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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
