Pegasus R4: RAID level and Time Machine setup?

We're a small architectural firm looking at getting a Pegasus R4 RAID + Mac Mini Server. Our current data use is 540 GB, which add about 10 GB/year to. We currently use Time Machine for local server backup and Crashplan for offsite backup.
What RAID level do you recommend? And what if we wanted to use Time Machine as well?

What RAID level do you recommend?
The choice of RAID format depends on many factors that likely can't be answered directly - there are too many variables based on your own usage and expectations.
If you're looking to use it for backups then you probably want some kind of protected storage, which likely means either RAID 5 or RAID 10. Of the two, RAID 10 will have better throughput, but RAID 5 will give you more usable capactiy (about 2.7TB vs. ≈ 2TB).
Since your primary goal isn't likely to be speed (you'll be throttled by the network bandwidth), I'd be inclined to go with the RAID 5, but there are other considerations, especially if your data usage is highly dynamic (which causes Time Machine backups to take up more space since it saves more revisions of various files).

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Setup Time Capsule as wireless device and Time Machine with Ethernet?

I'm running the latest version of Airport Utility (6.3.4) with a TC a1254 and Macbook Pro platinum late 2007.
I have a modem/router Ryge model Wa41r.
Ive tried everything I could find in the forums and in expert pages and can't configure my Time Capsule as a Wireless Device connected to the modem/router and Time Machine with Ethernet Cable.
I tried letting it configure itself, it held the wifi signal for over 5 min then turned off. Never that way worked again.
Then I configured with other examples seen in Apple communities and expert Apple pages, but it conflicted with my routers signal. I turned off the Wireless Lan Interface and it turned off the Ethernet cable with the connection as well. I tried giving my TC different IP address.
So my Time Capsule gives me this status in flicking amber: Internet connection and Conflicting DCHP Range. (when I connect to my Mac the Internet works)
And strangely the wireless signal appears in my Macbook but not in my Android Phone.
Works fine doing backups when asked via ethernet.
Also when I go to check on it on Airport Utility in other wifi devices it appears but says "Device Not Found - device name- was previously part of your network. Check that is still in range...etc"

I would like to help you but you need to clear up some things..
A Time Capsule is plugged into the network by ethernet.. you back up to it using wireless or ethernet.. it should make no difference which.
When you say this..
Ive tried everything I could find in the forums and in expert pages and can't configure my Time Capsule as a Wireless Device connected to the modem/router and Time Machine with Ethernet Cable.
I cannot understand.. The Time Capsule plugs into the main modem router.. and should be in bridge mode..
Time Machine is not hardware.. it is the backup software on the computer.. there is no way you can connect Time Machine with ethernet cable. .you can connect the computer with Ethernet Cable..
But you need to clarify please.
If you wish to connect TC to the Modem router by wireless this is not possible. It must connect by ethernet.
You can connect your computer to it using either wireless or ethernet.
And strangely the wireless signal appears in my Macbook but not in my Android Phone.
It is likely the wireless name is not valid.
Make sure all names are short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. 2-20 characters.. Do not use the Apple recommended names.. they can be totally wrong.
Also the password for wireless should be 8-20 characters but same rules.. pure alphanumeric mixed case and numbers.
Start again.
Factory reset the TC.
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Plug it into the main router by ethernet.
Do the setup via the airport utility in a Mac or iOS device.
Follow the setup instructions above.
Then you can connect to the TC LAN ports by ethernet or use wireless on the computer.
Your modem WA41R. I cannot find details in English . .they are all Spanish so we may be having difficulty of language here.
But if the modem is working as router the TC has to be in bridge mode.. it will not work properly in router mode.
So you should see it set as bridge here.

Backing up photos on iMac using external hard drive and time machine

How do i back up photos from my imac using an external hard drive and time machine
Thanks in advance

Apple explains how to use Time Machine in http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427.
Setting up and using TM is very simple to do, connect any external HD (format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) using Disk Utility ) and your computer shoudl ask if you want to use that EHD for a Time Machine backup. If you have any questions visit your local Apple Store or reseller and they can answer how to setup and use TM and also should be able to offer suggestions on EHDs. My personal preference is OWC (www.macsales.com) Mercury Elite Pro due to the build quality and OWC's level of support.

