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  • Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
  • Install Raid for Free ✅ IOS: clcr.me/Tpoyhg ✅ ANDROID: clcr.me/rXwNbS ✅ PC: clcr.me/1WgClp and get a special starter pack 💥Available only for the next 30 days
    mLogic mRack - www.mlogic.com/products/mrack...
    mLogic mTape - www.mlogic.com/products/mtape...
    Snazzy Labs launched a video about Margaret last year-our rescued server that has a 336TB capacity and we use to edit video live over the network via 10 gigabit ethernet. It's been super amazing, but while redundant, it isn't a backup so we're adding Edith to the mix: an i7 Mac mini that communicates with an LTO-8 tape drive made by mLogic.
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  • @snazzy
    @snazzy  4 года назад +152

    Install Raid for Free ✅ IOS: clcr.me/Tpoyhg ✅ ANDROID: clcr.me/rXwNbS ✅ PC: clcr.me/1WgClp and get a special starter pack 💥Available only for the next 30 days
    BTW, I have a new podcast called "Flashback" on Relay FM. We talk about old, failed tech and what we can learn from it. Check it out! relay.fm/flashback

    • @MickTheRus
      @MickTheRus 4 года назад +100

      We lost our lovely friend Quinn to the dark side of Raid™ shadow legends

    • @GenBumbleBee
      @GenBumbleBee 4 года назад +9

      well if i was subed i would unsub. raid is from china. do u want corona-chan on your phone?

    • @linyingyen
      @linyingyen 4 года назад +7

      get a steadicam or stabilizer man... I am about to throw up.

    • @srafiku9388
      @srafiku9388 4 года назад +11

      I fucking hate raid shadow league and thair shitty add

    • @MrChrisCube
      @MrChrisCube 4 года назад +4

      You live in the wrong country, here in Spain we pay about 60 US$/Month for a 600Mbps fibre simetrical bandwith (no transfer cap) and we never pay for the installation fee.

  • @baitboy3191
    @baitboy3191 4 года назад +2397

    Not even Snazzy is safe from RAID shadow legends

    • @DragonKingGaav
      @DragonKingGaav 4 года назад +43

      🤑

    • @danylovarshavsky7639
      @danylovarshavsky7639 4 года назад +11

      F

    • @helloimash
      @helloimash 4 года назад +76

      I've heard they pay really well and it's not hard at all for me to skip over it, so at this point I just don't notice.

    • @wright96d
      @wright96d 4 года назад +40

      You know what else costs $200?

    • @baitboy3191
      @baitboy3191 4 года назад +40

      Alex they do there was a RUclipsr with around 350k subs that refused to do an ad placement cause he hates mobile games but they were willing to pay 4 grand.....
      His whole video was about talking how bad RAID shadow legends is and stuff

  • @mmiikkee41
    @mmiikkee41 4 года назад +894

    Wow. Keeping me glued for 20 minutes with in-depth explanations without being boring seriously needs credit.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +72

      Thanks!!

    • @JayDee_24
      @JayDee_24 4 года назад +5

      For real! Quinn is great!

    • @MaxUgly
      @MaxUgly 4 года назад +17

      yea, when he said "are you bored yet?" it really threw me off because I was entranced!

    • @johnmckay1961
      @johnmckay1961 4 года назад

      Agreed, not patronising, not over my head.

