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On 2012-01-12 19:11, Timothy J Massey wrote:
Exactly. Webmin is little more than webified configuration files. You use
Firefox instead of ssh, but the process is nearly identical.

Fair enough.

For now, Webmin is what I'm using, on top of CentOS 6.2. But if you've
ever used a NAS, you know how *very* far configuring one of those is from
Webmin.

Really, all I want is a standard consumer-level NAS, with two additions:

1) BackupPC
2) A built-in removable SATA tray.

So how about FreeNAS with BackupPC installed?

http://harryd71.blogspot.com/search/label/backuppc

Regards,
Tyler

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"Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler < at > tolaris.com> wrote on 01/12/2012 04:53:49 PM:

So how about FreeNAS with BackupPC installed?

http://harryd71.blogspot.com/search/label/backuppc

Honest answer? My prejudice against non-Linux UNIX, especially with something as important as backup. I don't want to run into subtle issues that won't show themselves until I really, really need those backups... (That red text right up near the top of your link? *That* is what I'm talking about...)

Which is why OpenFiler would be such a natural fit, if the current version didn't have serious bugs that haven't been fixed since April, and an upstream base that seems to be going away...

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On 16-Jan-12 14:31, Timothy J Massey wrote:
Honest answer? My prejudice against non-Linux UNIX, especially with
something as important as backup. I don't want to run into subtle issues

Fair enough, as long as you admit it's prejudice on your part. There's
a lot of history of Unix being proven stable in server applications for
a lot longer than Linux has been around. You have to set up and
maintain the systems, though, so go with what you're comfortable with
and know best how to use.

that won't show themselves until I really, really need those backups...
(That red text right up near the top of your link? *That* is what I'm
talking about...)

Yeah, but don't rely on ANY platform to "just work". If you need the
backups, always get in the habit of verifying them on a regular basis.

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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Timothy J Massey <tmassey < at > obscorp.com ([email]tmassey < at > obscorp.com[/email])> wrote:
"Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler < at > tolaris.com ([email]tyler < at > tolaris.com[/email])> wrote on 01/12/2012 04:53:49 PM:

So how about FreeNAS with BackupPC installed?

http://harryd71.blogspot.com/search/label/backuppc

Honest answer?  My prejudice against non-Linux UNIX, especially with something as important as backup.  I don't want to run into subtle issues that won't show themselves until I really, really need those backups...  (That red text right up near the top of your link?  *That* is what I'm talking about...)

Which is why OpenFiler would be such a natural fit, if the current version didn't have serious bugs that haven't been fixed since April, and an upstream base that seems to be going away...



So it seems there isn't a perfect fit; IMO the closest would be Openfiler - and if the newest version (which I haven't even looked at) doesn't suit, the "final legacy" version hasn't IMO had any serious issues, won't be getting and doesn't need any updating, so the rPath issue doesn't really matter, it should just remain stable, just toss a BPC running in a VM on top and you're done.

A more involved alternative would be to "reverse engineer" those components you want from OF and just create a customized distro based on whatever you're most comfortable with, e.g. an automated kickstart of CentOS should serve well, and is a close analogue to the rPath environment anyway.

If the client really needs GUI management of the underlying OS, Ubuntu might be a better fit, or maybe they deserve a windoze server, can VM a BPC host on top of that as well.