I see there are also low-power / zero-power disk archive/arrays available. Any experience with those?
From: Kristy Kallback-Rose <k...@lbl.gov> To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org> Date: 05/09/2018 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Snapshots for backups Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org +1 for benefits of tape and also power consumption/heat production (may help a case to management) is obviously better with things that don’t have to be spinning all the time. > > At scale tape is a lot cheaper than disk. Also sorry your data is going > to take a couple of weeks to recover goes down a lot better than sorry > your data is gone for ever. > > Finally it's also hard for a hacker or disgruntled admin to wipe your > tapes in a short period of time. The robot don't go that fast. Your > disks/file systems on the other hand effectively be gone in seconds. > > JAB. > > -- > Jonathan A. Buzzard Tel: +44141-5483420 > HPC System Administrator, ARCHIE-WeSt. > University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, Glasgow. G4 0NG > > > _______________________________________________ > gpfsug-discuss mailing list > gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org > http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss _______________________________________________ gpfsug-discuss mailing list gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
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