Hello List,
I am building a backup server using Debian and BackupPC, and would like
to have an off-site backup rotated weekly.
I wonder if I might ask the list's opinion about which hardware I should
use to store the off-site backups on?
My tar archive is too large for tape (~300GB) so I have been considering
either:
- removable hard drive racks with SATA disks enclosed in a caddy
- external hard drives connected through a USB2 or firewire interface
The "SATA linux software status report"[1] indicates that hot-plug is
unsupported for SATA disks.
Q) Is still the case where the disk is connected through a removable
hard drive rack claiming to support hot-plug?
Q) Is hot-plug supported for external hard disks connected through a
USB2 or firewire interface?
My script can umount and mount as necessary, but I would like to avoid
reboots if possible.
Q) Do you foresee any problems configuring LVM or software RAID on top
of removable or external disks?
Thanks for your help, Andy
[1] http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
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