On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Kelly Lipp <l...@storserver.com> wrote: > I don't think it's an either/or decision. I believe that tape will always > have a place but that using some file pool will offer very nice RTO/RPO > combos for some data structures. The allure of very inexpensive tape storage > should always be there (and perhaps increase again with LTO5) while the > allure of "instant" restore will intrigue us, especially as 2TB SATA becomes > mainstream.
Amen. > Power and cooling disk is expensive and not green (I'm not green either, but > thought I should at least try to be politically correct), while tape is still > green (except for the oil needed to make the darn things). I bet the amount of oil wasted in the process of disk manufacturing greatly exceeds that of tape. -- Warm regards, Michael Green
