# IT NERDS: NAS devices and replication for dr **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 15, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941 "2008-09-15T11:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drexial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Drexial](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Drexial)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/21 "2008-09-15T11:45:54Z")
Though I don’t work with it directly, we are using a 7 TB (usable) SAN that replicates to a more simplified SAN off site. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/22 "2008-09-15T12:06:26Z")
> [@BluBalls](#): > > we have a database appliance which has a C3000 we configure and can store up to 10tb, there is one with Sun and IBM also but I like the HP guys more 😃 That’s why I like hp lol. You sure you don’t have a SAN? I don’t know how you get that much storage on a C3000… ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/23 "2008-09-15T12:27:52Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > You sure you don’t have a SAN? > > I don’t know how you get that much storage on a C3000… Yep, we use DAS and multiple nodes in a cluster for a few reasons -built in high availability(one node in the cluster goes down, apps are still up and automatically revives itself when the node comes back) -less expensive -MPP, add machines and it gets faster (6 nodes are exactly 2x faster than 3 nodes). A SAN would work, but there is no real advantage to having it. With the C3000 we generally have about 5TB of local disc but can store ~10TB. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/24 "2008-09-17T05:47:23Z")
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**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/25 "2008-09-20T22:16:57Z")
Are you looking to replace tape backup solutions with disk based and replicate offsite? If so I would actually advise against NAS options and look at Virtual Tape Library’s with the data de-duplication. Vendor choice is wide open however Data Domain by far one of the best company’s in this area. However if you are on a budget restriction look at Overland Storage Reo line. For offsite replication many NAS, VTL’s and SAN’s have built in replication support the biggest thing here is a big enough pipe to send data down. What backup software are you using? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941.md?page=1)