I'm doing what you're talking about. No, it's not "perfect", but my budget comes from taxpayers, so I go for cheap yet sufficient. I use 3ware controller to create a RAID-5 array. I backup everything on my network to it. 120gb * 8 @ raid-5=840gb (approx). Then I have a 2nd box of the same that mirrors this data. I have all changed data for the past 60 days plus a full monthly backup. At the end of the year a full month is about 200gb and fits on 2 disks. I've noticed that thus far (2 yrs now) that the IDE drive capacities keep up with my requires of space required. So next year, I copy ALL of my previous archives onto the new disk. This accomplishes a few things 1. My data is good and fresh. I know the data is good as it's all copied onto a brand-new disk. Unlike tape, I trust a copy from disk to disk (/v) 2. It is all in one place. next year, I'm sure I'll be able to buy 200-300gb IDE for the price of my 120gb this year, or my 40gb last year... 3. It's accessible. I have data that originally came from NW 3.11, 3.12, 4.11, and NT 3.51 servers all on a folder on an w2k Drive that works on ANY w2k ws. If I migrate to MS.NET, I just copy all the data to that drive next year!
4. As mentioned by others, it's cheap, fast, and accesible. And after working with computers for 20 yrs I WOULD trust a hard drive (that is mirrored and updated) more then tape drives. I can read IDe from a few years ago (although I don't need to) much easier then trying to find the backup program, tapes, and drive parts of a tape drive from the same timeframe. So when we move to serial ATA, I just copy the data to a serial ATA drive. The next technology? Just do it again. And if my drive does crash? So what, I've got a 2nd verified copy off-site.
(I'm sure I'll get a bunch of flames, but here goes)...sure games are important, and I've spent many hours on 'em, but these realistic aggression games are harmful for young children. Why were the nazis able to watch thousands die a horrid death? Why were prison guards able to do unimaginable things through the ages...were they warped? (maybe), but the truth is they were DESENITIZED to the inhuman acts they were performing. How do you do that? Expose them to this stuff over and over. Who are the 'darkest' criminals? The ones that have seen the worst acts and it doesn't faze them anymore. Children cannot differentiate between reality and fantasy like we can. Let a child play hours of doom and he won't care that he just ran over your dog.
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I'm doing what you're talking about. No, it's not "perfect", but my budget comes from taxpayers, so I go for cheap yet sufficient. I use 3ware controller to create a RAID-5 array. I backup everything on my network to it. 120gb * 8 @ raid-5=840gb (approx). Then I have a 2nd box of the same that mirrors this data. I have all changed data for the past 60 days plus a full monthly backup. At the end of the year a full month is about 200gb and fits on 2 disks. I've noticed that thus far (2 yrs now) that the IDE drive capacities keep up with my requires of space required. So next year, I copy ALL of my previous archives onto the new disk. This accomplishes a few things .NET, I just copy all the data to that drive next year!
1. My data is good and fresh. I know the data is good as it's all copied onto a brand-new disk. Unlike tape, I trust a copy from disk to disk (/v)
2. It is all in one place. next year, I'm sure I'll be able to buy 200-300gb IDE for the price of my 120gb this year, or my 40gb last year...
3. It's accessible. I have data that originally came from NW 3.11, 3.12, 4.11, and NT 3.51 servers all on a folder on an w2k Drive that works on ANY w2k ws. If I migrate to MS
4. As mentioned by others, it's cheap, fast, and accesible. And after working with computers for 20 yrs I WOULD trust a hard drive (that is mirrored and updated) more then tape drives. I can read IDe from a few years ago (although I don't need to) much easier then trying to find the backup program, tapes, and drive parts of a tape drive from the same timeframe. So when we move to serial ATA, I just copy the data to a serial ATA drive. The next technology? Just do it again. And if my drive does crash? So what, I've got a 2nd verified copy off-site.
Works great and is cheap. Easy, too.
(I'm sure I'll get a bunch of flames, but here goes) ...sure games are important, and I've spent many hours on 'em, but these realistic aggression games are harmful for young children. Why were the nazis able to watch thousands die a horrid death? Why were prison guards able to do unimaginable things through the ages...were they warped? (maybe), but the truth is they were DESENITIZED to the inhuman acts they were performing. How do you do that? Expose them to this stuff over and over. Who are the 'darkest' criminals? The ones that have seen the worst acts and it doesn't faze them anymore. Children cannot differentiate between reality and fantasy like we can. Let a child play hours of doom and he won't care that he just ran over your dog.