What type of data backup server should I use? in General Questions

What type of data backup server should I use? in General Questions http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20808045 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:59:02 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:59:02 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20840667 Matt : Make sure to check out some of the add-ins: »www.wegotserved.co.uk/windows-ho···add-ins/

I use the WebGuide add-in along with a few of the Admin add-ins.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20840667 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:06:06 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20839502 AdamB : Yeah my server came yesterday and I've got it all up to date with the latest power pack. I just need to get a small screw driver so that I can put in the extra RAM I bought.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20839502 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:20:26 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20839483 Snake Doctor : The power pack is out of beta now and in full rtm in case you were waiting for it to be out of beta
I've been using it for a while now too and i can say it's a great server and cheap too.A++ for WHS!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20839483 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:16:57 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20811900 AdamB : I agree, I like the way Windows handles the drives and allows for selective duplication. I can also understand why some want hardware RAID, incase the drive holding the OS dies. It is definitely a neat OS, I can't wait to try it out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20811900 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:05:29 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20810536 Matt :

said by AdamB

said by kherr

said by AdamB

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HP has a two drive bay linux based home server. I just purchased the HP MediaSmart today with Windows Home Server. WHS is good especially that the power pack is coming out soon. I'm sure you could slap together a nice box with that.

WHS has duplication built-in, so no RAID is required. It's a completely different (unique) filesystem.

You can turn duplication on and off for whatever folders you want, so you have RAID-like protection for your critical data, but tons more free-space than a typical RAID-1 array. If you lose a drive, you only lose whatever data wasn't duplicated that happened to reside on that drive. Even the OS will continue to run. You can add drives right into the array also, without recreating your array. It's TONS better than RAID. I've attached my Storage Summary. Look at the bottom right and also notice I've got a mix of SATA and USB drives. All transparent to the OS.

The backup utility is also the absolute coolest. Initially it creates a sector based backup, which then only updates the sectors that change. So my initial laptop backup took like 3 hours across my wireless, but now when I wake my laptop up, it only backs up the sectors that have changed, so in like 2 minutes it's done. All transparently.

If I need a file, I can go into the backup and restore individual files too. It's really slick.

Duplication for all Shared Folders Only

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20810536 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:38:35 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20809169 AdamB :

said by kherr

said by AdamB

If you are talking about WHS, yeah people have complained about the lack of RAID. However, for the audience it is geared for, clumping all the drives together is probably the best solution.

The HP linux box I don't know that much about. It is nice and HP has done a great job developing the interface for it, it's just the two bays are a deal killer for me.
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said by AdamB

If that's the one I think it is, I was going to buy it. The problem I had with it was it didn't support raid at all. So I ended up buying two Netgear NAS duos. One 750G and a 500G. Once I figured out the permissions, it was easy to setup]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20809016 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:48:36 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20808635 Matt :

said by AdamB

FWIW, I'm using the PP1 Beta with absolutely no issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20808635 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:39:06 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20808342 AdamB : HP has a two drive bay linux based home server. I just purchased the HP MediaSmart today with Windows Home Server. WHS is good especially that the power pack is coming out soon. I'm sure you could slap together a nice box with that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20808342 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:40:36 EDT Re: What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20808245 Matt :

said by alfnoid

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I am not sure which specific forum to post this in so I'll start here and if someone decides it better fits elsewhere... so be it.

Anyway I have several computers in the house with a mix of Linux, OSX, XP and vista and want to implement something similar to Windows home server where I can backup files from multiple PC's.

I don't really want to pay $700 for a WHS box from HP or similar. I don't even know it if would work with the *nix boxen I have in the network.
I would like to build my own and install whatever software myself.

So who has suggestions?

The WHS package is WONDERFUL for Windows boxes and can be used as a file share by to store backups by others.

I built a WHS with the following components:

1 x Shuttle K45: $99
1 x Celeron Dual Core 1.6GHz = $39
1GB DDR2800: Free (had it lying around)
2 x 250GB Drives = Free
1 x 500GB USB = Free
1 x WHS OS = $150 (OEM)

I've used Windows 2003, W2k3 SBS, Linux, and dumb NAS devices. WHS is absolutely the easiest, coolest thing to come along for this type of usage ever. Hands down. It just works.

If you really want to buy the HW and do it yourself, look into FreeNAS. You'll have to get the backup clients, drive mappings and such configured yourself however. Which you'll still have to do for WHS anyway on your Linux and OSX clients.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20808245 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:20:17 EDT What type of data backup server should I use? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20808045 alfnoid : I am not sure which specific forum to post this in so I'll start here and if someone decides it better fits elsewhere... so be it.

Anyway I have several computers in the house with a mix of Linux, OSX, XP and vista and want to implement something similar to Windows home server where I can backup files from multiple PC's.

I don't really want to pay $700 for a WHS box from HP or similar. I don't even know it if would work with the *nix boxen I have in the network.
I would like to build my own and install whatever software myself.

So who has suggestions?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20808045 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:35:05 EDT