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On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 02:20:08PM -0800, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob@suespammers.org wrote:
At least around here, a 120G DLT tape costs less than half the price of an HD of the same capacity.
Reality ...
When you're talking 100GB, most of the higher capacity, leading-edge technologies are $50-100/cartridge, _regardless_ of the capacity. So you're better off going with the latest/fastest/biggest capacity when you're going to spend 4 figures.
Right now, that's multi-vendor LTO revision 3 -- 400GB (800GB) at 80MBps (160MBps) native (2:1 hardware). DLT is slower and largely uni-vendor, HP, and even HP does LTO (and they do it better than DLT). DLT should only be considered for legacy media compatibility.
I'm already sold for LTO-3 after this thread.
I just need to find some good supliers.
They also don't have mechanical parts built in, so the they are less likely to fail.
Well, there _are_ still moving parts, just no mechanics. Some of the new 1" hard drives are less fragile, taking even 800Gs.
Never used a 1" hard drive, so I can't really comment on that one.
Of course, I mean good tapes, not the el-cheapo ones.
By "el-cheapo" you mean?
Actually, I was talking about brand/vendors.
This is enough to show me it would be a waste of time to show the flaws on your thinking. If you are looking at it emotionaly, it is useless to explain anything to you.
Disk and tape are not a versus, they are a complement.
That's why I wrote the 2005 September Sys Admin article on VTLs, they are the evolution of _complete_ backup.
I guess I need to follow up with a blog entry on "scenarios."
Disks are good for (partial or full) HA, not backup. Some people call RAID a backup solution, and that is where mistakes happen.
For backups, use tapes.
I see now your line of thinking, but I don't agree with your terminology.
Yes, I think tapes and disks are complementary for an avaliability (contingency, if you will) solution.
Your solution for a centralized backup server is one I would recomend too, and have even implemented it on the past.
- -- Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob@suespammers.org "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)