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hi guys,

have 2x1tb usb drives in raid 1 array. protected against drive failure. however, not backup solution. backing 1tb of data challenge.

have been wondering getting 2tb usb drive, plug in , use weekly backup. idea of time drive off (and therefore "safe") , every often, "wakes up" , works long enough backup run, , powers down again.

drive considering hitachi xl2000.

know if possible (or suggest different approach ?)

once usb hard drive sits idle amount of time (perhaps 1-2 minutes), automatically goes "sleep" state. @ least have noticed external usb hard drives.

may create backup script, add cron job (see how), , leave drive permanently plugged in , powered on. automatically become active when invoked script, store backup, 'should' again go 'sleep' state after sitting idle while.

however, if want professional (i'm not one) approach, have @ freenas (version 0.7 stable, latest '8' demands @ least 4gb ram). may install , run on virtual machine 256 mb of virtual ram. besides amazing inbuilt features, allows run custom scripts , cron jobs.
may download version 7 sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/free...enas-7-stable/

user manual (online): http://wiki.freenas.org/documentatio...and_user_guide

user guide (pdf version 0.684): http://www.mendax.com/images/slnimag...reenas-sug.pdf


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