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On 12/10/10 07:43, stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On 11/10/10 16:33:02, Gibbs wrote:Hi all, The computers syncing would probably make the backup size in the region of 100-200GB? I can't be sure yet but that's probably a reasonably accurate estimate.That is not large! :-) I would go for some near line storage and then USB for offsite. This give the best of both worlds, instant backup when on site and the safety of data stored offsite as well. You can take the off site backup from the nearline storage, saving the impact on the disks during the day. Mind you 100-200g is not going to take long, it takes us a weekend to spool 7.7T to 5 LTO3's.
7.7TB? Ahh yeah okay that's largish.I'd say probably 2 to 3 hours to backup 200GB. Mainly because USB 2 is slower than IDE/SATA. Other options is to use eSATA (it's possible to get an internal SATA to eSATA adaptor) or maybe USB 3 (but this would require a compatible hard drive and controller card).
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