Well, the more I think about, the more I realize how IMPORTANT my data is to me. Which mean if something were to fail, I would be devastated. Right now, I have two Western Digital 30GB drives running RAID 0, and I am copying my important data off to a IBM 30GB drive on a weekly basis. But this is time consuming, and I am looking into a more automated way of providing fault tolerance.
So my question to you is: What is the best, most economical, and efficient way to provide fault tolerance for storage today? Here are some of the things I and considering, but I would appreciate any feedback for other solutions. THANKS!!
1. Four 60GB drives, running either RAID 1+0 or RAID 1 for 120GB of storage, 120GB of mirror.
2. IDE-RAID5. Promise has the SuperTrak100 or the new SuperTrak SX6000 that will run RAID5 for 6 drives. Probably the most efficient because it will provide the most storage capacity, but the IDE RAID card alone costs $300+.
3. Four 60GB drives, non-RAID, just simply managing data manually by copying files back and forth between drives.
4. SCSI solution? From what I know, very costly, but drives tend not to fail comapred to IDE.
5. Tape solution. Really not considering since I want my data to available at all times.
So what else do you guys think? Which is the most economical, efficient, and provide the best fault tolerance? Or do you have an even better solution? Thanks for you help!
So my question to you is: What is the best, most economical, and efficient way to provide fault tolerance for storage today? Here are some of the things I and considering, but I would appreciate any feedback for other solutions. THANKS!!
1. Four 60GB drives, running either RAID 1+0 or RAID 1 for 120GB of storage, 120GB of mirror.
2. IDE-RAID5. Promise has the SuperTrak100 or the new SuperTrak SX6000 that will run RAID5 for 6 drives. Probably the most efficient because it will provide the most storage capacity, but the IDE RAID card alone costs $300+.
3. Four 60GB drives, non-RAID, just simply managing data manually by copying files back and forth between drives.
4. SCSI solution? From what I know, very costly, but drives tend not to fail comapred to IDE.
5. Tape solution. Really not considering since I want my data to available at all times.
So what else do you guys think? Which is the most economical, efficient, and provide the best fault tolerance? Or do you have an even better solution? Thanks for you help!
