Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Incorporating openvpn in backup scheme

2013-06-26 Thread Grant
>>> I have several remote systems all pushing backups to my local >>>laptop >>> via rdiff-backup. Sometimes when on the road I find myself behind >>>a >>> router and the remote systems are unable to push. Is openvpn the >>> right solution here? Should I run a separate openvpn ser

Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage

2013-06-26 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 06:40:02PM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > >> Windows compatibility is not a must, but a nice-to-have. That would reduce > >> my > >> remaining choices to ExFAT, I presume. > > > > BTW: What's the Linux status on that one? Well, the German Wikipedia says that a stable 1

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread pk
On 2013-06-26 10:17, Alan McKinnon wrote: > ATI display to get away from nVidia, I think that was a mistake and next > time will be going back to nVidia whose power management actually works. Just a small note: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM5NjE Best regards Peter K

Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage

2013-06-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 26.06.2013 16:22, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 26/06/2013 15:09, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >> Hi list >> >> By chance I found an external 3 TB disk for a bargain and now I’m planning >> its >> partitioning. I am thus looking for a filesystem that doesn’t necessarily >> need file permissions to f

Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage

2013-06-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:22:54 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I used to use ext4 for external media but quickly found that my notebook > was the only box that could use them... You could use ACLs to make everything world read/writeable. Sledgehammer, meet nut :) > exfat ticks more boxes than any o

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 09:17:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Can you give me the full speclist of your machine with the part-numbers? > > I am checking if a new machine will fit my budget and your workload looks > > similar to mine :) > > It's a Dell Preci

Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage

2013-06-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/06/2013 15:09, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Hi list > > By chance I found an external 3 TB disk for a bargain and now I’m planning its > partitioning. I am thus looking for a filesystem that doesn’t necessarily > need file permissions to function, the reason being that I might want to take >

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 00:29:04 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 25/06/2013 23:44, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 21:59:20 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote: > > I think it is used to RAID the SSD onto the hard drive, so that it can be > > replicated onto a new SSD if/wh

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 01:17:05 Stroller wrote: > On 25 June 2013, at 20:10, Mick wrote: > > ... > > I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years > > and one of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid > > feature, which after some cursory googling, I am n

[gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage

2013-06-26 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Hi list By chance I found an external 3 TB disk for a bargain and now I’m planning its partitioning. I am thus looking for a filesystem that doesn’t necessarily need file permissions to function, the reason being that I might want to take the disk to other people in order to copy files around. Tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wed, June 26, 2013 11:21, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/06/2013 11:13, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:53, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 26/06/2013 10:39, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's > hard >> to relate ZA pric

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/06/2013 11:13, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:53, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 26/06/2013 10:39, J. Roeleveld wrote: Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard > to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU >>> 20k Rand = 1.5k Euro. Sounds

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:53, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/06/2013 10:39, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard >>> > to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU >> 20k Rand = 1.5k Euro. Sounds about right for a performing laptop. >> >> Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/06/2013 10:39, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard >> > to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU > 20k Rand = 1.5k Euro. Sounds about right for a performing laptop. > > The price of living in EU depends a lot on which country y

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:17, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave >>> > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G >>> RAM >>> > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for an

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

2013-06-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave >> > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G RAM >> > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a >> > busy devops sysadmin - but we

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Incorporating openvpn in backup scheme

2013-06-26 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:06, jo...@antarean.org wrote: > Grant wrote: > >> I have several remote systems all pushing backups to my local >>laptop >> via rdiff-backup. Sometimes when on the road I find myself behind >>a >> router and the remote systems are unable to push. Is openvpn t

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Incorporating openvpn in backup scheme

2013-06-26 Thread joost
Grant wrote: > I have several remote systems all pushing backups to my local >laptop > via rdiff-backup. Sometimes when on the road I find myself behind >a > router and the remote systems are unable to push. Is openvpn the > right solution here? Should I run a separate openvpn

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Incorporating openvpn in backup scheme

2013-06-26 Thread Grant
I have several remote systems all pushing backups to my local laptop via rdiff-backup. Sometimes when on the road I find myself behind a router and the remote systems are unable to push. Is openvpn the right solution here? Should I run a separate openvpn server on each s

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Incorporating openvpn in backup scheme

2013-06-26 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wed, June 26, 2013 09:54, Grant wrote: >>> I have several remote systems all pushing backups to my local laptop >>> via rdiff-backup. Sometimes when on the road I find myself behind a >>> router and the remote systems are unable to push. Is openvpn the >>> right solution here? Should I run a

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Incorporating openvpn in backup scheme

2013-06-26 Thread Grant
>> I have several remote systems all pushing backups to my local laptop >> via rdiff-backup. Sometimes when on the road I find myself behind a >> router and the remote systems are unable to push. Is openvpn the >> right solution here? Should I run a separate openvpn server on each >> system to b