Re: RAID backup

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya

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 

have fun
alvin
http://www.Linux-1U.net

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Illtud Daniel wrote:

> Effrem Norwood wrote:
> 
> > In addition, HSM software costs
> > something (even if you write it yourself) on top of the tape infrastructure.
> > One customer of ours was quoted 40K per TB of HSM *software* alone.
> 
> I've got 25TB uncompressed of HSM here, and it's cost us (ex VAT)
> roughly:
> 
> £10k for the first 1.6TB (on NT, DLT library)
> £18k for the next  6.0TB (on NT, LTO library)
> £45k for the next 18.0TB (on Solaris, LTO Library)
> 
>