Re: RSC on ultra 60

Huge <Huge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On 2006-11-27, Casper H.S *** <Casper.***@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Huge <Huge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

(BTW, how much power does a 12 slot D1000 with 12 x 18Gb disks
in it draw?)

"A lot". (Minimum 120Watt (idle), often closer to 400)

OK, thanks. I guess I won't bother.

Get yourself a 300GB disk and it will pay for itself quickly.

Given what a PITA backing up home systems is, I really wanted the
RAID, though.

Disk is so cheap these days, the correct answer is to buy a big disk and
backup to it rather than to tape. The work is minimal - plug in the disk
(USB disks actually work well for this), then set up a cronjob to delete
backups older than X days and do the dump.

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