-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm guessing you have no machine down there on which to do the backup? I understand you want the data written to storage at your local location, but you could have a machine local to the NAS do some sort of NFS/SMB mount and use it as the -fd device. As far as I know, Bacula is fairly robust over WAN (I do a few several gig backups that was)... I don't know if SMB or NFS are reliable over a WAN or not. That's about all you've got, though, unless you can hack your NAS a bit and get a Bacula client on there (which would be possible, perhaps, if it runs an OS on which Bacula will compile).
nellyginrich wrote: > Is it possible to use a remote network storage device as the backup medium > with Bacula? > > My understanding from the documentation and the questions posed here, is > that it isn't possible - because each storage device needs to have an > attached machine on which the storage daemon is running. Am I right? > > I have a remote linux (Fedora Core 6) server running Bacula (which works > nicely with the test configuration to a file in /tmp), but I want the > backups done to my local network here. The Windows XP and 2000 pcs here are > rather ancient, and not always on, so I am considering purchasing a network > storage device (NSD), but cannot see how Bacula's daemon's running on the > remote server will be able to contact this device. > > I have investigated SAMBA but I gather that's really designed for LANs and > not recommended for WAN connection, and I am in any case only an educated > novice regarding networking, with Google my only tutor in these matters! > > Forgive me if this is a simple question with a self-evident answer - believe > me, I have spent many hours trying to find an answer for myself, but hope > someone here has the time to reply. It also occurs to me that I cannot be > the only person facing this problem - the company hosting my dedicated > server is the UK's largest! > > Many thanks for your help. - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGiSEWmb+gadEcsb4RAlTuAJ0RkWqAG8Bw7zq1YyjySiIEGOBBmgCgqoHA Jv5cAG1zXd+zip1Ht2BkqEE= =2XSZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
