[Herefordshire] New to Linux .. Question ..

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi,

I do a nightly backup of my Windows 2003 server using NTBackup writing
to a SMB share on a Linux box - it works without fail and usually takes
around an hour to complete (it runs in a schedule and usually generates
a file around 5 GB in size).

Thanks.
Andrew.

-----Original Message-----
From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of
ChrisColeman
Sent: 13 June 2005 20:53
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] New to Linux .. Question ..

Matt,

      thanks for that , apologies about the font and the ntfs ..

    Actually I need the file system so that I can use NTBACKUP from my
XP to back up my windows system, which contains work I would prefer not
to loose, which is why I quoted NFTS, but I guess any file system that
XP can 'write on' would do the trick ..

    Regarding the HW, well there's nothing unusual. Just a P3 processor
a small amount of ram, a 10 gb HD, a terminal, keyboard, mouse and an
ethernet card .. If you need more specs. let me know and I'll get in
there and have a look ..
    I really only need it to test PHP (re: Apache) scripts and to do the
backups. I am considering running my own WWW server but that would
probably be next year ..
    Anyway  I don't see any great advantage in running my own WWW server
especially as the BB upload speeds are always quite lower than the
download speeds, in practice I don't know how restrictive that is , but
then perhaps that's a different subject ?

Rgds, ChrisColeman. 



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