> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of m.roth at 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