I need some help. I have 20 TBs worth of storage; and I need more. Need help!!

[AAPLaday]

Good luck with all that. I wouldn't have the patience

 

[Transporteur]

Although there are some people around here that undoubtedly have decent knowledge about storage systems, you'd better post your thread in a dedicated storage systems forum like the HardForum.

This forum simply isn't the right contact point for your requirement.

What I recommend though is ZFS.

 

[roidy]

I know you are right 100% about this, but for my Blu-Rays I at least want to keep them in .ISO for the Boxee Box. As for my DVDs, I am encoding them all to M4V and then deleting the ISOs for them.

In the end, I will still need a significant piece of hardware for my Blu-Ray ISOs.

Boxee only has a limited support for Blu-Ray ISO's, no menu support

 

[WiiDSmoker]

Boxee only has a limited support for Blu-Ray ISO's, no menu support

Yeah. Disappointing, but I'll take it.

 

[ortuno2k]

Wow! Very interesting thread, with lots of comments from knowledgeable people!
I am too, wondering, how is it possible to store all that much data? And, how would backups work?
I currently have about 3.5 TBs of data, including programs, movies, music, photos, etc... and I'm having a hard time deciding on how to back this up.
Whatever you do, keep us informed!

This certainly sounds like an interesting (and expensive) project.

Good Luck!

 

[THX1139]

I have a solution that would cost less than a $100 bucks to implement, and cheaper over the long run because it uses bare bones drives.

First off, I don't understand why anyone would need constant access to 40TB of files unless you were a business serving content on demand. For the average home user, why do they need to have 24/7 access to an enormous movie/tv show collection? Waste of money and electricity! Why not just keep everything stored on OEM drives on a shelf? Then put your collection on a database that tells you which drive the content is on. Do a search for the show you want to watch, then just pop the drive in and your good to go. Your drives won't wear down as fast because they will be sitting idle until you pop them in. And, you can add to the collection simply by buying a new drive.

The cost of 40 terabyte drives is relatively cheap if you buy them as needed. Then you buy a Voyager Q dock and hook that to your computer via eSata or Firewire 800.

Anyone who needs constant access to 40TB of files needs to get out in the fresh air more often. However, 40TB sitting on a shelf waiting for the rare time you will watch it is way more efficient.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

I have a solution that would cost less than a $100 bucks to implement, and cheaper over the long run because it uses bare bones drives.

First off, I don't understand why anyone would need constant access to 40TB of files unless you were a business serving content on demand. For the average home user, why do they need to have 24/7 access to an enormous movie/tv show collection? Waste of money and electricity! Why not just keep everything stored on OEM drives on a shelf? Then put your collection on a database that tells you which drive the content is on. Do a search for the show you want to watch, then just pop the drive in and your good to go. Your drives won't wear down as fast because they will be sitting idle until you pop them in. And, you can add to the collection simply by buying a new drive.

The cost of 40 terabyte drives is relatively cheap if you buy them as needed. Then you buy a Voyager Q dock and hook that to your computer via eSata or Firewire 800.

Anyone who needs constant access to 40TB of files needs to get out in the fresh air more often. However, 40TB sitting on a shelf waiting for the rare time you will watch it is way more efficient.

He says he owns all those DVDs and BDs. If he's going to go somewhere to look up the right drive, then pop in the one he needs, he might as well skip the lookup and just select the DVD or BD. Then, he doesn’t' even have to pay for the 40 drives.

Personally, I dig having all my movies on demand myself, but they all fit on just one small 2-drive RAID right now. That's much preferable to locating the right disc, etc.

However, I also appreciate the desire to have the BD's stored so that he can watch full 1080p video, something my TV solution can't possibly do, even though I can store 1080p video in iTunes, and it will play there just fine.

I appreciate your feedback about energy usage- and that's certainly true. So I vote again for unraid because green drives in unraid can spin down, then spin up on demand when you want a movie stored on a particular drive. That's almost as green as your idea and certainly a lot greener than spinning a bunch of striped drives because a little bit of the move is stored across all of them.