Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Mon Apr 13 15:39:18 CDT 2009
Interesting alternate take. I suggest that you respond directly to the author and see how he responds. Ignition! Arthur On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Arthur: > > Those systems may sound interesting but at the cost of a server based > machine the solution is not a cheap one. The weak link is always the hard > drives and that can not be improved. With so many low cost solutions > (Linux/windows OS NAS) or inexpensive ones (bigger business speaking) like > big rack mounts and totally hot-swappable hard drives and plug in > motherboards, this solution does not seem that good. > > Tera-Byte drives sell at around $100 to $200. We built a full auto-backup > system, for a non-profit society, from a few junker computers at around > $500.00. (We donated our time though) > > Jim > >