+1 for backupPC. I run it on a Cubieboard 2 with a 2.5" SATA disk
attached (I did try Raspbery Pi and a USB disk, but it doesn't play well
with USB and Ethernet running fast at the same time). The Cubie2 can
drive a 2.5" disk directly - for 3.5" you'll need an extra power supply
for the 12V line.
I tried using the disk with the NTFS formatting it arrived with, but
backupPC didn't like that (it couldn’t create proper links, I think), so
I reformatted it as ext4.
Now Gordon has reminded me to move it somewhere safe - it's currently
sitting on top of one of the main machines it is backing up!
On 01/12/15 09:03, Gordon Scott wrote:
I am considering getting an external hard drive for use as a back-up
device
Good you should make a back up
An aside...
FWIW, my backup system involves an additional PC, running backupPC, in
the loft of my garage.
That way the backups are done automatically and the copy is essentially
off site because the garage is the other side of a physical firewall.
Anywhere separated is better than having both copies in the same
building. Garden shed, friendly neighbour, even an outside tool storage
chest. Linux is brilliant in that you can recycle old PCs for jobs like
this. Try St. James if you have no spare PC. I bought a low-cost ITX
for energy consumption reasons, but how well that really adds up with
embodied energy I couldn't say.
Gordon.
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