Hi Alan,

2011/6/6 Alan Brown <a...@mssl.ucl.ac.uk>

> Buschini Edouard wrote:
>
>  1: Can you add more storage?
>>>
>>> I can but I would like to do some clean up before. Add space disk
>>>
>> move temporarily the issue :(
>>
>
> The issue is how long you need to keep backups
>
>
>  2: Why not use tape?
>>>
>>>  I don't know when I arrived in the company it has already been designed
>> like
>> that : Dell server with 15kSAS raid10
>>
>
> (IMHO)
>
> That's insane for backups.
>
> You don't need small expensive high speed disks in an inefficient raid10
> layout for backups, you need lots of large slow ones in raid6 (or on ZFS,
> XFS, etc), and for spooling you should use SSDs if you can afford them (but
> you don't need to spool if writing to disk only...)
>
> An autochanger is less expensive than you might think and LTO tapes are
> rated for at least 10 years - which takes care of regulatory requirements in
> most countries if you fall into that field.
>
> I took notes thank you !

//Edouard Buschini
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