Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, > On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 13:55, Aaron wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, > > > > [snip] > > > > > > Specifics. We need much more. > > > > > > How much performance do you need? I.e., how many users will be > > > hitting it at the same time, what kind of apps run on the box, etc? > > > > Just me. Maybe myself and one other user. I don't need a lot of > > performance once it's up and running. It's network attached, so I > > don't really need more disk throughput than I can get out of my > > 100Base-TX network connection. > > Ok, well that's easy enough to do. > > > > When you say "100+ GB", do you mean 100-150GB, or something *much* > > > larger? > > > > Between 100 and 300 gigs, I guess. I have almost 200 gigs of data that > > I'd be storing and backing up, but I can predict a need for more > > storage in the future. > > Is this a database, or your MPEG2/MP3/JPEG collection, or > what? I.e.: > Does it change a lot, or will you only be adding new stuff? > Can it be segmented easily?
It doesn't change a lot, and some parts of it can be easily segmented while others can't. Specifically, the 63 gigs of movies between 600 megs and 800 megs each. That's a serious problem for backing up to any kind of CD or DVD media, so I was investigating tape solutions. I really don't have much experience at all with backup solutions, only a basic conceptual understanding. I'm just wondering what other people do; do they use tapes? Travan? DLT? SCSI? Internal? External? What kinds of software are out there, how hard is it to set up an incremental backup job and how hard is it to restore specific portions? Those are my basic concerns. -- Aaron Bieber - Graphic Design // Web Design http://www.fisheyemultimedia.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
