In Los Angeles & interested in renting or shared ownership of an LTO-8 drive..?

[TrumanHW]

I hear RAID isn't a backup strategy. ;-)
1st & foremost, I'd like to backup my data via LTO without buying the device alone... but several of us could easily justify sharing one I'd think.

In fact, if not sharing with one person, with a group of people.
I'd also advertise the service of archiving people's data (existing customer-base).

Unless of course, someone has a wiser idea or knows why this idea sucks.



PS -- I hope this isn't a violation of the goal for the forum...

Thanks

 

[Apollo]

I hear RAID isn't a backup strategy. ;-)
1st & foremost, I'd like to backup my data via LTO without buying the device alone... but several of us could easily justify sharing one I'd think.

In fact, if not sharing with one person, with a group of people.
I'd also advertise the service of archiving people's data (existing customer-base).

Unless of course, someone has a wiser idea or knows why this idea sucks.



PS -- I hope this isn't a violation of the goal for the forum...

Thanks

I don't think this post is against the policy of this forum.

The reason RAID isn't a backup strategy goes down to the way volume can be destroyed in an instance as opposed to LTO take backup which , in order to be destroyed have to go through a much slower process.

My real concern comes down to the LTO backup management. Unless you are able to have access to an LTO tape back up, how do you plan on automating the process?

The idea is really interesting. I used to do my backup on tapes on larger tape system them moved on to DAT tape.
Such tape backup solution aren't exactly following the Replication scheme of ZFS, if it did, them LTO could have potentials.
Unfortunately, while tape technology is somewhat relatively cheaper than HDD or SSD solutions, they lack the ability of running a scrub on the entire tape solution.

I think tape backup can be a very good alternative, but will most likely benefit from close related full replication rather than regular incremental replication.

 

[TrumanHW]

The reason RAID isn't a backup strategy goes down to the way volume can be destroyed in an instance as opposed to LTO take backup which , in order to be destroyed have to go through a much slower process.

Granted, it wouldn't be continually updated but would limit losses by over 90%

I KNOW RAID isn't a backup. I was saying that tongue & cheek ... as it is a mantra of mine ... (as most do).

What I like about LTO is it separates a lot of the points by which a HD could fail.
• The mechanism is separated from the media!
• The R/W heads are separate from the media...
• A damaged section of media won't damage the heads for the remainder ...
whereas media damages on a HD could damage even the heads if replaced.

Something to update the majority of it a few times a year on an LTO-8 would be perfect ... and then a cheaper system for the contrast even.

As I said, mitigating the vast majority of vulnerability would be adequate for me; or maybe they'll come down in price and I'll be able to grab one, who knows. :) Thanks for the follow up -- hopefully others will join in.