Little linux backup box - wisdom required

Jason Shaw grazer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Feb 22 17:35:36 UTC 2013


I picked mine up from kijiji, but a coworker ordered his straight from
Global Scale - https://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-54-dreamplug-devkit.aspx

My only real gripe with it is that the LEDs are extremely bright, so I
keep a piece of heavy card stock taped over them.
-jason

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Fernando Duran <liberosec-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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!
>
> ---------------------
> 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-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
>>>>
>>>>  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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