He is evil, isn't he?! ;-) It would probably be cheaper in the long run to buy 2 low-performance 1394 or USB 2.0 hard drives for each customer at $100 each, charging them when they do the session. You leave a copy on your RAID system, make two copies or their data, give one to the customer to take home. You keep in your closet in case of bad weather. How long does backing up to tape take you, if you include backing up and verifying the data is good? I did 20GB of Pro Tools data yesterday in less than an hour. Cheers, Mark On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 14:15, R Parker wrote: > Jan, > > Now I understand the "Evil Twin" part of your name, > $11,000.00 isn't dreaming, it's nightmaring. :) I did > a froogle.com for "HP Ultrium SCSI tape drive" and it > seems we're talking between $4,000.00 and $6,000.00 > USD. The question I have is, will I ever be able to > afford a fishing boat? > > I swear I'm going to follow through with my threat to > sell the studio and franchise adolescent owned > lemonade stands. There'd be alot more profit in it. > > ron > > --- "Jan \"Evil Twin\" Depner" > <eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ron, > > > > If you're really serious about having failsafe > > backup, get a PogoLinux > > StorageWare 3800 1.2TB IDE RAID (RAID 5 with spare). > > Use rsync to > > automatically back up your SCSI RAIDs to the 3800 > > (crontab). Then get > > an HP Ultrium SCSI tape drive to hook to the 3800. > > The drives run about > > 5K and tapes are down to about $80 per. They are > > advertised to hold > > 200GB compressed, 100GB native. You know how those > > advertisements are. > > I didn't believe it so I did my own tests at work. > > Using byte compacted > > (as opposed to compressed or bit compacted) sonar > > data I got 170-180GB > > per tape with an actual write speed to tape of > > 13.465MB/sec. DDS just > > ain't in the race at 1MB/sec for DDS3 or 2MB/sec for > > DDS4 (those are > > rated numbers, not actual). This setup would run > > you about 11K. I > > figured I'd throw this out here while we were > > dreaming ;) > > > > Jan > > > > > > On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 05:36, R Parker wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > --- Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > gotta duck and cringe. :) Guys, with my > > > > requirements, > > > > > could it be done better and for less money? > > It's > > > > not > > > > > > > > Hell no, I'd use exactly the same setup. My > > > > experience is that it costs > > > > far more to back up a large disk system than it > > does > > > > to populate it with > > > > disks anyway. > > > > > > Yikes! I'm using large ide disks to mirror the > > scsi > > > raid array. > > > > > > I've been thinking about switching our archive > > > strategy from DD3 tape to rewritable DVD. DVD is > > > probably alot more convienant for clients. > > > > > > The following is pretty far off the orginal topic. > > > Reguardless, it's encouraging and exciting to know > > > what we can expect from professional audio in > > linux. > > > BTW, my interest in producing audio with a linux > > based > > > environment is the Ardour mission statement where > > > professional audio is a requirement. > > > > > > How effective an audio environment can we build on > > > linux with jackd the high bandwidth, low latency > > audio > > > server? > > > > > > Earlier tonight, I ran the following tasks > > > symoultaneously: > > > *Rsync mirror via LAN > > > *Mastering of stereo file on Mac via 100mb LAN, > > atalk > > > *'cp -R 2gig directory from channel A to channel B > > of > > > scsi raid controler > > > *Ardour; playback of eight audio channels > > > *switching virtual desktops and applications > > windows, > > > 'ctrl c + hold tab key infinitely' then 'alt + > > f1,4' > > > like a mad man, and then checking yahoo mail > > > repeatedly > > > > > > jackd started with 'jackd -R -v -d alsa -d hw:0 -p > > 512 > > > -r 44100' > > > > > > During a twenty minute stretch with the above > > tasks > > > being done at the same time, I generated one xrun. > > The > > > "-p 512" is an exceptable latency for me because I > > use > > > an external mixing consol and build the studio and > > > control room mixes from the input stages. > > > > > > Anyway, my new point is that professional audio > > > production in linux is a reality. > > > > > > ron > > > > > > > - Steve > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, > > forms, and more > > > http://tax.yahoo.com > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com
