Because I get notified of "low disk space" alerts and if I do a scan of files modified before 12/31/2006 the scan takes seven or eight hours and returns over 20,000 files. I can do this on any number of servers/file systems and get similar results.
I also know of several people who make weekly backups of various data and they stick 'em on the network so they're backed up to tape. They have never been accessed once created, but they need 'em "just in case". Dave -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Archive data 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
