NAS4Free

[PWR_USR]

Hi All,

i have just set up a NAS4Free box at work to share an SSD drive with an access database used by 30+ people.

two questions really,
are snapshots a good way to keep this backed up? like if the database file were to become corrupt would i be able to revert to a snapshot and restore the drive to an earlier date?

i have set up the email reporting, but is there any way to confirm a snapshot through email? and is there any way to measure the bandwidth used over the last 24 hours and include this as part of the email report?

Thanks in advance

 

[PWR_USR]

Thanks for your reply
yep, i have it set to take a snapshot every night, i also have the drive backed up to another server every night. should be all good there.

ive had a look around the forums for some simple email scripts but haven't found much. its not a problem, would just be nice to get a more informative report.

i have come up with a new problem however,

for the first 10 days it was running perfectly but the last couple days it seems to drop off the network for a few seconds at a time. and it only seems to happen at around 5pm each day. I am keeping a much closer eye on it now to see what exactly is happening.

all I have seen so far is that the server stops responding to ping requests for a few seconds, then back to normal. i think it does that 2-3 times
nothing shows up in the logs at all during these events. i'm at a loss as to what might be causing it.
is there any way i could try to diagnose this problem?

Thanks in advance

 

[PWR_USR]

nope, not virtualising at all, dedicated NAS4Free box.
i am taking regular ZFS snapshots.
sorry for the confusion