From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <gilbertd@treblig.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RAID backup
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 15:07:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021004150752.B16727@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021004132419.GF710@gallifrey>; from gilbertd@treblig.org on Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:24:19PM +0100
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:24:19PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> Not sure about that; DLT tapes are pretty bulky themselves; I think the
> difference between say a set of 4 DLT tapes and a single Maxtor 320 in
> caddy would be minimal.
The 4 DLT tapes would take up twice the room.
> As for stored media, I think Maxtor are quoting
> 1M hours MTTF - (I hate to think how you measure such a figure) - for
> the 320G, and that is probably longer than I'd trust either the tape or
> the drive to survive.
However, drive in caddy or no caddy, the accidental drop test would
probably be more favourable to the DLT tape surviving over the drive.
Physical accidents do happen.
--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-04 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-03 11:20 RAID backup jbradford
2002-10-03 11:26 ` Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2002-10-03 11:36 ` jbradford
2002-10-03 20:00 ` Kanoalani Withington
2002-10-03 23:59 ` Effrem Norwood
2002-10-04 8:00 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2002-10-04 10:25 ` Illtud Daniel
2002-10-04 11:12 ` jbradford
2002-10-04 11:20 ` Alvin Oga
2002-10-04 12:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-04 12:52 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-10-04 13:24 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-10-04 14:07 ` Russell King [this message]
2002-10-04 17:15 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-10-04 21:45 ` Alvin Oga
2002-10-04 14:32 ` Luca Berra
2002-10-04 15:13 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-04 15:31 ` Herman Oosthuysen
2002-10-04 16:11 ` Russell King
2002-10-04 18:51 ` Herman Oosthuysen
2002-10-04 21:37 ` RAID backup - media Alvin Oga
2002-10-04 18:58 ` RAID backup Kanoalani Withington
2002-10-04 21:51 ` RAID backup - mtx w/ tcl Alvin Oga
2002-10-04 21:59 ` Effrem Norwood
2002-10-04 22:22 ` Kanoalani Withington
2002-10-05 12:30 ` Luca Berra
2002-10-09 21:54 ` Kanoalani Withington
2002-10-10 1:39 ` Alvin Oga
2002-10-03 11:27 ` RAID backup Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2002-10-03 13:40 ` Adam Luter
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2002-10-04 17:04 Cress, Andrew R
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