Re: [cobalt-users] Qube3 max disk size - loading RAQ4r ISO - RAM size as backup box?

[Justin Usenet <justin_usenet@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Greg Hewitt-Long <cobaltusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> >>>I've got a qube 3 pro (dual nic) which I'm
> planning on turning into a backup box for some raqs
> - ie, to put TWO drives into it, and hopefully use
> them as a RAID 1 configuration and dump all the data
> from about 4 raq onto it nightly...  I already have
> it running a 500Mhz cpu, so I'm thinking that it's
> going to be fine for this purpose...
> >>>
> >>>4 questions:
> >>>
> >>>1. what is the largest capacity drives it will
> handle?
> >>>  
> >>>
> >>
> >>Qube3 is limited to 128GB anything larger will be
> recognized, but will
> >>fail to boot/fail in use. Go for 120GB drives.
> >>
> >> 
> >But the Qube 3 also has a SCSI port (which I've
> never used), so I image you could connect a larger
> disk externally.
> 
> 
> Yes, I've noticed that - but no-one seems to have
> much experience of Qubes with SCSI - I don't have a
> ton of time on my hands to be "play" - I just want a
> solution that's going to "work".  My biggest issue
> is that the Qube is deployed in a data-center ...
> not here.  I'm open to experimentation with machine
> I have my hands on - something that's an hour away
> is a real pain to "play" with.
> 
> If someone has a link to an old thread with SCSI
> information, I'd take a gander, but otherwise I'm
> thinking about just using the qube as this test-bed.
>  I have two Qubes - one is Pro (with dual NICs and
> SCSI) - the other isn't - I don't think it has the
> SCSI.
> 
> Are all RAQ ISOs going to include support for the
> SCSI devices?
> 
> >
> >And on a seperate note, I've just set up a backup
> server and found an linux OS called "Trustix"
> www.trustix.org worked perfectly on an old Pentium
> 200 with 32Mb Ram and 120Gb Disk. The Trustix
> install lets you choose only the things you want
> (thus its very small and I installed it directly
> from the internet in about 4 hours with just and
> ISDN line!). Trustix seemed a better choice for my
> needs than a RedHat install.
> 
> 
> I have a number of old PCs hanging around - I just
> bought 3 from a dentist's office which might take
> this OS - I'll download the ISO and have an
> experiment in my notorious SPARE TIME.... (yeah...
> one day...)
> 
> >
> >Hope this helps,
> >Steve
> 
> 
> Is this the old Actinic user group gone server?
>

Sorry no disk experience but, have a PRO with a HP
C1537A 12/24 GB tape attached using AMANDA for backup.
It has been installed for about 18 months and it
mostly works. The rare but perplexing problem is that
occasionally the SCSI bus generates a "Key Sense"
timeout or reset error. This is usually fixed by a
proper power cycle. 




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