[geeks] The Wisdom of the Collective: Removable media

[Lionel Peterson]

If you want to 'roll your own' chassis, I've got about 5 UltraSCSI Sun
multipacks that a handy person could easily turn it into a SATA expansion box
w/ port multiplier controller (single eSATA cable).

These are what I have:

http://shrubbery.net/~heas/sun-feh-2_1/Devices/Disk_Options/DISKOPT_StorEdge_
MultiPk_4GB.html

But without disks.

Ken (Lionel)

> On Sep 17, 2019, at 3:36 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So you are looking for SLOW solid-state drives? (Or are you specifying not
FAST hoping to save $?)
>
> I'd take a 4 bay drive case, SATA w/ port multiplier, like this:
>
>
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fit
m%2F132187182236
>
> Stuffed with 4TB consumer SATA drives, like this:
>
>
https://www.microcenter.com/product/476881/barracuda-4tb-5900rpm-sata-iii-6gb
-s-35-internal-hard-drive
>
> And treat each drive as a distinct volume, like tape -one for daily backup,
another for weekly backup, another for monthly, etc...
>
> And for a "belt and suspenders" solution, consider cloud storage for
off-site redundancy.
>
> Ken (Lionel)
>
>> On Sep 17, 2019, at 1:08 PM, Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net> wrote:
>>
>> ideally I'd prefer
>> solid-state media.  (But FAST solid-state media, say SSDs; flash cards
>> and anything USB need not apply.)