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Bulk Data Storage For The Common Man?
Vigyaan writes "Lately, I have been looking into different bulk data storage options available to a common man. My work
depends on generating, storing and analyzing a
large amount of data -- averaging about 1 TB per
month. I would like to have a storage system which is automated, fast, reliable
and most importantly does not cost the price of an
eye. Right now, I have a 4 node Linux cluster with
10 large hard disks (total capacity 1.6 TB); data storage roughly costs
about $0.60/GB (excluding the cost of PC
hardware). But long term storage is painful -- DVDs
cost about $0.10-$0.15/GB but takes too much human time
and leaving data on hard disks makes me nervous
because of possible failures. RAID is a possibility, but it increases the cost significantly. I was wondering, if
Slashdot readers have any recommendations for a
cheap automated way to store and retrieve data."
You'll need more than a couple, 1TB=1,000GB
I know somebody who'd appreciate them ;-)
*whistles innocently*
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
Using this method you can store surprisingly large amounts of data very cheaply. It's also protected from MS Windows viruses, but perhaps not all viruses.
Oh please............. Pretty please.... With sugar and 1GB RAM sticks on top?
if you send a message and 1gig of ddr 400 i'll send ya a gmail invite :-P seriously, email me.. unlogikal@yahoo.com
Kyle
http://www.unlogikal.net/
But if I mod it, I can't post to it (you won't know who I am)
But if I post to it, I can't mod it (you won't be modded up)
Infinite loop. Thank goodness the gmail account you will invite me to has enough space to handle infinity.
There's still heaps on ebay going fairly cheap these days. But I'm a cheap lazy bastard, so if anyone is feeling charitable...
09F91102 no, 455FE104 nope, F190A1E8 uh-uh, 7A5F8A09 that's not it, C87294CE no. Ah! 452F6E403CDF10714E41DFAA257D313F.
Of course, now that I posted, the mod has been revoked. But send me one anyway!
If you insert the files into freenet, you don't have to worry about mislabeling them. Just put the keys to the file into a job that frequently requests the files from various entrypoints into the network to be sure they stick around.
In other words, a Beowolf cluster of GMail accounts.
Send me one please :-)
at vaibhav_khattri@yahoo.com
hey ya folks...lol i want a gmail invite:) POR FAVOR (spanish for please) ...gracias (spanish for thanks)
email -> opweirdisntit@yahoo.com
i'd like my gmail account to be nitinshantharam@gmail.com
thanks in advance :P
You should add a .zip at the end, so that more will download it to the bitter end!
Got any Gmail invites left? Please? :)
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