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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.

-- 
Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it
	Service Delivery Manager
	Communication Media & Services S.r.l.
	Via A. Modigliani 1 - MILANO
	


  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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