On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 13:09 -0700, Brien Dieterle wrote: > Most NFS servers are pitifully slow compared to a local filesystem, > particularly when dealing with many small files. It pains me to think > about how slow that might get-- is anyone else using a non-local > filesystem? I use a Linux-based NAS device that is mounted via NFS. The backups are not huge (~25GB), but the performance seems fine. The BackupPC server does have a dedicated connection with a crossover cable to the NAS.
> Simon Köstlin wrote: > > I think TCP is a safer connection or plays that none rolls? > > Also when I click on a PC in the web interface it takes around 20-30 seconds > > until the web page appears with the backups which were made. I thought that > > would be better with an other connection. But that time is not dependent on > > the size of the backups. I made backups with just some files and it takes > > that time to load also if I have Backups with 3GB. > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Les Mikesell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 25. Januar 2007 20:35 > > An: Simon Köstlin > > Cc: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Betreff: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Data Directory on a Network Attached > > Storage > > > > Simon Köstlin wrote: > > > > > > > > I want to have the Data Directory on a Network Attached Storage (NAS) > > > and not on the BackupPC Server. The NAS supports NFS, SMB, FTP, CIFS > > > and SSH. I tried to mount an NFS Share on the NAS and that works well. > > > So I can use the Data Directory in this Share. But the NAS supports > > > only a UDP connection with NFS. Are there any other solutions to use a > > > TCP connection? I tried also SMB, but that did not work with BackupPC. > > > I mounted a Share with SMB and that works, but when I wanted to start > > > BackupPC, BackupPC did not start. I only found a log directory on the > > > Share with the LOG file in which was an error like bind() failed. Does > > > anybody know why SMB does not work with BackupPC? Or are there any > > > other solutions like to mount a FTP connection? -- Travis Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
