I have not used this product. It does like quite nice. It is a unit that holds four drives. According to their ad, you can also mix and match drives. It's also one of the few units that acknowledges the existence of Linux.
http://www.drobo.com/products/drobo.php Chris Baker -- cba...@intera.com systems administrator INTERA -- 512-425-2006 >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] >>Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:39 PM >>To: General list for user discussion,questions and support >>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How big is your backup? >> >>Gerald Brandt wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've been doing backups with BackupPC for quite a few years, mainly >>> backing up 2 or 3 servers. >>> >>> I've recently installed BackupPC at the office and am backing up 6 >>> servers right now, with room to grow. The current backup (Veritas >>> BackupExec) keeps around a year of data, which is close to 2.5 TB. >>> Since I plan on phasing out Veritas for BackupPC, I'm looking at >>> similar sizes for my data. All my backups will be via >>ssh/rsync and >>> Samba/Windows shares. >>> >>> How many servers and how much data do you backup using BackupPC? >> >>The space you need will depend will depend more on the rate >>of change and the amount of duplication than anything else. >>Files that don't change will only require space for one copy, >>regardless of how many backups you keep or how many machines >>have copies of it. On the other hand, large files that have >>even small changes (databases, mailboxes, growing logfiles, >>etc.) will require the space for a complete new copy on each run. >> >>At the moment, my summaries say: >>There are 17 hosts that have been backed up, for a total of: >>* 38 full backups of total size 1204.27GB (prior to pooling >>and compression), >>* 97 incr backups of total size 477.74GB (prior to pooling >>and compression). >>and: >>* Pool is 418.86GB comprising 2276046 files and 4369 >>directories (as of >>12/23 02:04), >>* Pool file system was recently at 78% (12/23 12:27), today's >>max is 87% >>(12/23 01:15) and yesterday's max was 85%. >> >>Which are fairly consistent numbers, but I only keep a few >>weeks of history which are already filled. >> >>-- >> Les Mikesell >> lesmikes...@gmail.com >> >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>---------------- >>This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer >>Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app >>development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process >>makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one >>step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>_______________________________________________ >>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/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
