[DM-MUG] long-term data storage

[Jon Thompson]

Actually, we have a 2 TB drive from Lacie, and .  Now, these monster  
drives are actually multiple drives in a RAID 0 configuration,  
meaning that there is a greater chance for data loss than if you use  
a single drive configuration.  (RAID 0 means that there is no  
redundancy between drives and every other write function is  
alternated between drives.  If you lose a drive, and you have more  
than one set of drive hardware to fail, you lose all of the drives.)

Maxtor has a 1 TB, and Micronet has a 1.5 TB drive.  These are all  
self contained, meaning they appear the same as one disk firewire  
drives, only larger.  You can get even bigger if you opt for firewire  
RAID enclosures, which have ejectable drives.

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Jon Thompson
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On 2006, Aug 23, at 1:57 AM, Bill Davis wrote:

> I've seen 600GB external drives at Best Buy not too long ago, and I  
> know LaCie makes Terrabyte (1000 GB) drives, Alan at Haddock could  
> probably get you those, etc.   I'd get as much EXTRA storage space  
> as you can afford, so you don't have to replace the drives too  
> quickly, depending on how your data grows.  Don't spend too much  
> though, drive prices are always dropping.
>
> On Aug 22, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Darcy Baston wrote:
>
>> I hadn't thought that Ray. That's a good idea. More affordable per  
>> gigabyte too. I've got about 400GB in total. Two drives where one  
>> is the backup of the other, would do nicely and for less dollars  
>> than a media jump today.
>>
>
>
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