Re: Re: Fun with domain controllers
By: Nick Andre to Candycane on Sun Aug 13 2023 09:14 pm

2tb portable hard drives for computer and server images.

I used to do just that for smaller deployments, but I found out doing it that way is a pain in the ass.

It is much better to have proper backup servers and having at least some stuff back itself up automatically.

I got some used NAS unit for 100 bucks for doing that for my home computers.

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On 17 Aug 23 17:34:51, Arelor said the following to Nick Andre:

2tb portable hard drives for computer and server images.

I used to do just that for smaller deployments, but I found out doing it tha way is a pain in the ass.

The problem here at home is not the computers or the VM's. The problem is backing up 64 terabytes of personal NAS files externally off-site. What good is a single NAS if a fire or theft happens at my apartment. Then its all gone.

Right now I have a second 64tb NAS server which mirrors the first, same model same drive config etc... everything. I suppose it could be parked at a
friend's place and maybe set up some kind of VPN tunnel to push backups when needed.

Nick

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Nick Andre wrote to Arelor <=-

Right now I have a second 64tb NAS server which mirrors the first, same model same drive config etc... everything. I suppose it could be parked
at a friend's place and maybe set up some kind of VPN tunnel to push backups when needed.

Synology does that. I wish I had a friend with a similar need for
storage and unlimited bandwidth, we'd buy two synology units and back
them up to each other.



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On 18 Aug 23 08:44:00, Kurt Weiske said the following to Nick Andre:

Synology does that. I wish I had a friend with a similar need for
storage and unlimited bandwidth, we'd buy two synology units and back
them up to each other.

I heard good things about Synology but it was too expensive for me, even
used ones I looked at.

I picked up a couple Dell R510's from a computer chop-shop for next to
nothing and bought all new 16tb drives to do Raid 5 in both.

Configured Dell Irac so one server can be scripted to tell the other to power itself on, copy files via simple batch file that does XCopy /S and shutdown.

Nick

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