On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 04:56:05PM +1100, Paul van den Bergen wrote: > Funny, I was asked about exactly the same problem when I started > @WEHI... only there was no attempt made to even start tackling the > problem...
yeah, we were constantly getting individual academics and research groups asking us about storage, and then trying to do the best we could with minimal resources. the unfortunate fact is that disks/storage arrays and file-servers and tape libraries etc are expensive. You can replace a very large percentage of your up-front capital expense with skilled techs, which are an on-going cost (you're going to need them to look after expensive equipment anyway, and it has to be maintained & upgraded for 7+ years), but it's still going to cost a lot for huge data storage anyway, even if you avoid over-priced name-brand gear. > Virtualisation of workload makes the problem a lot easier to tackle, > but even so... 7 years is a long time in IT... cheap big disks helps a lot too. but you need a lot of them, plus backup - on-site and off-site. CPU & RAM are more than adequate for pretty nearly any file-storage needs these days...could always use more of both for computational stuff. craig -- craig sanders <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
