[AusNOG] Possibly useful device for data retention?

[Simon Sharwood]

Nice drives to be sure. But I think this is a job for tape if ever there
was one. I want my metadata encrypted and offline ASAP, not on disk.
On 29 Jun 2015 7:10 pm, "Chris Legg" <cdlegg at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> 100 years? If it's anything like the WD Green drives you'll be lucky if
> they last 2 years.
>
>
> On 29/06/2015 3:55 PM, Ross Wheeler wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I might be way out of touch, but just stumbled on this as a potentially
>> interesting drive.
>>
>> Low-cost (<$300)
>> 8TB, 3.5"
>> Claiming MTBF of 800K hrs (almost 100 years of 24/7 operation)
>> Designed/specified for 24/7 use.
>> Hot-plug.
>> 5W (idle), 7.5W (read)
>> Available with on-drive encryption. (Wonder if that satisfies the
>> encryption requirement of the legislation?)
>> It's a slow-write drive, but that's no real biggie in this application.
>> SATA. (OK, that's no so interesting)
>>
>> http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_archive_hdd_review_8tb
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