Erik Logtenberg wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have experience with the Quickport (or Quickport duo) [1] in > combination with Bacula? I suppose one could use it to make backups to > disk, without the need for an expensive multi-disk-enclosure (with or > without RAID). This would work more like backups to tape (with manual > tape exchanging), but instead of using tapes one can use disks. > > [1] > http://www.sharkoon.com/html/produkte/externe_gehaeuse/sata_quickport/index_en.html > > There are many advantages: > - Disks can be much faster than tape; > - The big disadvantage of disk-to-disk backups (huge amounts of always > simultaneously online disks needed) doesn't apply; > - Cheap. > I do not have experience with this specific product, BUT, from reading on the net, talking to various people and from personal experience (it was not my idea to try it) I can tell you that USB is a very very very bad idea to use / trust for reliable backups. Why? Pumping huge amounts of data over USB to a disk cause things to get very hot. Often to hot to handle resulting in BBQ-ing the USB-SATA converter or your disk(s). Better to consider a NAS or E-SATA solution.
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