NAS or RAID

[Joseph Kubik]

Please define large.
What purpose?
Is cost an issue?
Is speed an issue?
How long can it be offline if it crashes and you have to restore from
backup? what method of backup do you have in mind?
-Joseph-

On 8/16/05, Sy <sy1234-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I've worked with small ones a while back.  I would say that purchasing
> a prebuilt NAS device is a huge waste of money compared to building a
> Linux RAID storage box.  However, such a regular box needs to come
> with a small amount of knowhow and administrative overhead.
> 
> 
> As an aside, I understand that the Apple X-serv RAID thingies are good
> bang for the buck.  My old work had a couple and administration was
> said to be great.  Also, working with huge files was said to be a good
> experience.
> 
> http://www.apple.com/xserve/
> http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/16/05, Robert F. Kennedy <rfk-Zd07PnzKK1IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has anyone created a large storage system like NAS or a RAID subsystem?
> > I am thinking of creating a large hard drive storage system and was
> > wondering what others have created.
> --
> The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org
> TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
> How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml
>
--
The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org
TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml