Daniel Carrera wrote at about 08:25:21 +0200 on Saturday, May 23, 2009: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > I don't think scheduled stopping/starting would be a problem in practice > > I take it you also don't think that having BackupPC wake up to find no > backup media will be a problem either. Right? > > I can see myself getting a dedicated backup server in the future. Though > part of me feels that this is overkill for a home network. > > Anyways, thanks for all the help. >
One thing to consider is buying a consumer NAS device like the D-Link DNS-323. It is a small, high quality linux-based NAS that takes two plug-in SATA disks. You can probably get the box plus two 1TB drives for about $350-400 and then have a 1TB RAID device. If you are willing to do a little Linux hacking (there are instructions on the Wikki), you can install BackupPC directly on the device which will then give you both a NAS functionality (for storage or streaming) and backup. Alternatively, you could just buy an old obsolete desktop PC, put in some new drives and install Linux to get a more than capable Backup server and effective NAS device that would be more than good enough for a home network. If you can get the PC for near free, this option will be even cheaper. The advantage of a dedicated NAS is that it is small and typically less noisy and power hungry. The disadvantage is that using a dedicated (old) PC will typically be faster (since even 5 year old PCs have faster processors than consumer NAS devices) and more expandable (because they can usually take more than 2 drives). The point is that it is neither very hard nor expensive to set up a home network combined Backup server and NAS functionality. Having a dedicated always-on functionality is much better than having it tied to your laptop which may or may not be on at any given time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