Leopard, Leopard server, and time machine.

Okay. First of all, I spent about 30 minutes searching through all the time machine questions here and found nothing like it so I'm sorry if its a duplicate question, but it does seem rather unique.
I have an XServe G5 running leopard server with an 8TB external firewire 800 RAID array that was purpose purchased to act as a time machine backup destination for about 8 machines.
XServe has that drive set up to be the backup destination, everything there is OK.
Here is what happens on the OSX Leopard machines when I go to backup:
1. I open Time Machine preferences.
2. I click on the "Choose Backup Disk..." button.
3. It thinks for about 10 seconds
4. It brings up a list of about 3 possible destinations. I select the one I want "Backups (XServe G5)"
5. I press the gleaming "Use For Backup" Button.
6. It asks for the users name and password. Type away.
7. It comes back to the 'Time Machine Preferences" window. The little on/off switch turned off, and we're back at the "Choose Backup Disk...." button.
This occurs on each machine I wish to backup, be they Mac Pros, or macbooks.
Help?

Ladies and gentlemen, I have the answer.
I stumbled across this accidentally when I was playing desperately in the Finder trying to get some inspiration about this issue.
The problem doesn't lie in the clients... it lies in the Server.
Here is my solution:
1. In the finder, right-click on the external drive, and select "Get Info".
2. Under "General", there should be 2 little check boxes, "Shared Folder" and "Locked".
3. Click on "Shared Folder" to put an X in it.
Thats it!
For some reason Time Machine setup didn't share the folder and so the client machines recognised it as a shared time machine backup source, but couldn't actually find it on the network because it wasn't shared.
Have fun ladies and gentlemen!!

Time Capsule and time machine with third party router

Hi,
This is the first time I use this site.
I have over three years old Mackbook.
APP has expired.
Now I want to know how to set up time capsule in a new environment.
I moved from Australian and Singapore.
I was using Time Capsule and Airport Extreme in Australia.
I have moved to Singapore.
I am using router provided by Singtell(Singapore Telecommunication). I do not have an Airport Extreme anymore. My housemate and I are using wireless internet-sharing. Needless to say that internet provider is SingTell.
Now I would like to know how to use time capsule and time machine with the network created with a router provided by SingTell.
What I did so far is;
Connected the time capsule to the power point.
Orange lamp lit and flashed for a few second and stop. Orange lamp stayed on.
Apple Utility does not recognise Time Capsule.
I prefer to use it wirelessly.
There are only two USB cable ports installed.
One is used to synchronize iPhone.
Other is used for a printer.
but if it is not possible, wired would be OK.
MacBook 13 inch 2.0 GH Late 2006
I hope that someone able to give me an answer for this.
Cheers,
morepubholidays

In this case the apple support people reveal a truly poor understanding.
You must bridge something.. you either bridge the TC.. which 90% of people do.. or you bridge the dsl router.. which some people do manage to do.. You will have to look that up for your modem and check with verizon if they support pppoe authentication.
IMHO just bridge the TC as you were told not to do.. as they are simply wrong about that.
If you already tried this and it didn't work.. try again.. it is the correct approach.
You have no choice. But this time let me suggest you do it using the 5.6 airport utility.. as the apple toyland v6 airport utility is likely half your trouble.
So here is how to get the utility into your computer.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0
Then open the manual setup on the 5.6 utility.. go to internet tab. Connection sharing.. off bridged mode.
Select this and update..
Then all your IP addresses will be wrong.. I suspect this is where things are going wrong.. and messing you up.
Once the TC is bridged.. turn off everything and restart.. in correct order.. modem.. TC.. client computers etc. 2min gap between each.

Can Superduper and Time machine write to the same external volume.

I just setup a 750 GB external drive single partition using firewire 800. Any problem with superduper and time machine writing to the same volume?
Ron

Can Superduper and Time machine write to the same external volume.
Yes, they can write to the same partition.
I am doing this, and can report no problems so far. TM still backs up and SuperDuper is bootable.

