On 10/15/18 9:15 PM, Welington R. Braga wrote:
I'm just a beginner in Bacula but I'm talking as who manager 4 QNAP NAS
(1x TS-859U+, 3x TS-459U+) and others 2 similar storage like these in
the last 6 years. So, if you let me give a humble opinion, configure
only a NFS access and share this in your director/storage daemon and
disable all the services and apps you will not use.
Thanks for your answer.
I have some setup with NFS, just because that's the only choice; I try
to avoid it if there are better alternatives.
The reasons are:
1st - It is the most simple protocol to configure and use in Linux Machine;
And also the more problematic.
Besides, I don't use Linux (except of course on the NAS).
2nd - ISCSI is a most but, in this storage, when you create a LUN in
fact it creates some big files mounted as loop devices, so, any problem
in your machine means double problem to restore data
No problem: I have separate disaster recovery, so in case of trouble on
my machine I can easily get out of it.
reduced performance of the box (compared with NFS it the same machine)
That's curious: I thought iSCSI would be faster.
Guess I'll need to run some benchmarks.
4th - As said, you have to maintain the same version of SD and DIR.
Not necessarily true: I have a 7.4.7 director use a 7.4.0 SD.
In any case, upgrades don't come that frequently, so I can cope.
Compile or look for packages for Linux is easier than to a proprietary NAS.
Sure, otherwise I wouldn't be asking :)
Of course, it is based in my experience with these machines, and can not
reflect the reality of your case.
I guess YMMV.
I have several setups:
_ in most cases I'm running the SD on the NAS and I'm *VERY* happy with
this;
_ on some corner cases (where I couldn't choose the NAS), I'm using NFS
and it's much more trouble;
_ I'll try iSCSI at least in the lab to see how it compares;
_ I never used CIFS for this and I think I'll never will.
bye & Thanks
av.
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