- Aug 15, 2004
- 2,033
- 1
- 0
A debate came up between a co-worker and me. I have a smaller network at home with 2 servers and about 1TB of data between both. My original intention in the future was to move all the data to one server running a SATA Raid5 array. The data is a mixed type in various sizes. My co-worker said I would be wasting my money and I should go with a tape backup system instead of RAID5. His logic is RAID5 is not guaranteed and a tape backup is cheaper in the long run and more versatile for future expansion.
I'm figuring tape hardware and software is a deal buster in itself (I'm not rich by any means). Plus tape technology is not as versatile as I think he does as it's a changing technology like all other hardware. Thoughts?
I'm figuring tape hardware and software is a deal buster in itself (I'm not rich by any means). Plus tape technology is not as versatile as I think he does as it's a changing technology like all other hardware. Thoughts?