[Samba] Re: nt->samba backup suggestions

[Sykora, Dale]

Gareth,
	I have many 100Mb cards but no 1Gb cards.  If I can find some free 1Gb cards I'll do it, but I want to minimize costs and this is a relative short term solution "<2years" before the old NT boxes are replaced.  Thanks everyone for all the feedback.  

Thanks,

Dale


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gareth Davies [mailto:gdavies at willowbrook.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 6:50 AM
> To: dkrnic at lycos.com; samba at lists.samba.org
> Cc: Sykora, Dale
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Re: nt->samba backup suggestions
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dragan Krnic" <dkrnic at lycos.com>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Cc: <Dale.Sykora at hp.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 7:01 AM
> Subject: [Samba] Re: nt->samba backup suggestions
> 
> 
> > > My big concern right now is
> > > if my gameplan is reasonable
> > > or if I should consider
> > > another approach.
> >
> > Dale, your gameplan is ok, it's the execution thereof that counts.
> > If you're p2p-ing to backup clients, why not do the right thing
> > and use GigaBit cards. They're just a tad more expensive than the
> > fast ethers (it's the switching stuff that makes it expensive). A
> > backup server with humongous buffering disks is a good idea, if
> > you need that kind of aggressive backup power. Once you're done,
> > you may sell it to others as "appliance".
> >
> 
> The cost of the fibre optics is usually what is prohibitive 
> when using GB
> NIC's.
> 
> More than a couple of metres it starts getting very expensive..
> 
> >
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