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    Build to backup existing ZFS fileserver?

    That's pretty much my setup now. All my local computers back up to the local server so if any of the local ones fails, it's going to be a pretty fast restore. I don't produce very much data locally, so the incrementals should be rather small and (hopefully!) manageable over 1Mbps. 1GB takes...
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    Fileserver Backup Suggestions?

    I guess I should have been more detailed. I'm using NAS4FREE as my NAS and I try to treat it as much like a network appliance as possible. It's the embedded version and I'd prefer not to install any other software on it. Makes for easy upgrades. Crashplan will let you backup to other...
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    Build to backup existing ZFS fileserver?

    Considering that the incremental backups will be going out over a 1 Mbit/s DSL connection, shouldn't Atom's be OK? I mean, this backup server is just going to sit there until, once a night, it is contacted by the main server which syncs its data up to it. Or are there other reasons to not...
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    Fileserver Backup Suggestions?

    I actually did install Crashplan and really liked the software and the fact that I could use both on the Windows side and the Unix side. Thing is that it can only backup to an attached drive (not over the net) unless you pay a monthly fee or take advantage of a loophole in the software. The...
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    Build to backup existing ZFS fileserver?

    I have a 6x3TB raid-z2 server and I'm starting to plan out a remote backup solution only used to backup (mirror) the main fileserver. One option seems to be to build a new system from scratch. Although I see many posts about building the initial ZFS server, I haven't seen much talk about...
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    Fileserver Backup Suggestions?

    I kept digging around and there does not seem to exist a reasonable solution for backing up several TB of data online. :( So, for now, I'm going to backup my data to removable drives while I plan out a build for a backup server. I'll perform the initial sync with the backup server locally...
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    Fileserver Backup Suggestions?

    I guess that you periodically perform full backups and then send the backups to your daughter? I was hoping to send only the initial seed backup, and then perform subsequent incremental backups over the internet. I'm starting to wonder if a Raspberry Pi with a bunch of disks in a raid...
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    Fileserver Backup Suggestions?

    My Nas4Free ZFS server seems pretty stable now (after replacing 2 failed WD red drives out of 6 :(), and I'd like to create a backup solution for the server. I have about 8.5TB on the server now of which only about 3.2TB are 'important' data. Max capacity is about 12TB. Online backup does...
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    ZFS as ESXi datastore

    In case anyone is interested, I went with the S3700 and I get up to 100MB/sec now with large file writes (dd, etc.). Before adding ZIL drive (these are write speeds measured by iometer): Request-Size Operations/sec Throughput(MB/sec) 4k 67 0.3 8k 74 0.6 16k 72 1.1 32k 70 2.0...
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    ZIL through ESXi, or direct to VM?

    I did manage to test both configs during the weekend and here are some numbers I measured. I used Iometer to measure performance (my first time using iometer...) and all measurements are for write operations. The test file created by dynamo on the client was about 2GB in size and the client was...
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    ZIL through ESXi, or direct to VM?

    Sure, will do. I was just wondering of someone knew of a dealbreaker with using the SSD through ESXi as a ZIL drive so I wouldn't have to bother trying that option. Such as "once you go through esxi you lose so much performance that it's like not even having a ZIL". I'm hoping I can get to...
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    ZIL through ESXi, or direct to VM?

    I'm running an ESXi server hosting a NAS4FREE VM. I have an M1015 SAS card that I pass through to the VM using VT-d and I have 6 disks connected to the card in a raid-z2 configuration. I'm about to add a 100GB ZIL drive (Intel S3700) and I see two ways to do this. I could put the drive on the...
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    Blinking screen of death Asus P6T+SSD

    So happy! With a random combination of Windows Startup Repair, bootrec /fixmbr /fixboot /rebuildbcd and /scanos commands, I was somehow able to get my system to boot again! I don't know which command fixed it (I tried each one several times), but finally it all worked! It's about time for a...
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    Blinking screen of death Asus P6T+SSD

    I ran Samsung (seagate's) disk diagnostics last night from a boot CD with no errors found (even the extended tests). There are no S.M.A.R.T. errors on the drive either :( Here's what I have in my box: ASUS P6T (not v2 or SE) i7-930 6GB RAM (3x2GB) Corsair 850W PS BFG GeForce 9800gtx+ BFG...
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    Blinking screen of death Asus P6T+SSD

    I built my main computer in 2010 with an ASUS P6T (no V2, no deluxe) and an X25M SSD drive. Periodically with no apparent rhyme nor reason, the machine would not boot into the OS. It would pass the BIOS but once it tried to access the SSD and load the OS, nothing would happen: I would just see a...
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