Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks John, I was actually looking at lto3 for lower cost. Using multiple tapes is not a problem since the SW knows how to deal with it. BTW, when they say compressed, does it apply to already compressed files such as JPG? So I would be looking no gain in the "compressed" space. On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 5:54 AM, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> wrote: > Yes, lto5. lto6 is still a little expensive. I think you have the correct > price for an SAS drive from ebay, tapes (1.5TB native 3TB compressed) may > be a bit cheaper than you wrote. > > John > > > On 12/15/12 6:30 AM, Richard Man 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? >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>