Hi, On Wednesday 17 May 2006 01:16, Dallas B. Warren wrote: > Not exactly specific GROMACS question, but looking for some insight for > those who are sure to be encountering the same issues. > > How are people now handling archiving the huge data files that are > produced when going to large simulation boxes for long periods of time? > > Until recently it has been find for me to put them onto DVDs, or may be > two or three. But as the sims get bigger, that is getting to be a pain > to do. > > What are the options available? Is there actually anything out there > that can archive things when you are looking at 20-50G of data files? > Or is the best option to just archive onto hard drives now?
I still think that tape is the most secure and cheapiest solution. Of course you should have some arrays of hard disks around for fast unzipping them again but after finishing a project you should migrate the data to a cheaper and more secure medium and this is still tape. Modern tape systems can achieve 120mb/s and around 1tb space on each tape so you don`t need to play tape jockey. if you need some old informations you can easily transfer it back to faster medium in a real short time. Pricing scale per gb with infrastructure (estimated): scsi or faster ~ 10 eu (datacentre structure) sata < 5-7 eu (NAS or SAN) real low cost ~ 2 eu (normal sata raid controller + cheap hard disks) tape < 1eu Data will always take one step back after certain time ... > > Catch ya, > > Dr. Dallas Warren > Lecturer > Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology > Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University > 381 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3010 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +61 3 9903 9524 > --------------------------------- > When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble > a nail. > _______________________________________________ > gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org > http://www.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > www interface or send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/mailing_lists/users.php greetings, Florian -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florian Haberl Computer-Chemie-Centrum Universitaet Erlangen/ Nuernberg Naegelsbachstr 25 D-91052 Erlangen Mailto: florian.haberl AT chemie.uni-erlangen.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org http://www.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/mailing_lists/users.php
