> You could always build a Backblaze Storage Pod. 67 terabytes for > <$8000 in 2009. > > http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ > > ;-)
This was near and dear to my heart as well... It's using commodity hardware running linux software raid... which I know can do everything you need it to do! Why linux software raid can't get over it's stigma, I don't understand. > > (Remember, there is no guarantee it will.) > > Some me the guarantee that $VENDOR's NAS/SAN/whatever box will do > everything I want. :-) I was more tring to point out that the box you make will not necessarialy work how you plan it will... for one reason or another something might not physically fit together, or one part may be incompatible with another... Doing this by hand you find that there are a lot of details which must be double-checked, and the devil is in the details. > But one occasionally sees the idea that buying a packaged product > means in-house knowledge and integration concerns disappear. I get > that all the time from other department heads at $WORK -- "All we need > to do is buy $PRODUCT, right?" Oh, if only it was that easy... :) I guess I'm lucky in that other departments don't know about $PRODUCT... Sm:)e. They all just ask "Isn't there something that can do that?" and I always respond with "Yes, but it's about 2x-10x as much as you want to pay for it." On occasion I get asked to check anyways... and I'm usually right about the price. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:11:46 -0700 Subject: Re: 24 port SAS RAID 6 Card? > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Matthew W. Ross > <mr...@ephrataschools.org> wrote: > > which is a whopping $6650 plus S/H. On the bright side, you have > > 24 TB of pre-raid storage... > > You could always build a Backblaze Storage Pod. 67 terabytes for > <$8000 in 2009. > > http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ > > ;-) > > (Note: Not seriously suggesting this for anyone in particular, I > just think it's a neat concept.) > > > (Remember, there is no guarantee it will.) > > Some me the guarantee that $VENDOR's NAS/SAN/whatever box will do > everything I want. :-) > > I don't disagree that sometimes it's worth paying for a packaged > product. You're trading cash for labor, and that's often worth it, > especially since they get economies of scale you don't (i.e., they can > spread most of their NRE across their many customers). They handle > component selection and acquisition, assembly, internal testing, etc. > That's nothing to shake a stick at. > > But one occasionally sees the idea that buying a packaged product > means in-house knowledge and integration concerns disappear. I get > that all the time from other department heads at $WORK -- "All we need > to do is buy $PRODUCT, right?" Oh, if only it was that easy... :) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
