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- A device used for | - A device used for Large Scale Storage | ||
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- Reccords Archiving | |||
- On site storage of collaborative work | |||
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==Magnetic Disk Drive Bay(s)== | |||
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==Solid State Drive Bay(s)== | |||
- Fastest Non-Volatile Media Format (also the most expensive) | |||
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- Longest Lasting Media Format | |||
===Magnetic Tape Drive Bay(s)== | |||
- Slow, but cheap | |||
- Great for huge amounts (petabyte) of archival storage | |||
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- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage Wikipedia Page on Network Attached Storage] | ||
Revision as of 05:59, 20 January 2018
Basics
- A device used for Large Scale Storage
- Often Abbreviated NAS
Used For
- On site website backups
- Media Archiving
- Reccords Archiving
- On site storage of collaborative work
Industry Standards
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Existing Open Source Designs
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Minimum Viable Product
- As cheap and power efficient as possible, while still retaining high power and speed (ie a nice balance if you were to make a graph with the two as the x and y axis)
- Scalable to many formats/standards form sub GB ethernet all the way to 300 Gbit/s infiniband
- Low Latency
- Scalable from low users, to airport/concert level of users
- Optional Built in VPN, and Tor + any othe encryption capabilities
- Made in partenership with OCI and the Free Network Foundation
Basic Design
Rack Cabinet
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CPU Based Server Computer
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1 GBE Swithch(s)
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10 GBE Switch(s)
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100 GBE Switch(s)
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Infiniband Switch(s) (Coaxial Cable Variant)
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Infiniband Switch(s) (Fiber Optic Cable Variant)
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Power Supply Units
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Magnetic Disk Drive Bay(s)
- a good all rounder
Solid State Drive Bay(s)
- Fastest Non-Volatile Media Format (also the most expensive)
Optical Disk Drive Bay(s)
- Longest Lasting Media Format
=Magnetic Tape Drive Bay(s)
- Slow, but cheap
- Great for huge amounts (petabyte) of archival storage
BOM
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See Also
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