tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400408037196021636.post2139591317945555696..comments2022-07-16T03:05:27.829-07:00Comments on SAN and NAS Storage: To Tape or to Disk? - new technologies enabling faster backups and restoresKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367555412299942141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400408037196021636.post-7973793786069126512009-09-18T03:31:15.382-07:002009-09-18T03:31:15.382-07:00Hi
Yes please do add media brand salt to my posts...Hi<br /><br />Yes please do add media brand salt to my posts, I primarily deal with video data so have a bias.<br /><br />Regarding pricing, I still think that for even an unheard of company there is more discount to be had.<br /><br />TSM can be set to consolidate media during reclamation, it will always try to not interleave different nodes data to stop you needing 100+ tapes to restore one Tim Burtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400408037196021636.post-36549285425747686622009-09-17T20:05:54.198-07:002009-09-17T20:05:54.198-07:00Hi Tim
The pricing might be really off for media,...Hi Tim<br /><br />The pricing might be really off for media, but it is off for everything I mentioned. The numbers mentioned (other than media) were almost near to standard prices being offered. You mentioned tape library costing less than 300k, but that might be the case of larger discounts for large customers. You can consider these as standard discount list prices.<br /><br />Apart from the Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367555412299942141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400408037196021636.post-52611674253021366032009-09-17T06:41:04.179-07:002009-09-17T06:41:04.179-07:00Hi
Few comments if I may:
I feel the pricing is ...Hi<br /><br />Few comments if I may:<br /><br />I feel the pricing is off - "Each media costs approx $100" well a quick google search says $55 for one tape. 1200 would be a lot cheaper than that. Ditto for the $300k quoted for a library, having sold 1200 slot i2000 for a lot less than that recently I feel thats over egged too.<br /><br />1200 slots for 50TB? By my crude maths you areTim Burtonnoreply@blogger.com