Little linux backup box - wisdom required

[Fernando Duran]

Can I ask where you bought the DreamPlug? I can't find it in the usual suspects in Canada. I'm looking for a cheap small factor silent (no movable parts)  PC with 2 Eth ports.

Thanks!
 
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Fernando Duran
http://www.fduran.com


----- Original Message -----
> From: Jason Shaw <grazer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 10:10:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Little linux backup box - wisdom required
> 
> I run debian on a DreamPlug (
> http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-dreamplugdetails.aspx ) that
> has an eSATA JBoD box hooked up to it with software RAID1.  It runs
> samba for sharing media, BackupPC for rsync backups of the other
> computers in the house, Transmission Daemon for downloads, and a few
> other things.  The eSATA connection is faster than USB, although in
> hindsight, I sort of wish I'd bought an eSATA box with hardware RAID
> as the little ARM processor struggles occasionally with the software
> RAID.
> 
> I've been running this for around 6 months now and it's been fine.
> Need to do some rewiring of the house though so that my Boxee Box can
> stop using wireless for streaming, but that's nothing to do with
> backup solutions.
> 
> -jason
> 
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Mauro Souza <thoriumbr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>  I have a discontinued Chumby Hacker Board running Debian, samba, with a
>>  external USB disk and connected to my network. On my computers I have
>>  dèjá-dup running, and backing my home every day. I have it working for 2+
>>  years, and I am happy with it. Chumby is even my torrentbox and I can play
>>  my movies straight from that USB disk.
>>  I intend to upgrade my Chumby to a RasPi some day int he future, but as
>>  Chumby is running fine, I think I will keep it as it is.
>> 
>>  Mauro
>>  http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521
>>  Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God.
>> 
>> 
>>  2013/2/22 William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
>>> 
>>>  On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 05:37:36PM -0500, Stewart Russell wrote:
>>>  > All this talk of drive features has got me questioning my backup
>>>  > strategy,
>>>  > which is somewhere between ad hoc and none at all. I'm 
> considering
>>>  > setting
>>>  > up the following box:
>>>  > * QNAP TS-419P II 4-bay NAS: <
>>>  > 
> http://www.qnap.com/useng/?lang=en-us&sn=862&c=355&sc=688&t=695&n=3888>
>>>  > * 4x WD Red 2TB drives.
>>>  > * Crashplan cloud backup for all my (cross-platform)  machines and 
> the
>>>  > NAS
>>>  > itself. Anything that can't run Crashplan (not sure how well 
> the Java
>>>  > client would run on a Raspberry Pi ...) would rsync to the NAS 
> box,
>>>  > which
>>>  > itself would be running Crashplan.
>>>  >
>>>  > The QNAP is a little ARM Linux box. I'm not really looking to 
> build a
>>>  > custom box unless it's cheaper, quieter and uses less power 
> than the
>>>  > QNAP.
>>>  > It supports a bunch of RAID levels, so could in theory could be a 
> 6TB
>>>  > RAID5, or a 4TB RAID6 (less the usual system and marketing 
> overhead).
>>>  > I'm
>>>  > more interested in data integrity than flat-out transfer speed.
>>>  >
>>>  > If a single drive failed, would either of these RAID levels be 
> able to
>>>  > realistically carry on without data loss until I replaced the 
> faulty
>>>  > unit?
>>>  >
>>>  > Is it really worth going for non-sequential serial numbers on the
>>>  > drives?
>>>  > Apart from buying a single drive from different stores, how would 
> one do
>>>  > this?
>>>  >
>>>  > Wisdom appreciated, thanks. Point-and-laugh is also okay, as long 
> as you
>>>  > say why, and what you'd do better.
>>>  >
>>>  > cheers,
>>>  >  Stewart
>>> 
>>>  I would've gone with 4-bay USB3 external instead.  It's local 
> mount, and
>>>  you can simply do "rsync" daily and "rsync 
> --delete" weekly.  I'm
>>>  currently doing daily rsync to RAID10 as backup.  I personally 
> don't own
>>>  NAS.  But, watching people who do, I don't want to maintain/upgrade 
> yet
>>>  another machine.
>>>  --
>>>  William
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