On 3/19/2016 3:41 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 03/19/16 10:56, Josh Fisher wrote: >> On 3/17/2016 8:48 AM, Alan Brown wrote: >>> . What's killed all these "smaller" >>> formats is cheap(ish) HDD/SSDs, cloud storage and the likes of Netflix. >>> That's despite even BDXL 120GB not being large enough capacity to hold a >>> complete 4k video title. >>> >> RDX is a good choice for "smaller" format, although smaller is relative. >> The bottom line is that a USB3 RDX drive and 6 2 TB cartridges is about >> the same cost as a single LTO-6 drive and 4 2.5 TB cartridges. If media >> needs in the long term will stay below 12 - 16 TB, then RDX is the >> simpler, and IMO better choice. Above that, LTO-6 wins out due to much >> lower media cost. >> >> For the backup window factor, LTO-6 wins every time. However, RDX >> performance is on par with LTO-4, so for many, if not most, small >> businesses, it meets their needs. > I'm still surprised that cloud storage is even considered by anyone but > single users with a single PC. And even there I'm surprised it's viable > given how poor most US "broadband" service is. > > What do you mean about the backup window, though?
The amount of time available to run backups, or that the backups must run within a certain time frame such that the speed of the backup devices becomes an important factor. > > What's the best way to handle a removable-cartridge-drive technology > like RDX in Bacula -- use the virtual changer...? Apart from hardware encryption and robustness, RDX is just normal HDD to the system, so virtual changer or vchanger. The built-in virtual changer allows auto-labeling volumes, while vchanger allows multiple simultaneously attached cartridges to act as a single autolchanger and supports automounting and autorun of 'update slots' on cartridge changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
