Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, You are right, photo files don't compress very well as they already are pretty dense, unlike traditional data which has recognizable repetitions. John On 12/15/12 7:17 AM, Richard Man wrote: > 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 >> > > >