Recommend my backup software...

Spartan2 · fully protected Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 14

I have a 58TB Xsan volume and a 54TB direct-attached backup volume, (I know... it just worked out that way). Both volumes are mounted to a dedicated computer, (Dual G5) and all I need is software that can keep the backup volume a direct mirror of the Xsan. My original thought was to use Time Machine just to get things going quickly, but it doesn't like the setup I have for whatever reason, and refuses to copy even when I test it on a small amount of data.

Straight Finder copies happen very quickly, (200-400MBps) and I would like something that gets close to that at least. I tried BRU first and it managed about 60-70MBps. Rsync got me about 20-30MBps. Carbon Copy Cloner refuses to work with Xsan volumes. I've even tried the cvcpsync script floating around and it hard freezes the computer 100% of the time.

So that's where I'm at. I would like a free solution, but if there is a good commercial one I'm open to it. I just need to get something going pretty soon.

Thanks in advance,

Mario

abstractrude · Xsan Master Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 561

Try PresSTORE syncronize

Spartan2 · fully protected Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 14

I gave PresSTORE a try and it hovered around 100MBps which is better than anything so far, but still not as good as it could be. Plus it seems to have about 100 times more complexity than I really need. It's a good option, but I'd like to get some more suggestions...

Thanks,

Mario

abstractrude · Xsan Master Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 561

how much change are you looking at a day. i dont know if you will be able to do what you want. you can try bakbone netvault. they have this need dedupe tech thats cool.

http://www.bakbone.com/netvault_smartdisk.php

we are talking serious enterprise prices though...

Spartan2 · fully protected Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 14

I found something called ChronoSync:

http://www.econtechnologies.com/pages/cs/chrono_overview.html

I'm giving the demo a try...

The interface is really easy to use while not hiding all the advanced features. It still only manages around 120MBps, but thats faster than everything else I've tried and the price is very reasonable.

abstractrude · Xsan Master Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 561

why dont you sync multiple instances at once. like sync folders within the volume.?