Re: Backups - how do you do them?

["seniorsimon" <simon.ryley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian,

Out of interest, can you give us a hardware spec of your NT4 media
server.  It sounds like just what I am looking for, and I like the
idea of a 10 sec boot and fast media access!

Do you run all your Ethernet through a switches or router?

TIA,

Simon

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ian" <ian@f...> wrote:
> Actually, in a slight tip-of-the-hat to NAS, I now store my media
on a NT4
> server rather than the 2003 server everything else lives on - the
overheads
> of win2K and win2K3 being just too damn smart for their own good
was
> becoming a real pain, so I decided to see how well old NT4 SP6
would do on
> modern hardware - very nice indeed!!
>
> Our media server (.8Tb) boots in less than ten seconds, and
opening media is
> *lightning* fast. One point worth noting - it's actually faster
using a
> 100Mb card than a Gigabit one - NT4's drivers for the GiG cards is
buggy as
> hell.
>
> Ian.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Andrews [mailto:groups@j...]
> Sent: 05 December 2004 22:38
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Backups - how do you do them?
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> OK, if we are going onto relatvies (GRIN)
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> My folks have hardware raid 1 and a DAT 4 drive - but very tempted
to stuff
> all their stuff onto a small NAS.
> They are BIG users of digital photography.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian" <ian@f...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:33 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Backups - how do you do them?
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> > I use Raid 5 for the general stuff, Mirroring for the more
important bits,
> > and DAT24 backup for the *really* important stuff :)
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> > That and every now and then burn off a DVDR of bits and bobs to
store at
> my
> > Mum's House.
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> > Ian.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@a...]
> > Sent: 05 December 2004 21:41
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Backups - how do you do them?
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> > > I currently back up the O/S and apps to tape and then mirror
the data
> > > using win2k disk mirroring.
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> > > As I have a terrabyte of data, I am not covered in the event
of fire.
> > > I am eagerly awaiting blu-ray for that.
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> > I have getting on for 3Tb that is completely not-backed-up but
about 300Gb
> > of the most important stuff (digital photos etc.) is mirrored.
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