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RAID for Zero-G?

Posted by Cliff on from the betcha-space-ghost-has-a-beowulf-cluster-of-these dept.

Cujo asks: "In all seriousness, I need a RAID that supports at least level 3 and stores > 500 GB, and I need to it work in zero-G (but not in a vacuum), and be able to take a fair bit of vibration and noise when turned off. I don't want to spend huge sums: I'm thinking well less than $50,000. I've looked at Apple's XServe/XRaid products, and they look great (about $10,000), but are they rugged enough and who is their competition? Some people make hardened RAIDs for military use, but I'm unfamiliar with the best candidates in that field (and do I really need mil spec?)."

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  1. Uh oh! by icemax · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey just because NASA has a tight budget doesn't mean you guys can use Slashdot for your R&D!!!

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    1. Re:Uh oh! by DingoBueno · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ask Slashdot: Converting feet to meters...

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  2. China plus /. equals Trip to Mars! by jpsst34 · · Score: 3, Funny

    China has announced it intends to accelerate its Mars program, using experience and expertise from its fledgling lunar program.

    They didn't mention China's use of highly reputable sources of expertise, such as Ask Slashdot!

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  3. On behalf of non-mac users everywhere.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please, for the love of God and all that is good, do not use an Apple product. We'll never hear the end of it.

  4. Now THAT's a tight budget! by Asprin · · Score: 2, Funny


    Boy, those budget cuts at NASA must be getting bad if they're coming to us for advice!





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  5. Re:I don't have an answer, but... by pmz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shuttle middeck.

    You know, with as rediculously expensive as it is per kilogram to launch stuff, you might want to rig a custom enclosure that uses laptop hard drives or microdrives (those little 1GB postage-stamp things). They have IDE interfaces, so I'm sure one rigging the controllers wouldn't be too hard, and you could use software RAID from one of those miniature Via-CPU motherboards.

    As far as G-forces go, pack it all in bubblewrap, which would be entertaining for the crew, as well.

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  6. Re:Not Space by ElectricMayhem · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess he needs it for something simpler - such as skydiving

    I know that whenever I skydive, I strap on my parachute, a reserve, and a 500GB raid pack. Makes the free-fall go just a little bit faster.

  7. solution by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 2, Funny

    yea ... go with one of those xserves. that'll be like $10k. then, pay me the other $40k and i'll hold it for you

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  8. Re:Not Space by xrayspx · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wanna see some goofball jump out of a plane with 1/2 TB of NetApp strapped to his back :-). With that kind of weight, they would have to do RAID1 of the skydiver as well.

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