If you needed to store 10 Tbs x 3, how would you?

[chambord]

Hi all,

If you needed to store 10 terrabytes in triplicate, how would you? Would you 3 x whatever cheap way to store it? Or would you have a complicated scheme?

 

[marzer]

Hi all,

If you needed to store 10 terrabytes in triplicate, how would you? Would you 3 x whatever cheap way to store it? Or would you have a complicated scheme?

More info please. Storing 10TB in triplicate ain't cheap no matter how you look at it. What's your data requirements as far as reliabilty, accessibility, recoverability? Local, off-site, cloud storage requirements?

 

[MCAsan]

All three compies constantly mounted and on like....like in RAID 1? Of two copies on line and a third off line (and maybe remote) for safety?

 

[Acari]

Pardon my French, but what the **** do you need 10TB for?

 

[Ifti]

This would all depend on budget and the importancey of the data.
If its mission critical and budget is flexible then I would go for the following:

Copy 1:
A 5 bay NAS unit filled with 3TB drives in RAID. Should give around 12TB of useable space after RAID5 configuration.
Data is accessible remotely if need be.

Copy 2:
5 Bay Expansion Unit connected directly to the above.
Again filled with 5x 3TB drives in RAID5.
Connected directly via eSATA.
Backup schedule set so backup runs frequently to keep a local copy of all the data.
See my YouTube videos and search for the Synology DX510 for a demo.

Copy 3:
This needs to be remote in case the above are destroyed by fire etc.
Another 5 Bay NAS - same unit as in Copy 1.
Same setup as Copy 1.
NAS from copy 1 set to automatically backup to the remote NAS.
This keeps a copy of all data in a seperate location.

The above is all easily possible using Synology (also probably QNAP) units.
Again, it's not cheap but you didn't give an idea of budget.

I've covered a fair bit of this setup in my YouTube channel if you wanted some more ideas etc

 

[alphaod]

Build 3 file servers.

Run 3 10TB arrays.

Have them in different locations.