1. 低成本解決方案 (Backup to a Dynamic Volume)
- Motherboard (e.g. all in one with 1 CPU - 1 GHz, NIC)
- 1 GB main memory
- Software RAID or single hard disk drive
- External drives (USB/ATA/SATA drives) as dynamic volume
2. 一般解決方案 (Backup to Tape Drive)
- Motherboard with 2 x Dual Core CPU – 2.8 GHz
- 8 GB main memory
- SATA 3Gbps hardware RAID controller with RAID5
- 8 SATA hard disk drives
- 4x 1GbE (for bonding)
- SCSI controller (for tape drive)
- Tape drive (for streaming)
3. 高階解決方案 (Backup to Tape Library)
- Motherboard with 2 x Quad Core CPU – 2.4 GHz
- 32 GB main memory
- SAS/SATA 3Gbps hardware RAID controller with RAID6 or external storage (e.g. Open-E DSS V6 FC or iSCSI target)
- 24 SAS/SATA hard disk drives
- 2x 10GbE (for bonding)
- FC controller (for external storage )
- SCSI controller (for tape library)
- Tape library
- Enclosure with redundant power supply
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