User Feedback :: Backup Server
Hello Everyone. I've been looking for a distribution to use closest to "right out of the box" for a backup server. I have a Pentium 200, 32 MB RAM and 2 GB HD that I want to use. I'll probably install a 200 GB HD in this machine and simply use it to backup my other machines. To do this I'd like to use the following:
smbmount (samba)
cron
perl
bash
rsync
I'm pretty sure bash is there but not sure about the others although they're pretty standard as far as I know. So my questions are:
1) Can DSL operate okay with this type of setup without MAJOR retooling or days of learning the OS and turning hundreds of things off so it will operate with 32 MB RAM?
2) Does DSL have those 5 apps (or services or whatever those are called) above? If not are there "DSL extra" packages that have them ready to go with DSL or would I have to get them separately and compile them myself? Now I've seen posts talking about Perl but didn't see anything "official" saying it was included. And I believe rsync is in an "extra" DSL package? The others I'm not sure about.
3) For a server like this that will just sit there and back stuff up is there a major advantage to a frugal install? (I still don't have a good grasp of what that is FYI)
4) Not a DSL question per se, but I know older machines had issues seeing more than 512 MB, 2 GB, 8 GB HD and other limits. Granted most of these were running Windows, but I was wondering if anyone knows if older machines simply can't see much of the space of 100+GB drives or if the OS was the reason for the space limit?
5) Realistically how long or short a time could I have this up and running? (excluding the backup scripts - I'll write those myself) Keep in mind I run a Windows machine mainly but I do have a Mandrake machine that I use as a web server and it masquerades my high speed connection to my network, so I'm not new to linux but I haven't used DSL before.
6) I'm assuming I have to burn a CD to install DSL and then burn another to include custom apps? I was wondering if I could just transfer the files to the target machine and somehow boot from a place on the HD. Didn't see anything about this.
Well, those are my questions. Hopefully DSL is what I'm looking for.
Thunderer
Hopefully your MOBO will support a 200 Gig hd...
You can install a "frugal" to the tiny 2 gig HD and then use the 200 (if it is detectable) as storage...
Good luck!
Brian
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