| Thor Lancelot Simon 2007-12-28, 1:16 am |
| In article <fku6nt$l4m$1@reader2.panix.com>,
David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
>
>Depends on what you are after. We need 650GB for archival storage. We can
>buy 2 {RAID, you know} 750GB at ~$200 each. Or we can buy 10 of the 2.5"
>160GB's at $250 each. [We'll also need some way to mount the six that
>won't fit in the server.]
10? I don't get it. Even with P+Q parity, you'd only need 6. If you
want a hot spare (which your other configuration sorely lacks) you
would then need 7.
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Thor Lancelot Simon tls@rek.tjls.com
"The inconsistency is startling, though admittedly, if consistency is to
be abandoned or transcended, there is no problem." - Noam Chomsky
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