[olug] Backup solutions

[Curtis LaMasters]

This is an article from a while back about the remote data backup vendor
Backblaze.  Somewhat relevant if you wanted to build some huge disk backup
solution.

http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/
<http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/>
Curtis LaMasters
http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
http://www.builtnetworks.com


On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Trent Melcher <trentm at q.com> wrote:

> Look at Nexsan SATABeast,  a 40 TB solution was about $50K around 4 years
> ago, might be even cheaper today.
>
> Trent
>
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> > 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?
>
> I'm not sure, but I guessed a few weeks.  I speced out a Quantum LTO-5
> autoloader from NewEgg ($5400) and told my boss about it.  He was
> surprised, and will be duscussing it with our sysadmin when he returns
> from vacation.
>
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16840121075&cm_re=lto_5-
> _-40-121-075-_-Product
>
> As best I can tell, it looks like we're running Amanda for our backup
> software, and I don't see a compelling reason to change that.
>
> All this talk of NAS has got me wondering whether anybody makes a
> hard drive-based solution similar to a tape autoloader.  Hard drives
> have similar dimensions, capacity and cost to LTO-5 tapes (1.5TB for
> $120).  I suppose the drives are less durable and weigh more, and
> a single 7200 rpm spindle has a slower transfer speed than LTO-5.
> You could stripe the drives for more speed, though, rather than
> writing to them sequentially as must be done with tapes (unless you
> spend the bucks for multi-drive autoloaders).  All it would really
> require is a hot swap chassis with a bunch of empty drive bays, and
> that has to cost less than a $5K autoloader.  With this setup, you
> could just use mount the new array and use rsync to do your backups.
> You'd get a full backup for the cost of a differential.
>
> Anybody heard of this being done?
>
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