On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 09:10 -0800, Troy Engel wrote: > Ed Morrison wrote: > > I'm looking to find a Linux NAS solution for a Windows network. Looking > > into FreeNAS and OpenFiler. Anyone using these or any other solution? > > Any comments/suggestions? > > >From the longtime experience direction, be sure to figure out the > snapshotting upfront; a good snapshot rotation can save you so much pain > it's not funny; many commercial NAS (NetApp, SnapServer, EMC, etc) have > this integrated. When looking at a DIY linux NAS, you may have to roll > it up. > > We snapshot roughly like so: [8a,12p,4p M-F] [nightly 2 nights > retention] -- this setup is enough to provide instantanious file restore > without having to deal with the backups. (classic "hey IT, I deleted a > file last night...") > > Personally I've used rdiff as a snapshot-esque tool and it works pretty > well, but not very good when the underlying link dies; it's not the > exact right tool. rsnapshot is also in the same vein, but again it's not > quite the exact snapshot type of thing that a NetApp provides. I bet > there are better choices out there... ---- OK - I'm intrigued...any references about snapshots? This may prove useful Craig