Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]regarding tape backup there are different tape formats--if you use one for years and it fails, it is easy to find your tapes unreadable we had this happen at the office we now use a network HD and local offsite via internet ric On Dec 15, 2012, at 10:14 AM, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> wrote: > <http://photos.csd.net/library.html> > > An old pic, now using lto4/5, but the idea is the same. Lots of terabyte > tapes used in rotation, periodically moved to other locations. Granted, a > somewhat heavyweight solution, but not needing a robot to do the work, the > same reliability can be achieved on a desktop or within a PC. > > Never underestimate the bandwidth of an SUV full of tapes. > > John > > On 12/15/12 7:59 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Richard Man <richard at >> richardmanphoto.com>wrote: >> >>> Well, at $180 for 2TB, that's 10 drives for $1800. >>> >>> Unused drives sitting around is less reliable than unused tapes, sitting >>> around. >>> >> >> >> yeah but, if you are using the backup software, the hds get exercised. >> >> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> you can buy a lot of hard drive terrabytes for 1800 bucks >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Richard Man < >>> richard at richardmanphoto.com >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well one of my 2TB drive in the back up system just gave up the ghost. >>>>> >>>>> I have ~2TB of images right now, and sure to grow >>>>> >>>>> I know there were a few discussions on back up systems for photos, but >>> I >>>>> don't think tape back up got much attention. Anyone using it? >>>>> >>>>> I am more or less down to choosing between tape back up or Amazon >>>> Glacier. >>>>> >>>>> The nice thing about Glacier is that it is entirely offsite. The major >>>>> downside is that while it is much cheaper than other online storage, at >>>>> $0.01 per GB per month, with 2TB of data, that's still $240 per year >>> and >>>>> will be more as I take more photos. >>>>> >>>>> The nice thing about tape is that it is cheap enough ($60-$100 per 2 >>> TB) >>>>> that I can make at least one duplicate copy. The downside is that the >>>>> initial equipment purchase costs $1300-$1800 (and up) and I will have >>> to >>>>> find an offsite solution. >>>>> >>>>> The default is to continue with hard drive back up. The major problem >>> is >>>>> reliability. For business data, I have a a RAID netstation and multiple >>>>> back up on different systems, but for photos, doing the same is just >>> not >>>>> fiscally viable. >>>>> >>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Sonny >>>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>> >>>> USA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information