Data Backup and Storage

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Data Back-up and Storage

• Group Members
• Michael Forte
• Rebecca Hall
• Erik Columna

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Overview-Personal Users

• Floppy Disk Drive
• Zip Drives
• CD Burners
• Hard Disk Drives
• Software Solutions

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Overview-Corporate Users

• Servers
• Mainframes
• Tape Backup
• Hard Disk Drives
• Software Solutions

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Floppy Disk Drives

• Primarily for home use
• Good for backing up small, simple files
• Cheap
• Floppy Disk Drive 12.90
• Diskettes (50 pack) 10.00
• Floppy Drive Cable 5.00-8.00
• IS 312 - Group Project - Personal Users - Floppy
  Disk Drives .

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Floppy Disk Drives (cont)

• Pros
• Inexpensive
• Accessible

• Cons
• Slow read/write speeds
• Unreliable
• Corruptible
• Limited size (1.44MB)

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ZIP Drives

• Slightly more expensive then a floppy drive
• IOMEGA is a popular brand
• Larger storage capacity (100-250 megabytes)
• Can be either internal or external
• IS 312 - Group Project - Personal Users - ZIP
  Drives .

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Zip Drives (cont)

• Cost Analysis
• ZIP Drive USB 119.00
• ZIP Drive IDE 112.00
• ZIP Drive Parallel 129.00
• ZIP Disk 100MB (10pk) 95.00
• ZIP Disk 250MB (3pk) 51.00
• IDE Cable 5.00-8.00

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ZIP Drive (cont)

• Pros
• Affordable
• Reliable
• Fast read/write speeds

• Cons
• Need USB or open IDE
• Media is costly

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CD Burners

• Provides a lot of storage
• Plextor is a well known company
• Read/Write options
• Can offer 650-700 megabytes of storage and 74-80
  minutes of audio
• will burn at speeds of 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x, 24x, or
  even 40x!
• IS 312 - Group Project - Personal Users - CD
  Burners

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CD Burners (cont)

• Plextor 12x/10x/32x IDE 85.00
• Plextor 40x/12x/40x IDE 139.00
• Plextor 8x/8x/24x USB 2.0 203.00
• CD-R 50pk 30.00
• CD-RW 10pk 25.00
• IDE Cable 5.00 - 8.00

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CD Burners (cont)

• Pros
• Fast
• Reliable
• Multi functional
• Large Storage Capacity

• Cons
• Costly
• Need open IDE channel
• Steep learning curve

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Hard Disk Drives

• Usually already have a hard drive in your
  computer
• Most are 10 gigabytes in size or larger
• Can use a RAID array two or more hard drives
  are seen as one and then there are an equal
  number of drives to mirror those in a striped
  array
• IS 312 - Group Project - Personal Users - Hard
  Disk Drives .

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Hard Disk Drives (cont)

• Western Digital HD 40 GB IDE 105.00
• Western Digital HD 60 GB IDE 145.00
• Western Digital HD 120 GB IDE 283.00
• Seagate 18.4 GB SCSI 299.00
• Seagate 36.4 GB SCSI 450.00
• IDE Cable 5.00 - 8.00
• SCSI Cable 20.00 - 30.00

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Hard Disk Drives (cont)

• Pros
• Fast
• Reliable
• Largest storage capacity
• Flexible

• Cons
• Very costly
• Need open IDE channel
• Non - mobile

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Hardware Solutions

• Software is needed for ZIP Drives and CD Burners
• ZIP drives usually come with their own software
  or you can download it from the site
• CD Burners need a 3rd parties software
• Nero 5.5.1.8
• Clone CD 3.0.5.1
• Dantz Retrospect Express Backup for Windows V5.6
• IS 312 - Group Project - Personal Users -
  Software .

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Servers

• Compaq AlphaServer GS320 (1001 MHz)
• Has support for up to 32 processors, 256 GB of
  RAM, and 224 PCI slots
• It can accept up to 14 36 GB hard drives
• http//www.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/10913_na
  /10913_na.html
• IS 312 - Group Project - Corporate Users -
  Servers .

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Mainframes

• Many years ago mainframes were used by almost
  everybody
• Personal computers and servers are becoming more
  powerful and cheaper and the desire for a
  mainframe has dwindled
• Great storage device that can handle it's own
  backup often times without the help of another
  device
• IBM zSeries 900 and z/OS highlights
  http//www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/900.h
  tml
• IS 312 - Group Project - Corporate Users -
  Mainframes .

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Tape Backup

• Expensive, but the cost is worth it
• Tape drives can be purchased in a single tape
  backup drive or a large scale robot controlled
  Linear Open - Tray (LTO) backup system
• Completely automatic backup
• http//www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/tape/3584/inde
  x.html
• http//www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/tape/3581/inde
  x.html
• IS 312 - Group Project - Corporate Users - Tape
  Backup .

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Hard Disk Drives

• Essential to any computer network
• There are SCSI, IDE, and solid state hard disk
  drives out on the market that offer excellent
  performance
• If you need better performance then you might
  want to go with the solid state drives
• IS 312 - Group Project - Corporate Users - Hard
  Disk Drives .

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Hard Disk Drive (cont)

• Cost Analysis
• Hard Disk Drive IDE 20 GB 80.00
• Hard Disk Drive IDE 40 GB 100.00
• Hard Disk Drive IDE 160 GB (5400 RPM) 160.00
• Hard Disk Drive SCSI 36 GB 540.00
• Hard Disk Drive SCSI 73 GB 900.00
• Hard Disk Drive SCSI 180 GB 1,700.00
• Solid State Drive 1 GB 1,630
• Solid State Drive 2 GB 2,688
• Solid State Drive 8 GB 9,110

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Software Solutions

• CA BrightStor ARCserve 2000 Advanced Edition
• Dantz Retrospect Server Backup for Windows V5.6
• NovaStor NovaXchange V2.0 with TAR/CPIO Plug-in
• IS 312 - Group Project - Corporate Users -
  Software .