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I have always had one or more backups, for every system. However I have never had 10TB of data. (I still have 10TB free and planning on more.)

So how to backup without braking the bank. Is LTO Media best way to go? Is the any good sties for a crash course in the tech?

Thanks.
 
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I have always had one or more backups, for every system. However I have never had 10TB of data. (I still have 10TB free and planning on more.)
So how to backup without braking the bank. Is LTO Media best way to go? Is the any good sties for a crash course in the tech?
Thanks.
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Build a NAS server with multiple drives.
 
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You need to be looking into a Fiber attached robotic tape library for LTO4 or LTO5 drives. Definately not cheap or fast though.

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at 10+ TB you really should be looking into a 4-6 Drive NAS or a small SAN depending on how often the data changes.
 
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Do you have any idea how many bluray disks that would be?
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I do. at 50GB about 200 disks, No way in hell.
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You need to be looking into a Fiber attached robotic tape library for LTO4 or LTO5 drives. Definately not cheap or fast though.
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at 10+ TB you really should be looking into a 4-6 Drive NAS or a small SAN depending on how often the data changes.
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How long would one tape take? Is there a less extreme option? Like a SAS unit that I load? I am hoping for some thing in the $500-1000 range.
 
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You could burn a ton of stuff to blurays if you grab a burner in 25-50GB increments. Would save on space and it will last for 20-30 years.
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+/- 25 years.

Some of those 2+ decade CDs and DVDs I bought 10 years ago are long dead. Some started dying in ~2007. Pretty sad. I might trust an M-Disc, but I won't trust generic optical media again.

An online NAS is the way to go if you value your data. While drives are spinning they're running occasional diagnostics, correcting bit errors and detecting mechanical problems. Leave them offline for a decade and there's no way to say how they'll degrade, but spinning they will alert you to problems.
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Keep it offsite and you're protected against theft/fire, though not large events like earthquakes which might hit both locations.
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Do you have any idea how many bluray disks that would be?
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I do. at 50GB about 200 disks, No way in hell.
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I echo those sentiments - No way in hell!
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I do. at 50GB about 200 disks, No way in hell.
How long would one tape take? Is there a less extreme option? Like a SAS unit that I load? I am hoping for some thing in the $500-1000 range.
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This won't be the answer for you then. You may find a single slot, SCSI/SATA LTO 4 drive used somewhere for that price, but I would hate to have to load the tapes by hand. They aren't very fast.
 
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Ok, thank you. Do you have any good sites on the tape tech? Like what unit to look out for what kind/brand of media to use? Any pitfalls?

I know nothing about tape, so time to read up on it.
 
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NAS would be the cheapest really... tapes aren't cheap.
 
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My personal experience is with Quantum drives and LTO media. Both great and rarely an issue. I still would steer you to a disk to disk backup solution however. I will steer you to a short article on Dell's site discussing disk vs tape. You could also try posting in the server section of OCN and see if anyone in there may have some insight or alternate solutions.

http://content.dell.com/us/en/business/d/sb360/article-disk-vs-tape
 
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Discussion starter · #14 ·
Thank you. Yeah a NAS maybe cheaper. I am think of using 2.5 HDD, that way I could keep it smaller and lighter. The backup, maybe at work or somewhere else. It must be small/light. (Under 50bls, no bigger then a milk crate.)
 
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