-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth@5-cent.us Sent: den 4 november 2013 18:06 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] [OT] Building a new backup server
Any hints as to where to start reading up, as well as hints on how to proceed (another motherboard, ditto raidcontroller?), would be greatly appreciated.
Several. First, see if you CentOS supports that card. The alternative is to go to Highpoint's website, and look for the driver. You *might* need to get the source and build it - I had to do that a few months ago, on an old 2260 (I think it is) card, and had to hack the source -they're *not* good about updates. If you're lucky, they'll have a current driver or source.
Highpoint actually had several drivers listed for RHEL/CentOS for download at their site.
Second, on our HBR's (that's a technical term - Honkin' Big RAIDS... <g>), we use ext4, and RAID 6. Also, for about two years, I keep finding things that say that although ext4 supports gigantic filesystems, the tools aren't there yet. The upshot is that I make several volumes and partition them into 14TB-16TB filesystems.
Can e.g. BackupPC handle several file systems to backup to? I.e. comp1 through 10 should backup to /bak1, comp 11 through 20 to /bak2 and so on.
What do you guys use for backup programs?
Besides, if you have a problem with a truly humongous RAID, the rebuild will finish sometime around next summer....
That one has been nagging me too. 8-/
-- //Sorin