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Long-Term Storage of Moderately Large Datasets?

Posted by timothy on from the rodents-of-medium-size dept.

hawkeyeMI writes "I have a small scientific services company, and we end up generating fairly large datasets (2-3 TB) for each customer. We don't have to ship all of that, but we do need to keep some compressed archives. The best I can come up with right now is to buy some large hard drives, use software RAID in linux to make a RAID5 set out of them, and store them in a safe deposit box. I feel like there must be a better way for a small business, but despite some research into Blu-ray, I've not been able to find a good, cost-effective alternative. A tape library would be impractical at the present time. What do you recommend?"

3 of 411 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Use RAID6 not RAID5 by dwarfsoft · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    By buying a Samsung drive you have already resigned yourself to a drive failure. Might as well weed out the shite first. I don't disagree with mixing and matching, but at least make sure the drives you are buying aren't brands that tend to fail within the first year.

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    Cheers, Chris
  2. None of the above by butalearner · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You obviously haven't been in business very long, and I have seen no reasonable answers in this thread at all. Nuke the data as soon as you ship and offer to "recover" it (that is, regenerate it) for an additional fee should they require it.

    Noobs.

  3. Re:Folks suggesting LTO-4 should also mention by jabuzz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    An folks that don;t know jack about LTO4 should shut the f$%& up. An LTO4 drive will adjust the tape speed so that it maintains streaming even if the data rate drops well below the max sustainable rate.