Actually, the quickport pro does feature an e-sata connection (the quickport duo has two e-sata connections), so no problems there.
The point of my question was more about the hot-swapping part of the process. Is Bacula able to tell the operator to "swap disks" instead of "change tapes"? It should write to the device like it's a disk, but handle the logic of mounting/unmounting/changing like it's a tape, so to speak. Both things Bacula can do, but can it combine the both like this? Is there a configuration possible where Bacula will actually do this? Regards, Erik. Olaf Zevenboom schreef: > 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. > > Regards > Olaf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
