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Sample System for Storage and Delivery of Digital Audio/Images

(all prices are in US dollars)


  • Total storage (4TB) cost (as of March 2022): $4,300
  • Web server with 4TB x 2: $3330
  • Synology 2 Bay NAS DiskStation D218 (Diskless): $346
  • 2 Seagate 4 TB NAS Hard Drive 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 5 Gb/s: $220
  • 2 4TB external disks $115: $230
  • UPS: $174

  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of March 2021): $3,600
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $1692
  • Dell PowerEdge T330 (Intel® Xeon® E-2224 3.4GHz, 8M cache, 8GB; 1x4TB SATA): $1389
  • 3 3TB external disks x $119: $357
  • UPS: $162


  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of March 2015): $5,000
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $3176
  • Dell PowerEdge R520 (Intel Xeon E5-2403 1.80GHz, , 8GB; 1x2TB): $1336
  • 5 2TB disks x $77: $385
  • UPS: $103

  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of April 2014): $6,000
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $3288
  • Dell PowerEdge R520 (Intel Xeon E5-2403 1.80GHz, , 8GB; 1x2TB): $1514
  • 5 2TB disks x $104: $508
  • UPS: $690

  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of March 2013): $7,000
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $3256
  • Dell PowerEdge R515 (Dual AMD Opteron 4133, 2.8Ghz, 8GB; 1x2TB): $1838
  • 5 2TB disks x $100: $500
  • UPS: $1406

  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of March 2012): $12,000
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $5544
  • Dell PowerEdge R510 (Xeon E5503, 2.0Ghz, 8GB; 1x2TB): $4345
  • 5 2TB disks x $120: $600
  • UPS: $1511

  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of March 2011): $14,000
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $6704
  • Dell PowerEdge R510 (Xeon E5503, 2.0Ghz, 8GB; 4x1TB): $5207
  • 10 1TB disks x $50: $500
  • UPS: $1589

  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of November 2009): $16,000
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $9166
  • HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader 8-slots LTO-4 800GB/1.6TB 80MB/s 576GB/hr (native) $4349
  • 15 Ultrium/LTO 4 tapes x $38: $570 (5-6 copies)
  • UPS, extra hard disks, extra media: $1915

  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of April 2008): $20,000
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $13,162
  • HP Ultrium 920 8-slots 400/800GB 80MB/s 288GB/hr (native) $4760
  • 30 Ultrium/LTO 3 tapes x $30: $900 (5-6 copies)
  • UPS, extra hard disks, extra media: $1178

  • Total storage (3TB) cost (as of April 2007): $28,000
  • Web server with 3TB x 2: $22,050
  • HP Ultrium 920 8-slots 400/800GB 80MB/s 288GB/hr (native) $4760
  • 30 Ultrium/LTO 3 tapes x $47: $1410 (5-6 copies)
  • UPS, extra hard disks, extra media: $1556

Change in strategy: No more DVD backups. Two mirrored servers.





The basic premise of this configuration is the assumption that most of the data on this server will not change much once the digitization process is complete, thus the use of DVDs for long-term storage and relatively small number of tapes for backup. These specifications, however, will constantly change, for example, 400GB Ultrium/LTO tapes are already available.

Basic cost of storage media:

  • $0.022/GB (with 4TB external hard disk $88) 2021/03
  • $0.041/GB (with 3TB external hard disk) 2018/03
  • $0.045/GB (hard disk) $0.015/GB(LTO-5 tape) $0.053/GB (DVD) 2014/04
  • $0.06/GB (hard disk) $0.031/GB(LTO-5 tape) $0.042/GB (DVD) 2012/04
  • $0.037/GB (hard disk) $0.042/GB(LTO-5 tape) $0.026/GB (DVD) 2011/03
  • $0.09/GB (hard disk) $0.04/GB(LTO-4 tape) $0.04/GB (DVD) 2009/11
  • $0.18/GB (hard disk) $0.08/GB(LTO-3 tape) $0.05/GB (DVD) 2008/04
  • $0.28/GB (hard disk) $0.11/GB(LTO-3 tape) $0.05/GB (DVD) 2007/04
  • $0.54/GB (hard disk) $0.18/GB(LTO-3 tape) $0.06/GB (DVD) 2006/04
  • $0.71/GB (hard disk) $0.23/GB(Ultrium tape) $0.09/GB (DVD) 2005/04
  • $1.50/GB (hard disk) $0.25/GB(Ultrium tape) $0.15/GB (DVD) 2003/04

Details and alternatives

  • Axus RAID Systems
  • Servers
    • Apple Xserve 2xDual Core 2.0Ghz: $3960 ($3000+ $960 (6GBx$160) for total of 6GB RAM)
      Apple Xserve RAID (7x500GB) $8200 07/03/30
    • Dell PowerEdge 600SC ATA (P4 2.4, 2.8, 3GHz; 4 drives)
    • Dell PowerEdge 1600SC ATA (2 x Xeon 1.8, 2.0, 2.4, 2.8GHz; 4 drives)
    • Compaq Proliant ML310 ATA 2.53Ghz
    • Compaq Proliant ML330 G3 ATA
    • HP Proliant ML370 G3 2.8Ghz Xeon 12GB (8 drives)
    • HP Proliant ML350, ML530
    • IBM xSeries 205 (P4 2.4, 2.8 GHz) 2GB 4 disks
    • IBM xSeries 225 2.8GHz 4GB 7 disks 2-way
    • IBM xSeries 235 2.8GHz 12GB 8 disks 2-way
  • Tape drives
  • Hard disks
    • Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $179 newegg.ca 14/04/08
    • Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $93 newegg.ca 14/04/08
    • Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900RPM $119 newegg.com 12/04/02
    • Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 32MB $85 newegg.com 09/11/18
    • Hitachi Deskstar T7k500 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 16MB $90 newegg.com 08/04/02
    • Maxtor MaxLine Pro 500 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $140 newegg.com 07/03/30
    • Hitachi 400GB 7200RPM 8MB $283 newegg.com 05/04/07
    • WD Caviar 250GB 7200RPM 8MB $370 srsystems.com 03/04/08
    • Maxtor MaxLine II Plus 7200RPM 8MB 250GB $415 computer4sure.com 03/04/08

Media

RAID


Created: 2003.04.03 Modified: Ichiro Fujinaga
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