[plug] Windows to Linux Samba backup concepts

[Carl Gherardi]

On 10/18/06, hatari <hatari at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Advice please....
>
> There will be about 600-GB nightly.  If I need to use this backup to
> re-build a part, or all, of a server will I have lost Windows-based file
> permissions?

I believe it is possible to configure acls under linux and et samba to
work with them, but its not something i've tried. Windows volume
snapshots are likely to be a bit simpler to work with long term.

> In fact I need to know what sorts of problems I might encounter so your
> advice is appreciated, although I need the first question answered asap.
>
> If this is not possible then I must revert to the traditional approach
> of buying a "massive" tape drive etc.

600 Gb is going to be bandwidth intensive disk and network - at
1000BaseT Max throughput is 125Mb/s.

600G is 13 hours at that rate, so you need disks and controllers that
can sustain prolonged throughput at high rates.

HTH a little.