Geek question

[kandrathe]

I thought SCSI was dead decades ago. Daisy-chaining IDE drives isn't my idea of a compromise. But I see that this is a software thing. So the technology for SCSI was made into a software idea over a network? Interesting. Deserves further study.

iSCSI is a bit different. I've used it recently to create a massive 96 TB SAN/NAS device at work (server with lots of big cheap disks) for use as an alternative to tape backup. We also stream our data to an off site disk array over the internet using compression and a secure channel over night. Backup and restore is super fast, and we don't have to worry about tape integrity, transport, storage, etc.

Like this;

http://www.aberdeeninc.com/abcatg/STIRLING-X888.htm

Only much cheaper when you design and build it from parts (< $7000). I dreamed up this scheme when I saw IBM's price tag for Tivoli, and their tape storage prices. Then there is the whole problem of who wants to learn to use Tivoli anyway? And, then there is the cost of training someone to use Tivoli.