[plug] Windows to Linux Samba backup concepts

[hatari]

Carl Gherardi wrote:
> 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.
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Carl, today's backup which hadn't finished when I left was up to 18 
hours.  Unfortunately I recently inhereted this setup, but I am going to 
have to fix it.
I am already pricing a RAID controller and disks.  It may be that the 
easy way out is to put it onto Windows.
However I am still interested in the Linux solution too.