From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Majed B." Subject: Re: md software raid Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:52:21 +0300 Message-ID: <70ed7c3e0910271952o40f3cc3as34cfa88cd5d89279@mail.gmail.com> References: <70ed7c3e0910271810t368f3081g3db4411ab073b531@mail.gmail.com> <20091028021139012.SPRI6016@cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com> <70ed7c3e0910271926g5f72fa50sfa874bb0bf9f3d78@mail.gmail.com> <4D87015385157D4285D56CA6101072FF3A6675B8@exchange07.valvesoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4D87015385157D4285D56CA6101072FF3A6675B8@exchange07.valvesoftware.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Chris Green Cc: "linux-raid@vger.kernel.org" List-Id: linux-raid.ids Thanks for the numbers Chris! I guess I kind of anticipated that, which is why I suggested using a compressed form, sort of like zip/rar... Though if the data is mostly multimedia, then I guess it's pointless. Punch-cards, anyone? On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Chris Green wrote: > I'm guessing you could get about a megabyte per sheet of paper this way. > So a 1TB drive would take up 1000000 sheets of paper. Looking at staples.com, > it looks like that would cost you in the neighborhood of $8000. The ink cartridges > would probably cost more, not to mention the cost of a place to store it :-) -- Majed B.