I have been looking into getting the extra hd for my Raq4i on Rackshack.net for a backup.

Would this be a viable solution for a backup system? Are there programs or a cron job I could setup to copy data over to the other drive??

I'm trying to figure out if this is a good solution and worth the cost.

Thanks

depending on if you have any bandwidth limitations I use ftpbackup and a nifty perl script and I get my important directories compressed and ftp'd to me every morning (to just an old p 166 sitting in my office). I only have 400 - 425 meg that get sent out each day... so thats not too much... I guess if you had a lot of stuff this isn't the best solution.

-dr

aren't the RAQs 4i's capabale of some sort of RAID? 1 or 5 or something? i know there's the 4r, but, i was under the impression there was some sort of RAID ability with the 4i as well. probably mistaken.

even if not, i think it's a very viable solution for backups if you don't have high bandwidth allowances and/or have alot of data to backup..

The bandwidth limit is 300gb per month.

The only difference between your 4i and the 4r is that 4r has RAID1 and 2 drives. To make your 4i a 4r all you need to do is add an identical drive, download the 4r CD Restore image file from Cobalt and restore the OS. Now you have a real 4r. I even made my 3i into a 4r this way!

JZ

Originally posted by JZaman
The only difference between your 4i and the 4r is that 4r has RAID1 and 2 drives. To make your 4i a 4r all you need to do is add an identical drive, download the 4r CD Restore image file from Cobalt and restore the OS. Now you have a real 4r. I even made my 3i into a 4r this way!

JZ

is it possible to do a OS restore even if sites already on the raq?

No, the resotre wipes out all data on the drive. You have to backup all data, restore the OS and restore the data. This is ideally and easy for a non-production or new box.

Jamil

too late for me then :-(

Thx though