IPhoto, iTunes, and Time Machine

I have a late 2009 Mac Mini running Mavericks. The Mini has a 200gb drive. Is it better to have iPhoto, iTunes and Time Machine on an external hard drive? I understand it doesn't matter where the location is as long as you have adequate drive space. That is not what I am asking. Another words, you have a separate external drives for EACH one. Does it make sense to have separate drives for iPhoto, iTunes and TM. All of these external drives plugged into the Mini. I am thinking of the recovery as well as if one drive crashes then you are not dead in water,
I am thinking this way because iPhoto alone can get fairly large as well as iTunes. It makes sense to me to have separate drives for each one. Anyone else have this type of setup at home?

Thanks for the response. I understand that I would need a backup of all three drives. However, I was asking if it is better to have your iPhoto and iTunes libraries on separate drives versus using 1 large drive to hold the data. The other point, iPhoto and iTunes can get fairly large in size over time. So, do you use 1 large external drive or use 2 separate drives. Obviously, I know that when a drive crashes, you may or may not be able to recover any data off of it. Obviously, I know that you need a backup of the drives in case of drive failure.
I would like to know if other Apple users have separate drives for iPhoto, iTunes and TM? If so, which manufacturer are you using?

ICloud and time machine not compatible

after installing iCloud, time machine will show me all of my backups but not let me restore any backup info at all. also my email account won't work on my mac pro but does work on my iPhone. anybody else having these kinds of issues? and time machine continues to do backups as scheduled, now just as read only files!
can icloud be dumped from system. I'd rather have all my info than have icloud.

I've had similar problems, with a hard drive connected to an Airport Extreme (essentially same setup as Time Capsule). I eventually found I was creating these problem. If you change any settings relating the disk, i.e. rename the disk, change access permissions etc, Time Machine can no longer connect to the disk. You can get Time Machine to recognise the disk again if you open TM preference and select the Change Disk option. You might have to mount the disk in finder for TM to find it. But once you reselect the disk TM will work again.
I am not saying that you did change any options, but I did this in the past not realising the consequences.
Keith.

Here's a very basic question about 2 TB external drives and Time Machine.

Here's a very basic question about 2 TB external drives and Time Machine.
Ihave a Mac Pro with a .75 TB and 1 TB drive. It also has a 1 TB 2ndinternal drive. My current external drive is too small so I'll begetting a 1.5 TB or 2 TB drive.
Obviouslythe new larger 2 TB drive will backup everything on the Mac Prointernal drive with Time Machine. But there will be 1 TB of space leftover going to waste.
ShouldI partition the external drive so that the TM portion will be 1 TB andthe use the remaining extra partition for additional file backups withCarbon Copy?
Thanks for any insights.
I tried searching around on the new Apple discussion forum, but I find it much harder to use than the old forum I used to use.

The problem with terabyte drives is that that a 3 TB is about as big as you can get without going into RAID territory. Ideally, a Time Machine drive should be 3 times as large as all the drives you are backing up. So, if you have 2.75 TB of internal storage, you should have 8 TB of Time Machine space.
Of course, that is "should". If your TB drives are mostly empty, then you can get away with something 3 times the size of your used disk space. Just remember that you are pushing it. Linc is right about Time Machine needing space to work.
It is unlikely that you have regular churn on 2.75 TB of disk. I suggest identifying which drives and folders have the most activity and excluding those drives and directories that don't change much. It would be better to archive the data that doesn't change often and keep it out of Time Machine. Then you may be able to get away with a 2 TB Time Machine drive.

No "OPTIONS" box in Time Machine setup window

just finished setting uo a Time Capsule as a WDS remote, for the time with a PB on its wired ethernet. added an external USB disk to the TC for trial.
TC and external disk show up correctly on PB and networked machines. external disk ca be used to stream video over the wired ethernet. too slow over 11g
slide the switch, confirm the TC drive as a backup disk, enter yr password, then after a few minutes "error - no backup volume has been selected, open system preferences" (thats where i came from)
interesting is that the "options" button has now disappeared from the Time Machine setup menu, and the slider doesn't go back anymore.
can somebody gimme some guidance pls? thks.

