Re: RAID backup

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
04 Oct 2002 13:52:23 +0100


On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 12:20, Alvin Oga wrote:
> we can build an 8-drive ( 120GB at $200ea ) or ( 160GB at $300>? each )
> 1U box...about 0.960 - 1.28 TB each backup server ( 1U ) for under $2,500 in parts
> + cost of raid setup/testing is up to the user
> - am thinking the 1.6TB of storage for 10K lira(?) is too much
>
> i prefer disks to backup data.. so that its always a semi-warm backup
> ( tapes have always been way tooo slow to find a file and to restore

The problem with disks is you still have to archive them somewhere, and
they are bulky. I also dont know what studies are available on the
degradation of stored disk media over time.

Capacity is not a problem, 3ware do a 12 channel sata card, with maxtor
drives that comes in at 320x12 = 3.5Tb

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