>PS: For data that you want to mostly archive, consider using Amazon >Web Services (AWS) S3 service. Right now there is no charge to push >data into the cloud and its $0.15/gigabyte to keep it there. Do a >quick (back of the napkin) calculation on what storage you can get for >$30/month and factor in bandwidth costs (to pull the data when/if you >need it). My "napkin" calculations tell me that I cannot compete >with AWS S3 for up to 100Gb of storage available 7x24. Even the >electric utility bill would be more than AWS charges - especially when >you consider UPS and air conditioning. And thats not including any >hardware (capital equipment) costs! see: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/
When going the amazon route, you always need to take into account retrieval time/bandwidth cost. If you were to store 100GB on Amazon - how fast can you get your data back, or how much would bandwidth cost you to retrieve it in a timely manner. It is all a matter of requirements of course. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
