Damn right - I need somewhere between 3.0 and 6.0 TB of space for my HTPC server. For a few years now computing power has been a commodity with the rise of cheap server farms and blades. The next step is to make multiple terabytes a commodity as well, because as we start digitizing our life through photos, music, video, email, etc we are going to need all the storage we can get.
As for the backup solution, I think the only real answer is RAID. A good RAID 5 setup will do the job nicely as long as you have a good controller and a UPS. If you want to get really secure a RAID 50 setup on independent power circuits should do the trick. On 1/5/07, Anthony Q. Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That's the wrong question to ask.... A better question to ask is if there any home users who want 1TB of HD space for whatever reason at an affordable price. The answer to that question is yes. One doesn't buy a backup app for the size of data...one buys HDs to store stuff, even nonessential stuff. Ripped movie farms, home video, etc. Greg Sevart wrote: > Is there really 1.0TB of home user data that needs to be backed up? I run > nightly backups on my machine. Out of over 4TB, there's only about 15GB that > I consider essential enough to back up. > > On the commercial side, the problem already exists with storage arrays of > multiple TB or more. High-dollar LTO-3 autoloaders can resolve the backup > situation there. > > Greg > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhs >> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 4:56 PM >> To: The Hardware List >> Subject: Re: [H] Here comes the terabyte hard drive >> >> >> Nice news! But, has anybody thought about backup apps for HD's this big? >> If I had a drive of 1TB, it would take me about a week to do a backup with >> > a > >> dual P3-1Gz server!! LOL!! >> >> I'll wait for Seagate, although I've had very good service from the >> > Hitachi replacement > >> drives in my server. I do like the 7Kx series of HDs from Hitachi. >> Maybe 'old' IBM drives, but, they are still very strong HDs. >> Best, >> Duncan >> >> On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:36 , Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > sent: > >>> http://news.com.com/Here+comes+the+terabyte+hard+drive/2100-1041- >>> >> 6147409.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703 >> >>> Last year, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies predicted hard-drive >>> companies would announce 1 terabyte drives by the end of 2006. >>> Hitachi was only off by a few days. >>> >>> The company said on Thursday that it will come out with a >>> 3.5-inch-diameter 1 terabyte drive for desktops in the first quarter, >>> then follow up in the second quarter with 3.5-inch terabyte drives >>> for digital video recorders, bundled with software called >>> Audio-Visual Storage Manager for easier retrieval of data, and >>> corporate storage systems. >>> >>> The Deskstar 7K1000 will cost $399 when it comes out. That comes to >>> about 40 cents a gigabyte. Hitachi will also come out with a similar >>> 750GB drive. Rival Seagate Technology will come out with a 1 terabyte >>> drive in the first half of 2007. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net >> > > > > >
-- Brian
