On 3/12/07, Jack Malone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Greg Freemyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:31 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] firewire drives & backups On 3/12/07, Jack Malone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for anyone backing up to a firewire type drive attached to a > suse linux machine. I would love to attach a firewire drive to my server for > backups. Firewire is pretty fast an can be moved from one machine to > another. If anyone using them how fast is the backup process . Can you give > me times an amount of data being backup for info please. > > Thanks for info > > > Jack Malone Don't ignore eSata (external sata) for the same purpose. (If you don't have an eSata connector you can get a Sata <--> eSata cable for $10 or $20, just be sure it is 300 Gbit/sec rated.) Especially for Linux I believe the sata drivers are more actively maintained and have a much bigger user base than the firewire drivers. Thanks Greg for the info I will have to check into that esata drive for sure. I do not have an esata connection on this machine but I do have sata connections on the 3ware raid card that might work for that. I have 3 spare ports on this 3ware raid card that I can use, just no more room in the tower for any more drives to be mounted. This is an older machine ( 3 or 4 years old) that does not have esata or sata on the motherboard if I remember. I'm just looking for a faster backup device then tape or network backup from another machine. Do you think that using one of the spare ports on my 3ware card with the sata to esata cable will work ok or not. I have a spare pci slot that I could stick another sata card into the machine also. Jack
I would be unhappy if the 3ware card did not work well with an eSata setup via an adaptor cable but I've never tried it. I just posted that Sata has hotswap now. I'm not sure the 3ware driver would support hotswap of a JBOD drive. Obviously it should let you replace drives in a raid array without powering down. I'm just not sure they handle standalone drives coming and going. FYI: After you plug in the eSata card you normally have to initiate a drive scan. I've forgotten how that is done. I think you echo a value into a sysfs field. Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
