I archive data off our server using Ultrium LTO2 tapes and
Retrospect. The tapes hold about 250GB and cost about $25/each. An
LTO2 drive is around $2K. I use a program similar to iView Media pro
called Cumulus to create a thumbnail catalog of my archives, though
Retrospect creates a very easily searchable catalog as well. By
combining the 2 it is very easy to locate what tape files are on.
I run each archive twice so that I can have a second copy offsite if
the first tape gets lost or damaged. I am very pleased with my system
and am able to archive off 250GB at a time for less than $0.25/GB.
The drive read and write speeds are excellent as well, so anything
can be retrieved in a matter of minutes. The only drawback I have is
that we manage to add about 100GB/week to our server, so I have to
archive much more often than I'd like. Eventully I will probably have
to upgrade to LTO3 tapes (550GB), but they are twice as expensive and
I'd need a new drive as well. Fortunately LTO technology is backward
compatible, so LTO3 drives can read LTO2 tapes.
DVDs and Hard drives are much too expensive and fragile for my needs.
I highly recommend looking into Ultrium LTO technology ( http://
www.ultrium.com/newsite/index.html ).
-Todd Shirley
Technical Director
Urban Studio
New York, NY
On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
I am writing this to discover what methods people are using for
archiving data. Several of my customers (and myself) have piles of
data usually over 100 GB that needs to be archived to make room for
the next pile of data.
I have been using DVD and iView MediaPro with much success.
However, burning so many DVD discs is quite the chore. The more
effort archiving is, the less likely it is to be done in the first
place.
Hard drives at first seem like a good way to go, but they are
rather fragile and do fail too often regardless of abuse. I don't
trust them for long term archiving.
Has anyone tried the newer DVD-RAM technologies? What else do
people do?
Any feedback is very much appreciated!
--
Gary Smith
Precision Pixel Studios, LLC
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