Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:20:32 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/geom geom_ccd.c Message-ID: <20030823122032.GB233@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <23689.1061623695@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20030822214841.22D7D2A8C1@canning.wemm.org> <23689.1061623695@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 09:28:15AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20030822214841.22D7D2A8C1@canning.wemm.org>, Peter Wemm writes: > >Peter Jeremy wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 04:24:43AM -0700, Paul Saab wrote: > >> >This was done with a 12 port 3ware with 12x250gig (really 232.88GB) > >> >disks all in 3U. > >> > >> How are you going to back it up? > > > >You haven't seen the tape silo that I saw on wednesday :-). It impressed > >the hell out of me, even with my hard-core hardware cynic hat on. > > > >I *think* it was this beastie: > >http://www.storagetek.com/prodserv/products/tape/9310/ > >144,000 tape cartridges per silo > >28.8 PetaBytes storage per silo > >100TB per hour backup capacity > > > >I want one for home so that I can back up my mail inbox :-) > > I was lightly involved in seeing ICMWF move their four silos. They had > six of their operators spend an entire day moving tapes in wheelbarrows > from one room to the next :-) > > Once you get into that amount of storage you either have two copies > already or you live with your losses. Losses == bankruptcy (in a lot of cases ;) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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