe). At least one of the two drives used for
backup should not be powered up and mounted all the time. Not as
convenient as a simple NAS mirror, but the minimum for a "fail-safe"
system with two drives.
RAID 1 and backup are two different things and cover different exposures.
Both are often needed. And RAID 1 by switching drives can also cover backup
needs. Generally a compressed image backup like TrueImage to a removable HD
is the best backup solution. RAID 1 is very easy and inexpensive to get
these days. Most good mobos have it builtin for XP. An addon card is less
than $100 for RAID 1 on XP.
Rod said:Ron Reaugh <[email protected]> wrote:
Ron Reaugh said:The gisen newbie has never changed.
Rod Speed said:Puerile attempt at a troll flushed where it belongs.
I was disappointed to find out that XP does *not* support mirroring. At
least not by itself in software