[KLUG Members] RE: Re: SuSe 9.1 Linux Software RAID

[Robert V. Kanaley]

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For a small business that is a great price, however if you want lots
of space, like for video work, then SCSI drives are way to expensive
even if the cards are cheap.  That is why I am currently looking at
the SATA solutions that are available.  It takes roughly 40GB of
space for recording 30 minutes of video in raw AVI at DVD quality.
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If raw storage space is all you need, NAS has come a long, long way towards
replacing traditional file servers. When I called Aberdeen about buying some
NAS capacity, the sales rep I talked to, David Valencia, was a linux/open
source guy even though he has to use another OS at work. He told me he has
lots of video customers who buy hugh amounts of storage. You might give him
a call to talk about what his video customers are doing and how they are
doing it.

Regards,

Bob

Robert V. Kanaley
Manager Information Systems
Agdia, Inc.
rvk at agdia.com
http://www.agdia.com