Re: file server

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 01:48:28PM +0200, lina wrote:
> Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished
> analyzing, I can just remove it.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:26 PM Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> 
> > lina wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity,
> > >
> > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data.
> > >

*Maybe* AWS storage might be cheaper if you're going to throw the data
away eventually - but the costs of getting 100TB in here might be 
considerable in data transfer fees.

Something like a second hand HP tower server - say a Z440 - and 7 x 18TB drives
(to allow for failure - LVM is lovely when it works, but not when a drive
fails - LVM over RAID 10 is much better) is going to be expensive in terms
of disks but reliable and reusable.

Andy


> > > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them
> > > into one volume?
> > > or get a file server?
> > > What is the best option for me, and what is the budget?
> >
> > Two questions:
> >
> > - do you have a backup plan in mind, or will you accept the loss
> >   of all data?
> >
> > - how fast does new data come in, and how long do you need to
> >   keep it around?
> >
> > -dsr-
> >