Apple has never fully committed support of the Time Machine/Airport Extreme combination. I have a Airport Extreme 6th gen that supposedly supports the Time Machine, (page 13 of the installation manual). After a year of experience I have concluded that it does not work - period. If you have any critical data on your system(s) I would recommend that you use a dedicated backup/recovery product like Carbon Copy Cloner.

Time Machine Setup Questions

Hey all, I am looking to upgrade my Time Machine setup and was looking for some tips. Here's my current setup:
I had two (now three - see below) external drives: a 320GB WD drive that currently houses all of my family's iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie data as well as a few extraneous videos. We also have a second 1TB WD drive that currently has time machine backups from the iMac on it. Time Machine is also set up to back up the 320GB WD to the 1TB drive in addition to the iMac. Both drives are connected to our family iMac (Mid 2007).
The problem is that our 320GB WD that has all of our data is full. So, we bought a new 3TB (!!) Seagate USB3 drive. I am planning to have this drive be a backup drive for the iMac, our media (more on that in a moment), and two other computers (our 13-inch rMBP and my home-built mac (if you know what I mean)). This site suggested that I create partitions for each Mac that I back up. So I formatted the drive with three partitions: 2TB for the iMac and the media drive connected to it, 300GB for my MacBoook, and 700GB for the third Mac. BTW, I am planning to switch to using the 1TB WD drive that I currently use for backups as the new media drive, and retiring the 320GB WD.
I tried carrying the plan through, but I came across a few issues. First, I would like to keep the 930GB of backups that I currently have on the 1TB and move them to a new 2TB partition on my new 3TB drive. First, Finder refused to copy the backups.backupdb folder entirely, but I fixed this by reformatting the Seagate as a case-sensitive volume. Then, when I tried to do the copy it first just had the stripey progress bar for an hour at least saying "preparing to copy x number of items" and that number gradually went up. I left the computer running with Caffeine overnight, but it got stuck somewhere in the copy and I couldn't kickstart it again. Should I just abandon my old backups? 930GB is a lot of data to copy, but I don't see why it would get hung up somewhere. Maybe that was a sign that I should just start fresh with this new drive. Speaking of which, if I do start afresh, how can I get Time Machine to not format my drive as case sensitive? I've never used case sensitivity before (except when TM automatically formatted my last drive as such) and don't want it on my backups. Lastly, I still have the daunting task of copying all my data from the 320GB drive to the 1TB one. Should I just select all and copy, or should I use a tool like Carbon Copy Cloner? Additionally, would hooking both drives up to my rMBP speed up the copy? I'm just copying from USB2 to USB2. Does this sound like a good plan?
Thanks so much in advance for any answers,
Seamus

You propose to partition the 3GB this way ...
1 - iMac TM + media --> 2TB partition
2 - MB TM --> 300GB partition
3 - other Mac TM --> 700GB partition
That seems to abandon the use of any of the existing HDs. Why not do a partitioning this way?
3TB HD
1 - iMac TM --> 2TB partition (by itself rather than shared with media)
2 - other Mac TM --> 1TB partition (rather than a 700GB partition)
A - MB TM --> 320GB HD (rather than in a 300GB partition)
B - media backup --> 1TB HD (rather than in co-storage on a 2TB partition)
As to abandoning old TM backups ... To what extent do you believe that any of the prior backup files will be required in the future? To what extent can you pull those files separately from the TM backup and then archive them separately? IOW, to what extent can you look at your existing TM backup and say ... uh ... this is just old stuff that I will never need to (or have time to) see again or ... OH! ... this old file needs to be kept for the rest of eternity?
Unfortunately, I cannot speak for the process of copying an existing TM backup to a new drive, let alone partitioning with/without case sensitivity.
JJW

