On Friday 17 December 2010 13:11:58 ailo wrote: > On 12/17/2010 10:36 AM, Philipp Überbacher wrote: > > As for my university, as far as I know they use some RAID system for > > everyday and tapes for sensitive data. And they already had their whole > > RAID fail at the same time. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > > I've been busy setting up a system where all the data on my machines are > partly mirrored with each other and fully backed up to a home server > (not much unlike what google offers, though I don't keep a mail server). > There are two problems as I see it with this setup (other than working > out the mirroring/backup system). > The first is internet bandwidth. If you need more than one 100Mbit > connection it can get a little expensive (it will propably be worth it > in a couple of years, I think). > The other is the risc of lightning. Better to have the backup/sync > server at a remote location. > > For keeping stuff in the cloud (which solves a lot of problems), I would > find it strange if not web hotels will try to compete with google, but > using addon software with windows/ mac/ linux instead. > In my mind all the prices for different services (apart from webpage > hosting, perhaps) are still much too high. The value of diskspace is > ridiculous with services like Dropbox and the like. > For important backups, a smaller diskspace will suffice. For audio > related projects, diskspace is kind of important to consider. > > Google can offer a priceless service up to a certain disksize. I would > be prepared to pay for an "account" (not google), if I got just a little > more for my money, which I'm sure will happen in the coming few years.
Apart from the political discussions, amazon has a very nice pricing model for disk-space in their s3-cloud. You don't pay for the ability to store X GB, you pay for the actual space (and transfer bandwidth) you use. Have fun, Arnold
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