Exactly. The cost to automate offline hierarchical storage management has always been more the cost of getting more main storage in most cases for me. Especially if you use SATA for main storage.
-ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Verizon Smartphone -----Original Message----- From: "Ray" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:34:58 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Subject: RE: Archive data Funny that this just came up in our office too. I only have a vague understanding of Sharepoint, but I thought part of the power was being able to find documents and I would imagine files where ever they are. From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 5:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Archive data We keep talking about this type of thing, but imo, if nobody can tell you that the data isn't needed, then it's still needed. And, if the data's still needed, then keep it local. What does a TB on your SAN cost? How does that compare to the cost of an archiving solution and the time to manage it and the time to set up different policies for different restores, and the headaches of trying to keep it all straight? From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Archive data Do any of you guys have an automated method for migrating old, unused user data off your primary servers? I'm talking about data users don't want to have deleted, but they maintain for "I might need it someday" purposes. To accommodate this I would think a cheap RAID1 NAS should be sufficient, there is no need for high-speed, multiple user access. I'm thinking it would be a very cheap way to pull a TB or so off our SAN.. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
