Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-17 Thread Nicholas Mistry
On Feb 15, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi. > >>> For the past couple years I have been constantly researching for a >>> way to create an inexpensive backup server that gives at least 1TB >>> in full RAID 1 redundancy while keeping $/GB as low as possible. > > Also i've done something t

Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-17 Thread Nicholas Mistry
On Feb 14, 2008, at 3:12 PM, David Morton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Feb 11, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Nicholas Mistry wrote: > >> For the past couple years I have been constantly researching for a >> way to create an inexpensive backup server that gives at least

Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-17 Thread Nicholas Mistry
On Feb 12, 2008, at 10:29 AM, dan wrote: for instance $200 http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bsdwd2a&s=bsd&dgc=BF&cid=7420&lid=197374 Dan, the link did not resolve for me. Can you let me know what config you used? make a shell script to add th

Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-17 Thread Nicholas Mistry
Justin, To be honest, i am open to any type of solution for the hardware platform, but i do not want to venture into recycling older hardware.If the system was only intended for my personal use, i definitely would have used one of my old Dell servers w/ an ESATA card with a bunch of e

Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-15 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi. > > For the past couple years I have been constantly researching for a > > way to create an inexpensive backup server that gives at least 1TB > > in full RAID 1 redundancy while keeping $/GB as low as possible. Also i've done something that. I use a : - jetway motherboard J7F4K1G5D (1500 mh

Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-14 Thread David Morton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 11, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Nicholas Mistry wrote: > For the past couple years I have been constantly researching for a > way to create an inexpensive backup server that gives at least 1TB > in full RAID 1 redundancy while keeping $/GB as low as

Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-12 Thread dan
for instance $200 http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bsdwd2a&s=bsd&dgc=BF&cid=7420&lid=197374 get 2 1TB drives for a RAID1 mirror $269.99 each / $539.98 for the pair. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148274 now you have $739.98 i

Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-11 Thread David Rees
On Feb 11, 2008 7:51 PM, Justin Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Nicholas Mistry wrote: >> Install your favorite flavor of linux with backuppc (CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, >> Debian) but install a stripped down version w/o the gui and the like. > > Well, my first concern w

Re: [BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-11 Thread Justin Best
Well, my first concern would be that the board you selected doesn't seem to have great Linux support. See one of the reviews at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121326 Why not just buy a used machine, or better still, re-use one you've already got? All my BackupPC serv

[BackupPC-users] My thoughts on building an inexpensive backuppc server.

2008-02-11 Thread Nicholas Mistry
For the past couple years I have been constantly researching for a way to create an inexpensive backup server that gives at least 1TB in full RAID 1 redundancy while keeping $/GB as low as possible. I am targeting this deployment for something that i would use in a home or small business w