[Cialug] external storage

[Nathan C. Smith]

I've been using this storage system called "/dev/nul"  Dave Weis set me up
with it.  He is a swell guy.

What is the budget like and how do you weigh it against reliability?  Are
you just backing up your local Blockbuster store?

I have had good luck with the Buffalo brand external drives.  They have some
that can act as local storage mad as NAS.

I recently built a machine used for off-site backups that came in around $7K
with about 7 GB RAID 5 (3ware) using 750 GB drives.  If I was looking to do
what you need I might try it again with fewer drives or software RAID (to
save money) and use iSCSI to attach it.  Especially if I knew I had to
expand the capacity it in the future.

On the other hand-  you could put Linux on a Linksys SLUG use external
drives with software mirror and create something really cheaply.

-Nate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave J. Hala Jr. [mailto:dave at 58ghz.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:34 PM
> To: Cialug
> Subject: [Cialug] external storage
> 
> I'm looking for 2-4tb of external storage. It doesn't have to be fast.
> It would be nice if the drives were mirrored. A USB interface 
> would be preferred. Value is important.
> 
> Anyone got anything that they are currently using they like?
> 
> :) Dave
> 
> 
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