Network Attached Storage recommendations

[eldog]

Update: Acronius reports 777 GB backed up which sounds OK took approx. 6 hrs which seems legit.
I am looking to see if I can get it to output a summary report - at present I cant find one. Just so I know it hasn't had any problems and just stepped over them.
6 hours is rather good, much better than I expected for a full backup

yes it looks like a nice interface, a summary report after it finished would be nice too. still looking for it......

Then I will make a proper system restore, I remember that I can make one and then use it to test it... at last the NAS solution seems to be on the right track again.

[Akzle]

wow thats slow.

[eldog]

wow thats slow.

much better than the 12 months the other way I was using.

It can take all night, as long as I know it works and I have a backup that is OK WHEN I want to use it.
If it gives me a good report on what problems it had (if any) and what it managed to get backed up then at the moment I will be happy.

If this doesn't work then I may contact one of you EXPERTS for PAID help.

Last thing I need is a backup that wont be there when I need it.....

my bike is like that, slow and reliable - as long as I don't drain the battery..... again.

checked and found the backup setting is set to slow, there are slow, med and fast settings and user can set a speed limit as well
we default at slow, which is OK as I wont be using it during this time and if I am it wont drain the system while I am using it either.

still cant find a report type of output, set up for emailed output if there is a problem, I would rather it saved an text report to disk and I can look at it later, maybe a summary on the screen as well.
I am going to read the manual first before I toss my toys out of the cot.....

then I will contact them

[Akzle]

rsync --log-file=$.log

or ...2>&1>>$.log

[Akzle]

would be interesting to see both cpu and bandwidth usage, ergo time, if set to fast.

Paid software is not something i have much time for, so

[eldog]

would be interesting to see both cpu and bandwidth usage, ergo time, if set to fast.

Paid software is not something i have much time for, so

OK I will set it up for another full backup and see what happens... let you know

update 1: so far restriction is the original drive setup lagging way behind in drive access time....
update 2: Acroius True Image 2016 - is for the home user, nice simple interface etc.
update 3: Acronius Backup 11.5 is for the small business user who wants to have more control
Acronius rang me direct and answered my questions so now I am changing over to BAckup 11.5 and see whats up.

Thanks Akzle for getting me to look at the whole process (seems to me the major slow down is due to access time on the main system)

I suspected as much but wanted to backup everything at least 2 copies then I can proceed and update the Intel Raid Matrix drivers (they are called something else now, and I suppose there will be a W10 update out soon) for the RAID 10 system.

I have held off W10 till all the dust settles - recommended by the software company I use 90% of the time.

[Big Dog]

OK I will set it up for another full backup and see what happens... let you know

update 1: so far restriction is the original drive setup lagging way behind in drive access time....
update 2: Acroius True Image 2016 - is for the home user, nice simple interface etc.
update 3: Acronius Backup 11.5 is for the small business user who wants to have more control
Acronius rang me direct and answered my questions so now I am changing over to BAckup 11.5 and see whats up.

Thanks Akzle for getting me to look at the whole process (seems to me the major slow down is due to access time on the main system)

I suspected as much but wanted to backup everything at least 2 copies then I can proceed and update the Intel Raid Matrix drivers (they are called something else now, and I suppose there will be a W10 update out soon) for the RAID 10 system.

I have held off W10 till all the dust settles - recommended by the software company I use 90% of the time.

The only way to know the value of data is to lose it...

You should be able to load the 11.5 backups directly from VMwares viewer.
It will lag a little at first but give it ten minutes you'll know if your backup is worth doing bare metal restore testing on.

Well worth the 30 minutes to find out your overnight rebuild is not worth a try.

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[eldog]

The only way to know the value of data is to lose it...

Well worth the 30 minutes to find out your overnight rebuild is not worth a try.

Obsofreakinglutely....

Lost a few days work once through accidental mouse click. Luckily I had print outs of what info I needed.
Took me 12 hours to recover it by reentering all the info and creating the complete CAD model from scratch.
still met the deadline.

[Akzle]

OK I will set it up for another full backup and see what happens... let you know

update 1: so far restriction is the original drive setup lagging way behind in drive access time....
update 2: Acroius True Image 2016 - is for the home user, nice simple interface etc.
update 3: Acronius Backup 11.5 is for the small business user who wants to have more control
Acronius rang me direct and answered my questions so now I am changing over to BAckup 11.5 and see whats up.

Thanks Akzle for getting me to look at the whole process (seems to me the major slow down is due to access time on the main system)

I suspected as much but wanted to backup everything at least 2 copies then I can proceed and update the Intel Raid Matrix drivers (they are called something else now, and I suppose there will be a W10 update out soon) for the RAID 10 system.

I have held off W10 till all the dust settles - recommended by the software company I use 90% of the time.

using sas drives or 7200s? Either way i doubt it's a seek/read bottleneck.

On nix i'd renice the process (set higher priority) windows *may* have a way to.... But windows itself is a resource whore, so if you could boot into a terminal (dont thinkso any more) that would speed it up.

Alterntively, liveboot nix and win all over the place... Or if acronis has a bootable kernel...?

[Big Dog]

using sas drives or 7200s? Either way i doubt it's a seek/read bottleneck.

On nix i'd renice the process (set higher priority) windows *may* have a way to.... But windows itself is a resource whore, so if you could boot into a terminal (dont thinkso any more) that would speed it up.

Alterntively, liveboot nix and win all over the place... Or if acronis has a bootable kernel...?

Depends on the server purpose and version.
Core is awesome but puts a lot of handicaps on how a traditional user with administration rights does stuff.
Later server versions can be switched from PowerShell but it does require a restart. Word is next version is hot switchable.

But if no one ever logs on to the box core is the way to go.
Half my sql servers are core. The other half have full gui in case someone else needs to do stuff on an emergency.

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[Akzle]

But if no one ever logs on to the box core is the way to go.
Half my sql servers are core. The other half have full gui in case someone else needs to do stuff on an emergency.

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you need better someone else.

Nigga cant cli, aint worth shit.

[Akzle]

Depends on the server purpose and version.
Core is awesome but puts a lot of handicaps on how a traditional user with administration rights does stuff.

sysadmin or gtfo

[Akzle]

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd184075.aspx

lol. Windows. Taking unitl 2k8 to do what linux has done since forever.

[Gremlin]

you need better someone else.

Nigga cant cli, aint worth shit.

Some of us wear too many hats to count. Big Dog does SQL, He'd do more in a day than I'd likely do in a year. Then again, I have whole networks to manage, firewalls to program, end user machines to deploy, email servers, websites and backups to watch. Oh, and troubleshoot all the above when it wants a holiday.

Powershell? Copy and paste my google learning more like it, as I probably won't use those commands in the next month...

[Big Dog]

you need better someone else.

Nigga cant cli, aint worth shit.

Pretty basic to connect from a command box to do anything that really does need a gui. But bugger expecting someone who only touches sql for backups to work that sit out so they can do a restore after a San failure.
On the other hand, if the San guy can get in the box and check the jobs are all working as expected after a system restore that means I don't have to get out of bed unless there are problems.

2015 and Linux still without a functional gui?

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