<font size=2 face="sans-serif">I see there are also low-power / zero-power
disk archive/arrays available. Any experience with those?<br></font><br><br><br><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Kristy Kallback-Rose
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</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [gpfsug-discuss]
Snapshots for backups</font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Sent by:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font><br><hr noshade><br><br><br><tt><font size=2>+1 for benefits of tape and also power consumption/heat
production (may help a case to management) is obviously better with things
that don\u2019t have to be spinning all the time. <br><br>> <br>> At scale tape is a lot cheaper than disk. Also sorry your data is
going<br>> to take a couple of weeks to recover goes down a lot better than sorry<br>> your data is gone for ever.<br>> <br>> Finally it's also hard for a hacker or disgruntled admin to wipe your<br>> tapes in a short period of time. The robot don't go that fast. Your<br>> disks/file systems on the other hand effectively be gone in seconds.<br>> <br>> JAB.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Jonathan A. Buzzard
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