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[ale] Central server recommendations?
- Subject: [ale] Central server recommendations?
- From: rstory-l at 2006.revelstone.com (Robert Story)
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:12:17 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <20070822105539.QV9FC.128609.root@fepweb10> <[email protected]>
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:12:04 -0400 Chris wrote:
CF> For offsite backups I used USB or firewire disks and rsync.
I'd recommend you look at upgrading to eSATA, for one simple (but very
important) reason: neither USB nor firewire support SMART monitoring. Given
the dwindling warranty period on hard drives and the importance of having a
_reliable_ backup, monitoring a back drive for errors is important. I learned
that lesson the hard way. :-(