Bulk Data Storage For The Common Man?

Posted by timothy on Monday July 5, 2004 @10:53AM from the the-common-man-with-a-tb-a-month dept.

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."

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I have a cheap solution by SteamyMobile · 2004-07-05 11:35 · Score: 1, Offtopic

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.
Re:Finally a use for my 1GB Gmail invites... by macdaddy · 2004-07-05 11:42 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Oh please............. Pretty please.... With sugar and 1GB RAM sticks on top?
Re:Finally a use for my 1GB Gmail invites... by gcaseye6677 · 2004-07-05 16:40 · Score: 1, Offtopic

In other words, a Beowolf cluster of GMail accounts.