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Richard Brown wrote: > Hi > > I am currently working with a Buffalo Terastation and a Buffalo > HD-HCU2 Drive station as backup. The backup constantly fails and all I > can find is the length of time it takes to back the files up. > > The reason it takes so long is the files are huge. We're talking cad > plans of over 25mb and about 6 workers creating these plans maybe once > a day. So we're maybe talking over 100mb created daily to be backed > up. The other problem with the backup is that it is on a Linux > formatted hard drive. So not easy to restore things. > > So basically, I need a backup solution that will work in tandem with > the Terastation and be backing up constantly throughout the day. The > owner of the business wants to be taking the backup home daily. He > also needs to restore files quickly - so access from a windows box > (that's all they have got). > > Any ideas please? > Hi, You may find this solution of interest (and less hassle than building a PC). I recently invested in an Edimax router. Before I say anything else I neither work for them nor have any interest in the company other than as a consumer. However, the model I bought (BR-6215SRg) has two USB ports as well as 4 LAN ports and wireless for approx £41 inc VAT and dely from scan.co.uk. The router runs on Linux (not sure what distro) and can take either two external USB HDs, two printers or one of each. Rather than expend time and money building a PC for backup you could spend less on one of these, a couple of HDs in caddies and be able to back up all your machines over the network. Oh yes and it will format HDs to FAT32, ext2 and ext3. Does not do NTFS although on reflection that's likely to be the Linux version it's running. The bonus is that of course it will consume less power and eat less of your electricity bill than a whole PC. Plus if the boss wants to take it home he just unplugs the caddy from the router. Job done. Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html