From: Luca Berra <bluca@comedia.it>
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, 04 Oct 2002 16:32:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D9DA67A.8050608@comedia.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20021004132419.GF710@gallifrey
Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>
> 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. 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.
i DO seriously doubt that this figure includes removing the drive,
stuffing it in a siutcase or similar, loading on a truck/car/bike and
unloading at a remote site.
Regards,
L.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-04 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ 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
2002-10-04 17:15 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-10-04 21:45 ` Alvin Oga
2002-10-04 14:32 ` Luca Berra [this message]
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
2002-10-03 11:27 ` RAID backup Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-04 17:04 Cress, Andrew R
2002-10-05 3:13 Chris Adams
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