Question for you,
I am looking to redo my music storage,(might include DVD's) I have shitloads of music in FLAC format that I want redundantly backed up. I'm looking at a large NAS, or a small dedicated server running Windows Home Server. I will probably be backing up numerous computers as well. I know that the WHS option will automate these backups...cool, but not entirely neccessary.
So, in your expert opinions, which option would you go for, and why?
Tanx.
``If a contest had 97 prizes, the 98th would be a trip to Green Bay.'' John McKay
How much space will you need for the backup?
Also, why is an automated backup process unnecessary? What did you have in mind?
Last edited by Butka; 11-18-2010 at 02:20 PM.
Originally Posted by Butka
Not sure, but around 3-400 Gigs of just music. The reason I said the automated backups weren't necessary, is I've made backup dvd's, so I can live with a manual backup process, if need be.
I'm looking to eventually have around 8TB of storage, or more in the future.
``If a contest had 97 prizes, the 98th would be a trip to Green Bay.'' John McKay
I'll save the long-winded story as to why this is done at my company instead of other solutions.. but at our smaller remote offices, in the middle of nowhere, we back everything up to a local NAS device. We use Buffalo Link Stations. 1TB is sufficient for us at those locations, but here's a 4TB solution for $400.
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/I...i_sku=11546316
So far, we haven't had any issues with the Buffalo devices. (knock on wood).
Personally, I'd go with a NAS instead of dealing with a whole new server (unless you have other needs for the server). The interface on the Buffalo devices is pretty simple and straight forward. Setting permissions, users, etc. is easy. Out of the box, it's pretty wide open security, so if you don't want to deal with security issues, you can hit the ground running. Unless you're looking for redundancy within the backup device as well (RAID), I'd go that route.
I think you should just automate the backups personally. The built in windows backup is pretty unreliable in my opinion. I use rsync quite a bit on our UNIX machines at work. There is a program for Windows called Delta Copy (which I also use at work), which is a gui wrapper around rsync. But that requires two machines with operating systems. So that won't work with the NAS device, but would if you decide on the server.
Another free program is called Allway Sync and it can do synchronization or one way backups from a machine to any other file system. So you could use that if you buy the NAS.
I've heard very few bad things about Buffalo as well. (probably user error)
As far as the security issues, I have a guy who can lock it down tighter than a bull's ass in fly season.
He had his suggestions, and I wanted to see what others had to say. To be fair, I asked him specifically about servers. I had a WD NAS (very halfassed) -data was not redundantly arranged, now it's gone, gone, gone.....lol Some of it might be recoverable. But he said he's getting a few servers from a customer, and I'd be welcome to one of them, but I don't think I want to start buying up SCSI drives in bulk. Considering a Windows Home Server machine, as well.
I appreciate the input, thanks!
``If a contest had 97 prizes, the 98th would be a trip to Green Bay.'' John McKay
No problem... feel free to ask BF51. I've done this 1000's of time, many different ways. It all depends on what you're trying to accomplish.
And yes... SCSI drives aren't worth the price for a home setup... haha.
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