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<blockquote data-quote="erichzann" data-source="post: 990997" data-attributes="member: 116360"><p>Hi,</p><p> </p><p>I used to spend a long time thinking about this as well. In particular whether to go for a raid solution etc.</p><p> </p><p>My current solution which I am very happy with is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>I have a main server running drive bender so all my drives are pooled into 1 5tb (approx) drive. Drive bender is great software because the drives are still intact even if the pool collapses.</p><p> </p><p>I then have an HP Proliant Micro Server as my backup (slightly older version than this one <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/ProLiant-N40L-2GB-U-250GB-MicroServer/dp/B005LRCASM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367660380&sr=8-1&keywords=hp+micro+proliant" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/ProLiant-N40L-2GB-U-250GB-MicroServer/dp/B005LRCASM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367660380&sr=8-1&keywords=hp micro proliant</a>)</p><p> </p><p>These are great value and normally I build my own machines but am glad I purchased this. It can hold 4 drives so in today's world of 4tb drives that would give 16tb. I run windows 8 on it but have run ubuntu in the past.</p><p> </p><p>I have another copy of drive bender running on this server to pool all the backup drives and the folder structure on the backup matches that of the main server.</p><p> </p><p>I then run a program called Synchredible <a href="https://www.ascomp.de/en/products/show/product/synchredible" target="_blank">https://www.ascomp.de/en/products/show/product/synchredible</a> on the Backup server.</p><p> </p><p>The backup server is set to wakeup at around 1.00 every night using windows task scheduler and synchredible starts on a schedule a few minutes later, backs up my main server, emails me, and then shuts down again. Synchredible lets you do all this.</p><p> </p><p>I backup documents every night and then also Movies on Monday, Photos on Tuesday etc.</p><p> </p><p>I like synchredible because I don't want to compress my backups and I also don't want some kind of proprietary backup file structure that means my backup is hard to get to.</p><p> </p><p>The profiles I have on synchredible are to copy everything from the main server to the backup and not delete any files from the backup that may not be on the main server any more, otherwise this would defeat the point of the backup!!!</p><p> </p><p>I then have 0 sync profiles set up in synchredible which I run once in a while to delete all redundant files from the backup server.</p><p> </p><p>If a drive fails in either machine then I simply replace it and run the sync in the correct direction to restore the files.</p><p> </p><p>I am really happy with this setup. It does mean that once in a while I need to add a drive to both servers but drives are getting cheaper. Certainly cheaper than the cost to me having to rip all my movies again.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="erichzann, post: 990997, member: 116360"] Hi, I used to spend a long time thinking about this as well. In particular whether to go for a raid solution etc. My current solution which I am very happy with is as follows: I have a main server running drive bender so all my drives are pooled into 1 5tb (approx) drive. Drive bender is great software because the drives are still intact even if the pool collapses. I then have an HP Proliant Micro Server as my backup (slightly older version than this one [URL='http://www.amazon.co.uk/ProLiant-N40L-2GB-U-250GB-MicroServer/dp/B005LRCASM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367660380&sr=8-1&keywords=hp+micro+proliant']http://www.amazon.co.uk/ProLiant-N40L-2GB-U-250GB-MicroServer/dp/B005LRCASM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367660380&sr=8-1&keywords=hp micro proliant[/URL]) These are great value and normally I build my own machines but am glad I purchased this. It can hold 4 drives so in today's world of 4tb drives that would give 16tb. I run windows 8 on it but have run ubuntu in the past. I have another copy of drive bender running on this server to pool all the backup drives and the folder structure on the backup matches that of the main server. I then run a program called Synchredible [url]https://www.ascomp.de/en/products/show/product/synchredible[/url] on the Backup server. The backup server is set to wakeup at around 1.00 every night using windows task scheduler and synchredible starts on a schedule a few minutes later, backs up my main server, emails me, and then shuts down again. Synchredible lets you do all this. I backup documents every night and then also Movies on Monday, Photos on Tuesday etc. I like synchredible because I don't want to compress my backups and I also don't want some kind of proprietary backup file structure that means my backup is hard to get to. The profiles I have on synchredible are to copy everything from the main server to the backup and not delete any files from the backup that may not be on the main server any more, otherwise this would defeat the point of the backup!!! I then have 0 sync profiles set up in synchredible which I run once in a while to delete all redundant files from the backup server. If a drive fails in either machine then I simply replace it and run the sync in the correct direction to restore the files. I am really happy with this setup. It does mean that once in a while I need to add a drive to both servers but drives are getting cheaper. Certainly cheaper than the cost to me having to rip all my movies again. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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