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Have a client that needs a large storage solution with data redundancy. They will need 100tb of storage. They are currently a p2p network with 9 user and 12 computers. They are currently backing up to a bunch of 3tb WD external drives.
 
Holy cow! That's a ton of storage. I hope they have the budget to support a project like that! That really is going to be the deciding factor to what solution you will need to propose. Also you need to consider how this data is being accessed. Does the access need to be quick or is this more of a backup/archive system?
 
Check out 3Par. My job just got quoted around 60k for a 7400 unit with 100TB (sas, 7.2k).

We currently use them for ESXi and Oracle clusters and these units work amazing. Im hoping my job picks up a 7400 unit but its going to be a lot more than 60k.
 
What in the world do they need 100TB[/] of storage for? With only 9 people??!?
 
Nope 100tb is correct. It's a film studio and they have tons of recorded video. They will need to access the files thought the day on the network.

I'm currently exploring a few options. They are looking at the most budget friendly way to get this done. Which is going to be a task.
 
AlphaCS said:
Nope 100tb is correct. It's a film studio and they have tons of recorded video. They will need to access the files thought the day on the network.

I'm currently exploring a few options. They are looking at the most budget friendly way to get this done. Which is going to be a task.
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I read that as, save $10,000 on the storage with no backup and pay $100,000 for the data recovery when it fails.
 
lcoughey said:
I read that as, save $10,000 on the storage with no backup and pay $100,000 for the data recovery when it fails.
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Yeah they are looking for the most budget friendly way to do this but at the same time I am not going to quote out a job with holes in it. I am sure once they actually see what this will take thy will rethink this whole plan.

So even with that what would be the cheapest way to backup 100tb of data? I am just thinking at their budget external drives are going to be the only way to get this done. Cumbersome at best...
 
Do they actually have 100TB of active data or can the data be split into a few different systems? Long term archive, short term archive and active projects? Even for the archive data, you will need a backup copy, but it could help make it more manageable.
 
Is this for editing or archive retrieval?
For editing, most studios use a SAN or something like the Avid Unity. http://www.avid.com/US/products/unity-medianetwork

The TV productions I support use these. They rent them for the length of the production.
If they need to search and retrieve from the archives they still need something like a SAN with fiber connections.
 
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lcoughey said:
Do they actually have 100TB of active data or can the data be split into a few different systems? Long term archive, short term archive and active projects? Even for the archive data, you will need a backup copy, but it could help make it more manageable.
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This is exactly how I have been approaching this job. Splitting the data should save them some money.

They currently have around 50tb of actual data.
 
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