My $0.02... GOOD storage doesn't get a whole lot cheaper than the FAStT. Of course you can use ATA disks, but I wouldn't recommend it. At 7TB, they have quite a bit of data. If they already have a FAStT, but some drawers with 143GB disks. RAID 5 is fine for this situation. If they want a cheaper solution, use tapes :).
Miles >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 30-Jan-04 12:45:47 PM >>> Hi, I have a customer who wants to put his primary storage pool on disk. This is now 3TB and can grown up to 7TB. Incremental backup is appr 300GB/night. But I have some questions? - What kind of disks should I use? (the customer has a FastT from IBM with fiber disks, but he wants a cheaper solution) - What kind of raid level as protection? Raid5, JBOD, Raild 0+1, ... ?? - Should I use a DISK type or FILE type storage pool? Thx. Stef
