[nylug-talk] External HDs for Remote Backup

[Paul Robbins]

I looked into some external hard drives, and one thing most of the reviews
noted was to be sure to get one with a built in fan.  I was going to persue
an external drive for my home system, but after reading about the lifespan
of some external drives (~2 years) I decided I would hold off.  For me, the
reason to have an external drive would be to have it last a long time in
case of a main system failure.  However, the reviews said that external
drives tend to over heat and burn out.  I don't know how accurate this is,
just what some reviews I read said.  Just a note, though, most of the ones
were lower end models for a home user, I am sure there are nicer models that
may not have this issue.

On 5/10/06, Michael Ruebner <mr at lunchinglads.net> wrote:
>
> Dear LUGgers,
>
> I've been running remote backups (rsync over IPSec VPN) on/from several
> Debian systems for a while, and I would like to switch from an internal
> HD to an external HD setup, facilitating on-site restores (at least
> that's the idea).
>
> I was thinking about a couple of external HDs connected to a dedicated
> backup server via firewire or USB. Since most of the data comes from
> Samba file servers slaving away for diverse Windows clients, fat32 or
> NTFS would be the file system of choice.
>
> Does anyone run a similar setup and would like to share thoughts,
> experience, caveats; or simply provide a sanity check?
>
> Any input greatly appreciated.
>
> Mike
>
>
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