From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl@thelounge.net>
To: Ram Ramesh <rramesh2400@gmail.com>,
Linux Raid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to backup of large md raid volumes?
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 07:49:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <28a4540b-c5ac-bd8d-c030-6d718a02fdfc@thelounge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <442a4af0-00d2-853d-5294-84ae0353262b@gmail.com>
Am 18.05.2017 um 23:37 schrieb Ram Ramesh:
> Any one have a method to backup large volumes like md raid6 (16TB)?
> Since the backup will not fit in one disk (in many cases and mine too) I
> am wondering, if there is a known/easy technique to backup using
> multiple usb hard drives. I googed and found a few fancy backup
> utils/systems like Amanda etc. They are overkill for me. I am choosing
> not to back up simply because of the complexity of setup as the data in
> my RAID volume is NOT precious and can be replaced with a week of effort.
>
> If any one can think of some thing simple, please point me to it and I
> will do the reading to figure out
https://www.amazon.com/16TB-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBLWE0160JCH-NESN/dp/B01B6BN1CU
499$ is not that much for a 16 TB external backup disk and whn you
format it with BTRFS and enable compression you most likely have a lot
fo space and your backup finally is just a single rsync command
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-19 5:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-05-18 21:37 How to backup of large md raid volumes? Ram Ramesh
2017-05-19 1:34 ` Adam Goryachev
2017-05-19 3:39 ` Ram Ramesh
2017-05-19 4:36 ` Victor Helmholtz
2017-05-19 5:01 ` Roman Mamedov
2017-05-19 5:11 ` Roman Mamedov
[not found] ` <95546cb8-e195-a693-f4c8-e8b250cec30e@cas.homelinux.org>
2017-05-21 19:48 ` Ram Ramesh
2017-05-19 3:59 ` Victor Helmholtz
2017-05-19 5:49 ` Reindl Harald [this message]
2017-05-20 18:00 ` Wols Lists
2017-05-20 18:11 ` Reindl Harald
2017-05-20 18:14 ` Reindl Harald
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