Time Machine Setup "Choose Backup Disk" Won't Recognize ANY Disks

I'm trying to configure Time Machine for the first time. I open Time Machine preferences and slide the slider to ON. Because no backup disk is selected, a window pops up where possible drives are to be listed. The Time Machine instructions say this...
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Time Machine.
Open Time Machine preferences
Slide the switch to On if Time Machine is off.
Click Choose Backup Disk (or click Change Disk if you have already set up Time Machine).
Step 4 - Choose a disk where backups will be stored, and click “Use for Backup.”
You see a list of every available disk that can be used to store backups, including internal hard disks (except for your startup disk), most external disks, and any Time Capsule devices set up for use with Time Machine. If you have partitioned a disk, the partitions are listed.
I do not see a list of any available disks, not even the internal hard disk on my computer. I only have two button options--Setup Time Capsule or Cancel.
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My two external drives are connected to my Airport Extreme Base Station via USB. My tower is connected to the Base Station via Ethernet. My internal drive is, of course, internal and is supposed to show and it's not. Here's their formats...
Internal Drive - Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
My two external drives don't seem to show up in Disk Utility. In Finder the format shows as...
External Drive 1 - SMB (FAT)
External Drive 2 - Has two partitions (rather, 1 partition and two volumes) both of which are listed as Apple Share.
I just re-read your note. I connected External Drive 1 directly to the tower and Time Machine spoke right up and asked if I wanted to use the drive for backing up. The format then appeared in Disk Utility as MS-DOS (FAT32).
- It would appear the drive must be directly connected to the tower to be used by Time Machine. Is this true?
- Why does my internal drive not appear as the Apple Help file says it should?
- I may have to purchase another external hard drive. If so, is there a particular format it should be in for use with Time Machine?
Thanks...

Drives not mounting from old time machine setup

Hello all.
I had a time machine setup on a Lacie big disk 2 tb drive through firewire, but when i unplugged it (ejecting first) the plugged it back up in would not mount again.
I have done all the possible tests to diagnose the issue, new cable different port, different port type even a different disk drive. however it still wont mount. the drives will mount in a normal macbook but not in the xserve. my xserve is a 9g55 running 10.5.6 OSX server
The disk however will show up in the system information under the appropriate connection type..
Any ideas?? i have restarted the server multiple times now

Hi adamramage-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple Discussion boards
Did you try a different FW port on the XServe? Have you tried connecting via USB to see if the drive show up?
Have you tried resetting the PMU?
Link here: Resetting the Xserve G5 PMU
You may want to try resetting the PRAM as well.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

Time capsule and time machine keep disconnecting

My Time Machine keeps losing connection to my Time Capsule and dropping it's wireless internet connection. The internet comes back, but when I click on the Time Machine settings and open Airport Utility, it shows the internet connection as Green, but it never finds the Time Capsule.
A. How do I get it to reconnect.
B. What is causing it to disconnect?
I have an iMac (Intel) with OS 10.7.5. I have Time Machine setup to backup my iMac wirelessly to a Time Capsule. I also have a cable modem providing wireless access. The Time Capsule is setup in Bridge Mode.
Thanks in advance!
John

Hi John, let's see if we can stop the disconnect.
Though all of these steps may or may not be needed, I'm including them all.
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
10.7 & 10.8…
System Preferences>Network, top of window>Locations>Edit Locations, little plus icon, give it a name.
10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.
10.4 instructions...
Is that Interface dragged to the top of Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations.
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If that doesn't work try changing channels on your Router.

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Hi, I'm using an iMac 21.5" middle 2010 with Mac OS X snow leopard and Time machine on a Time Capsule with 2 GB.
Since yesterday the control light is permanantly flashing yellow, but nevertheless time machine is working an signed a complete bachup, last 2 hrs before.
I'm not sure, if all is correct. Can anybody help?
Many thanks
scharamer

It may just be telling you about the latest firmware update.
Start AirPort Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder).
Click Manual Setup
Click directly on the word Status (2nd line) and AirPort Utility will indicate what's wrong.
If your network seems to be working OK, the flashing light might indicate that an update for your AirPort device is now available.

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