Test Setup
| Processor(s) | 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core) 3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache |
| Platform | Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604) Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005 |
| RAM | Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.) 2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings |
| System Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB 120 GB, 7,200 rpm, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100 |
| Test Hard Drives (4x) I | MemoRight MR25.2-032S 32 GB, Flash SSD, SATA |
| Test Hard Drives (4x) II | Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150 GB, 10,000 RPM 16 MB Cache, SATA |
| Test Hard Drives (4x) III | Seagate Savvio 10K.2 73 GB, 10,000 RPM 16 MB Cache, SAS |
| Mass Storage Controller(s) | Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5) Adaptec RAID 5805 |
| Networking | Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Graphics Card | On-Board Graphics ATI RageXL, 8 MB |
| Performance Measurements | c’t h2benchw 3.6 PCMark05 V1.01 |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10 Fileserver-Benchmark Webserver-Benchmark Database-Benchmark Workstation-Benchmark Streaming Read and Write Benchmarks |
| OS | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1 |
| Platform Driver | Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025 |
| Graphics Driver | Default Windows Graphics Driver |
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over 50 cents a gigabyte?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817392022
sata hard drive dock, with usb2.0 and esata
then purchase any hard drive of your choice. I think you can get 500 gigs for under 75 now. Thats around 15 cents a gig.
and you don't need to worry about the back up drive breaking when you need to restore given how easy it is to plug a sata hard drive in.
just keep the hard drives where you would the tape back ups and remember, don't put all your eggs in one basket. have a live copy, a back up or two, and an offsite back up for critical data.
heck, buy two 500 gigs hdd and mirror the data across them, so if one goes, you have a second.
I just want to chime in about Iomega. I have ten of their external USB2 hard drives, ranging from 320GB to 1TB. I've used several of them very hard - almost like internal drives - for about 18 months. I have never had a single problem. My experience with one drive from another maker (Buffalo) was a disaster. So... Iomega knows how to make good stuff.
I would also like to chime in about Iomega. I used to install 35GB REV drives to backup the SMB servers that I build and sell, and have about a 30% failure rate on the drives in the 12 to 24 month timeframe. Needless to say, Iomega will not make good on the drive, but they will replace the media (the 35GB REV disks). After many disappointing phone calls to them throughout all these drive failures, they finally told me (on this last failure) that I could buy a 3 year extended warranty on the drive! This left such a negative impression on me that I will never buy another Iomega product again.
It's all about the software. Hardware is just a commodity.
Just get the EMC Retrospect Express for $40 and an internal 750GB SATA drive from NewEgg for $100 and you all the power and features of the Iomega product, faster performance, double the storage for less than half the price. If you need it to be external get a $30 enclosure.
If you want it to be 2.5" portable buy same EMC Retrospect Express software and a $175 500GB Acomdata PD500USE-BL 500GB
I sorry but these companies are in the market to sell their propitiatory media. A much better option for critical data backup management, would be a raid 6 redundant backup and a monthly dual layer DVD of that.
The idea behind both products is removable backup. Storing to an external hdd or raid is fine but is at risk due to disaster or a virus. Offline and offsite is a key component.