cvs commit: src/sys/geom geom_ccd.c

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20030822214841.22D7D2A8C1 at canning.wemm.org>, Peter Wemm writes:
>Peter Jeremy wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 04:24:43AM -0700, Paul Saab wrote:
>> >This was done with a 12 port 3ware with 12x250gig (really 232.88GB)
>> >disks all in 3U.
>> 
>> How are you going to back it up?
>
>You haven't seen the tape silo that I saw on wednesday :-).  It impressed
>the hell out of me, even with my hard-core hardware cynic hat on.
>
>I *think* it was this beastie:
>http://www.storagetek.com/prodserv/products/tape/9310/
>144,000 tape cartridges per silo
>28.8 PetaBytes storage per silo
>100TB per hour backup capacity
>
>I want one for home so that I can back up my mail inbox :-)

I was lightly involved in seeing ICMWF move their four silos.  They had
six of their operators spend an entire day moving tapes in wheelbarrows
from one room to the next :-)

Once you get into that amount of storage you either have two copies
already or you live with your losses.

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