Terafying

grim reaper · 09-10-2007, 11:20 AM

I've just taken delivery of two 500gb drives. This means I finally have over 1tb of local storage in my machine.

150gb + 320gb + 500gb + 500gb = 1470gb local.

There is actually a legitimate use for all that space. I'm ripping all my DVDs to my PC for uni and at 4.5gb they soon add up. In addition to that photography is surprising hungry on space, a good days shooting can generate 6gb of shots.

hsimah · 09-10-2007, 01:12 PM

Pfft. Having a Terabit is nothing to talk about.

Jealous much

my 650GB is sorely lacking.

Mad Monk · 09-10-2007, 02:59 PM

It's Terabyte, hismah.

And Grim's 1.4TB is dwarfed by "my" 55TB SAN.

hsimah · 09-10-2007, 03:01 PM

No, TB is terabyte. Tb is Terabit. I was being pedantic as grim didnt put capitals, like, as a joke.

Deathmaker · 09-10-2007, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grim reaper

There is actually a legitimate use for all that space. I'm ripping all my DVDs to my PC for uni and at 4.5gb they soon add up. In addition to that pornography is surprising hungry on space, a good days shooting can generate 6gb of shots.

Fixed.

Which drives did you buy?

NavalLord · 09-10-2007, 06:53 PM

You aint got nothin on my 160gb.

grim reaper · 09-10-2007, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Monk

It's Terabyte, hismah.

And Grim's 1.4TB is dwarfed by "my" 55TB SAN.

Employers hardware doesn't count ¬_¬.

Isn't a SAN attached to a single machine whereas a NAS is accessible tot he whole network. 55TB is a huge amount for one pc. I've got a 1TB NAS that is used a backup for all the PCs in this house.

I bought the Samsung 500GB drives, not because they're the quickest out there (the WD AAKS are currently the best) but because Samsung drives are the quietest out there. As these are for storage I don't need the speed.

Mad Monk · 09-11-2007, 01:08 PM

I know, but I spend so much time with it, it feels like mine, plus I have all my music and videos on it.

A SAN is like a NAS on steroids and is accessible to as many machines as you can afford to connect to them. It's like a NAS that appears as a locally-connected drive to whatever machine you "present" it to (and however much you need to present to it). There are a lot of differences and complexities with a SAN. One big difference is that typically on a SAN, you have a separate fiber channel network connecting to the servers rather than over the slower LAN. Super-high speed access, high security by isolating disk access to servers through zoning (think VLANs for disk access), super-high availability and redundancy - but all at a super-high cost.

I have around 180 servers connected to four different SANs at various locations. We carve out LUNs that are anywhere from 100GB to around 500-750GB at a time for servers to use.

We do use several NAS appliances for 3rd-tier storage though. They are very handy and inexpensive to use and deploy.

Personally, I have old 30GB and 80GB SNAP servers at my home that stores all my pictures and file backups.

09-10-2007, 11:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,256	Terafying I've just taken delivery of two 500gb drives. This means I finally have over 1tb of local storage in my machine. 150gb + 320gb + 500gb + 500gb = 1470gb local. There is actually a legitimate use for all that space. I'm ripping all my DVDs to my PC for uni and at 4.5gb they soon add up. In addition to that photography is surprising hungry on space, a good days shooting can generate 6gb of shots.

09-10-2007, 02:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mad Monk Major Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: O-O-O-O-Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Posts: 3,033	Re: Terafying It's Terabyte, hismah. And Grim's 1.4TB is dwarfed by "my" 55TB SAN. __________________

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NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,103	Re: Terafying You aint got nothin on my 160gb. __________________

09-11-2007, 01:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mad Monk Major Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: O-O-O-O-Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Posts: 3,033	Re: Terafying I know, but I spend so much time with it, it feels like mine, plus I have all my music and videos on it. A SAN is like a NAS on steroids and is accessible to as many machines as you can afford to connect to them. It's like a NAS that appears as a locally-connected drive to whatever machine you "present" it to (and however much you need to present to it). There are a lot of differences and complexities with a SAN. One big difference is that typically on a SAN, you have a separate fiber channel network connecting to the servers rather than over the slower LAN. Super-high speed access, high security by isolating disk access to servers through zoning (think VLANs for disk access), super-high availability and redundancy - but all at a super-high cost. I have around 180 servers connected to four different SANs at various locations. We carve out LUNs that are anywhere from 100GB to around 500-750GB at a time for servers to use. We do use several NAS appliances for 3rd-tier storage though. They are very handy and inexpensive to use and deploy. Personally, I have old 30GB and 80GB SNAP servers at my home that stores all my pictures and file backups. __________________