>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Benjamin Franz >Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:12 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >If you have any budget at all, invest in bigger drives. 7200 RPM 1 TB >RAID rated drives can be bought for $160 each. Desktop rated 5900 RPM >1.5 TB drives (which you can probably get away with in a dedicated >backup server since you don't care a lot about speed and can tolerate >long pauses for sector repair) can be bought for $110 each. Check Newegg.
I haven't got a budget really. Today I asked for a new group-printer today and the boss looked pained... 8-} I opted for the proven 500GB-sized disks and got more of those instead. I've had a handful of 750GB-drives die on me recently. Somehow it feels the technology isn't quite there yet for the bigger drive-sizes. Anybody remember the IBM Deskstars in the early 00's...? Also, my experience is the more smaller disks you have, the faster they get. Less to write to each I guess. >Second, to maximize 'depth' of backups you should use a 'Tower of >Hanoi'-like backup system. Good advice, thanks! -- /Sorin
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