Re: Which hardware for saving backups?
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Scott Gifford wrote:
> Mitja Podreka <mitja.podreka@gmail.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> I've read a lot about backup software and already decided about which
>> one to use. I would like you to ask about advice about hardware.
>> Is external USB disc suitable for this? Should I put an extra disc to
>> my workstation?
>
> To add to this question: have people done this and had good luck with
> it? I've got two servers and a machine at home I've tried backing up
> to a USB drive, and in each case after a few weeks/months I start
> getting hardware errors from the USB drive, and the files I backed up
> aren't accessible. The two servers are Debian installations, both
> with a relatively recent 2.4 kernel; the one at home is a Mac.
>
> If you've done this and had it run successfully for a year or so,
> what hardware are you using (enclosure/adapter and drive), and what
> kernel?
I do it all the time (backup to external usb drive and via network). I
had problems with one computer producing read/write errors and I guess
it is the (old?) usb hardware on that computer. That's one of the
reasons, why one should have more than just *1* backup.
Doing backups over Ethernet, using a spare computer as a backup server
has the advantage that it is more easy to diagnose hardware problems (is
it the usb card of the computer or the usb hardware of the external
drive, etc.)
YMMV, HTH, take care, good luck, etc.
Johannes
NB: I'm using current, stable 2.6 kernels.
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