Ask Slashdot: Simple Way To Backup 24TB of Data Onto USB HDDs ?

An anonymous reader writes "Hi there ! I'm looking for a simple solution to backup a big data set consisting of files between 3MB and 20GB, for a total of 24TB, onto multiple hard drives (usb, firewire, whatever) I am aware of many backup tools which split the backup onto multiple DVDs with the infamous 'insert disc N and press continue', but I haven't come across one that can do it with external hard drives (insert next USB device...). OS not relevant, but Linux (console) or MacOS (GUI) preferred... Did I miss something or is there no such thing already done, and am I doomed to code it myself ?"

Comments

Tape?

[mwvdlee]

Why not tape, backup RAID, SAN or some other dedicated backup hardware solution?
24TB is well within the range that a professional solution would be required.
Given a harddisk size of ~1TB, making a single backup to 24 disk isn't a backup; it's throwing data in a garbage can.
More than likely atleast one of those disks will die before it's time.