Uh, If you don't know how much storage there is, how do you know that any of it needs to be archived?
Just asking... On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 06:49, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows servers for file/print, and a *lot* of IBM SAN storage (about 4 > servers racks full - dunno how much storage it is since SE manages it), which > is ex$pen$ive to expand and far more than we need to spend to keep users old > crap. Functionally a 2TB RAID1 USB would be sufficient. I'm thinking $1000 or > less of NAS with a ROBOCOPY job (pulling from six different servers or so) > should be more than sufficient. > > I have submitted a proposal, we'll see if it flies. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 6:19 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Archive data > > What is your current system? Hardware and OS? > > Is it using SCSI, SATA, SAS, PATA? Is it hardware RAID? Does it hot swap? > > Frankly, if your hardware hot swaps, and it's SATA or SAS, it might be > cheaper and more efficient to swap out disks one at a time, let the > array rebuild and then expand your space. Once you've replaced the > drives, Win2k3+ should recognize the new (unpartitioned) space, and > allow you to expand the current partition to fill it. > > As pointed out, if they can't say for sure that they don't need it, > then they probably *do* need it. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 13:09, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: >> Wow - nobody? >> >> >> >> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:18 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
