[olug] Backup solutions

[Charles Bird]

The only backup solution that I can think of that would cost 6 figures is a
large tape autoloader.

What kind of retention period are you guys looking for?



On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I've seen a Drobo in action and it's really a nice solution if it fits your
> bandwidth requirements.  Their smaller "Drobo FS"  ($1000 @ NewEgg) holds 5
> drives (up to 2TB each), and their "Drobo Elite" ($3500.00 @ NewEgg) has
> support for eight drives.
>
> If you stick with the cheaper 1TB SATA drives ($75/each at NewEgg) in the
> "Drobo FS", that gives you just over 6TB of usable space to use, and you
> can
> hot upgrade the drives to 2TB as time and budget permit.
>
> The have an interactive sizing tool:
>   Elite: http://drobo.com/calculator/droboelite/index.php
>   FS: http://www.drobo.com/calculator/drobo-s/index.php
>
> Disclaimer: I haven't used them in production, but I have heard a lot of
> good things about them.
>
> Dan
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 16:30, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > Since some of you deal with this stuff on a daily basis and I don't,
> > I'll shoot you an email before I start digging around.
> >
> > If you had to find a backup solution for, say, 2-4 TB spread across a
> > handful of linux-based NFS file servers, what would be the cheapest
> > workable solution?  Or at least, where should I start looking for
> > solutions?
> >
> > Our admin at work has convinced the boss that such a solution will cost
> > six figures, and therefore won't increase our available disk space
> > beyond what we can currently backup.  Some of our data disks routinely
> > hover around 98%, and many developers are forced to store data (not
> > code) on local desktops that aren't backed up.
> >
> > Now I'm off to look this up myself...
> >
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