Four 1 TB[1] drives in a Drobo[2] will cost about $1000 (4x$110+$500). How much disk space will be available for use? 4 TB, 3 TB, less?
Assuming 2 TB, even at 800 Mbps, it will take about 6 hours[3] to fill up. Actual write rate will probably be much slower. [1] http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3333210&sku=TSD-1000H3 [2] http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4032471&CatId=2780 [3] 2*10^12B*(1s/800Mb)*(8Mb/1MB)*(1MB/1*10^6B)*(1hr/3600s) Regards, - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
