On 12/20 01:14 , Filipe wrote: > Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom escreveu: > > On 12/19 07:17 , Filipe wrote: > > > >> Using Backuppc (debian) successfully in my company for about 5 months, > >> backing up 6 winXX shares using samba. > >> The machine is a simple Pentium 4 with a 40GB HD that is getting full. > >> Already ordered a 250GB ata100 hd. but I'm not sure what to do... > >> should I use the 250Gb for the data only, or just replace the hd's using > >> ghost?! > >> > > > > move the contents of /var/lib/backuppc (or whereever your data pool is) to > > the new drive, and then mount the new drive on /var/lib/backuppc. It's a > > very good idea to have your data on a separate drive from the OS. At the > > very least, use a separate partition on disk. > > > > also, I would suggest using LVM on the data partition/disk. this will allow > > you to add space much more easily in the future; or move your data to > > another disk. > > > > > > thanks... > but if I have 2 drives like that, what should I do if one fails?
if the data drive fails, then you have the OS drive to use to recover your data (if possible); or at least to quickly set up the new data drive. if the OS drive fails, you put in a new drive, boot with knoppix, install backuppc to knoppix's ramdrive, and restore your OS drive from backup. it *is* best to have a redundant drive array in any situation. for buisness use, a 3ware RAID controller will more than pay for itself the first time you have a drive problem. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
