radioVOY Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 hi people!! Im thinking on build a storage system for maps, blocks, works, backups etc. what kind of storage system over network are you using??? i saw a system called fibre channel storage array. what do oyu know about it??? thnaks in advance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 how much storage are you looking to use or have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioVOY Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 about a terabyte or 4x200gigs sata 10000 rpm at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124202 something like that? not as fast as you dream of but feasible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derijones Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 I built an external 500Gb Firewire unit for backups, mp3's, storing video off my camera etc - basically bought the case from these guys: http://www.specialtech.co.uk and put a couple of Maxtor 250Gb ATA133 drives in - works pretty well - you can work with the video footage without any problems off the drives and it's heaps faster than backing up over a 100Mb LAN. Cost about £300 ($550 ish) the drives are in removable cages and so far it's been very reliable. It's not as fast as having drives connected directly to the SATA bus and I don't think you'd gain anything by using 10K drives, but it's plenty fast enough to access files from. You can also get Firewire 800 units with 4 drive racks - which would be closer to what you're looking for - not sure if they do RAID versions as well. I'd imagine that for a $1000 you should be able to put together a monster setup. Have a look at the Lacie website for pre built systems (though special tech also do them and are probably way cheaper!) Hope it helps Deri hi people!! Im thinking on build a storage system for maps, blocks, works, backups etc. what kind of storage system over network are you using??? i saw a system called fibre channel storage array. what do oyu know about it??? thnaks in advance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 the solution I gave him is $850 for 1 Terabyte so sheaper than your solution, and puts 100MBPS easily. and in addition he gets a warranty. building it by yourself in your case did not save you money and if any problems ocurr you're on your own. now people are going to think I was paid to say that. not at all but it is clear that it is a better less headache solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derijones Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Totally agree - I didn't actually look at the link you put up on first reading the thread, but that does look like a good bit of gear and a good price and your right about warranties etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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