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Hi Julian On 09/01/2008, Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 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). > > > 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. > This is an interesting solution. The only problem I see with it is that we are still relying on the Buffalo server to do the backing up. Or can this device be asked to do a backup. Is it possible to ask it to pull files from the server and put them into the caddy please? Even better can it do it incrementally? Thanks. -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- 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