[Bacula-users] best approach for two usb storage devices

2011-01-31 Thread mayak-cq
hi all, just a quick question about what the best approach is for having two usb storage devices monday thru friday for device 0 weeks 1 3 monday thru friday for device 1 weeks 2 4 the idea is that one of the devices is always of site ... thanks m

Re: [Bacula-users] best approach for two usb storage devices

2011-01-31 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 01/31/11 07:17, mayak-cq wrote: hi all, just a quick question about what the best approach is for having two usb storage devices One piece of not-specifically-bacula-related advice: Rather than buying off-the-shelf USB drives, you may be better advised to buy a USB external housing and

Re: [Bacula-users] best approach for two usb storage devices

2011-01-31 Thread mayak-cq
On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 08:36 -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 01/31/11 07:17, mayak-cq wrote: hi all, just a quick question about what the best approach is for having two usb storage devices One piece of not-specifically-bacula-related advice: Rather than buying off-the-shelf USB

Re: [Bacula-users] best approach for two usb storage devices

2011-01-31 Thread Oliver Hoffmann
On 01/31/11 07:17, mayak-cq wrote: hi all, just a quick question about what the best approach is for having two usb storage devices One piece of not-specifically-bacula-related advice: Rather than buying off-the-shelf USB drives, you may be better advised to buy a USB external

Re: [Bacula-users] best approach for two usb storage devices

2011-01-31 Thread mayak-cq
snip Another way of dealing with cheap USB-drives could be to build a zfs-pool. You'll need to set up a Solaris or FreeBSD (I took a FreeBSD zfs-only system) host which serves at least as the SD. In the end you'll have a bunch of cheap hardware made reliable with the amazing capabilities of

Re: [Bacula-users] best approach for two usb storage devices

2011-01-31 Thread Oliver Hoffmann
snip Another way of dealing with cheap USB-drives could be to build a zfs-pool. You'll need to set up a Solaris or FreeBSD (I took a FreeBSD zfs-only system) host which serves at least as the SD. In the end you'll have a bunch of cheap hardware made reliable with the amazing