    • @gp3328
      @gp3328 3 года назад

      @@MaxUgly I didnt even notice him say are you bored yet

  • @RocktCityTim
    @RocktCityTim 4 года назад +368

    I agree with a good bit of what you present, but here's a bit more input:
    LTO isn't really "open" anymore since only IBM designs and manufactures the drives since LTO-7.
    Any SAS Tape drive can be a Thunderbolt tape drive, all that mLogic has done is hide the adapter in the case.
    LTO tapes are good for tens of thousands of accesses, not a hundred or so. We have LTO-1 tapes in our lab that have over 10,000 full passes and even old DDS-1 tapes (1990-ish) that have closer to 50K write/read passes.
    When you say "the software" keeps track of the file's location on tape, clarify that the LTFS drivers keep track of that. Yoyatta ID depends on the LTFS layer for tape access.
    Access times on an LTO 7 or 8 tape is under 5 minutes (LTO-6 and 5 are under 4 minutes). This means that software that truly manages the tape layer can locate even a 500 byte email file and start the restore in under 5 minutes.
    Be aware that a power loss during tape writing with any LTFS-based solution will result in a completely corrupted tape, not just the data that was being written at the point of failure.
    It would be better to perform the backups from the native file system on the TruNAS/FreeNAS host (Margaret?) rather than via CIFS and the network. You lose filesystem metadata when you do it that way.
    Just a bit of feedback based on 35 years in the backup business.

    • @emu071981
      @emu071981 4 года назад +24

      He should hopefully have a UPS that can last for at least long enough to shut down the storage server gracefully in the event of a power failure. Hooking the tape drive up to that will help ensure graceful power failure there too

    • @lollb454
      @lollb454 4 года назад +6

      Shut up nerd

    • @RocktCityTim
      @RocktCityTim 4 года назад +21

      @@emu071981 The issue is the write to the tape and the unmounting of the LTFS volume. It's more than just a power interruption. The power loss manager must be able to tell Yoyatta to close the current write and then unmount/eject the tape before shutting things down. This is an LTFS weakness, not a problem in Yoyatta ID.

    • @Adam-de8jm
      @Adam-de8jm 4 года назад +19

      Oh god I can already see that janky power button turning off the computer in the middle of a backup and bricking the drive.

    • @RocktCityTim
      @RocktCityTim 4 года назад +12

      @@Adam-de8jm Because the LTFS index partition and the EOD marker on the data partition can't be updated in such an event, we've seen a lot of tapes that required very extensive deep recovery runs to get "any" data back off of the tape. Other backup apps like tar, pax, cpio, and bru use the tape as the sequential beast that it is and the worst that happens is the file that was being written at the failure point is incomplete. All of the other data written to that point may be restored with no special handling of the tape.

  • @EposVox
    @EposVox 4 года назад +143

    I've always wanted to get into tape, but the drive cost is too prohibitive for me atm

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +32

      Can't blame you. Not a cheap enterprise.

    • @MickeyMishra
      @MickeyMishra 3 года назад +12

      EBAY bro. EBAY. Old drives from last gen? They are $39 bucks. And Old tapes? CHEAP!

    • @santosturmio8189
      @santosturmio8189 3 года назад

      @@MickeyMishra really? can you recommend a specific one bro?

    • @Test-bi5rg
      @Test-bi5rg 3 года назад +2

      Tape drives before LTO-6 (maybe including LTO-6 now) are a lot cheaper. I purchased a used Quantum LTO-5 from ebay at several hundred dollars, and it worked without any issue. Do use brand new tapes for data storage (actually LTO tapes have a chip inside, which records the read/write statistics.). You will need to wait for some enterprises to update their hardware and sell the outdated ones on ebay.

    • @Wiktorion
      @Wiktorion 3 года назад

      @@Test-bi5rg yeah, I think I paid like 20 bucks for my LTO-2 tape drive. The cheapest drives are the internal ones which are SCSI over LVD so you need a serial interface controller card but the setup is very clean when set up. Just like a regular DVD drive in your PC, except it's a tape drive.

  • @allenwarfield
    @allenwarfield 4 года назад +945

    "you know what else costs 200$? an addiction to raid sha..." *coughs because he almost lost his sponsor lol

    • @Top_Cheeze
      @Top_Cheeze 4 года назад +18

      Why?
      That is probably adding to his pay if anything, it is the kind of sneaky marketing that makes people think"huh, its that good after all" because it was staged to look like a "accident"
      How far into their trap do you have to be to not see this?

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +181

      @@Top_Cheeze It was actually a joke and not part of the ad.

    • @Icessassin
      @Icessassin 4 года назад +42

      You cannot lose a Raid Shadow Legends sponsor.... seriously YTers have tried but because them meme the ad themeselves RSL don't care. Any exposure is good exposure

    • @Gomepez
      @Gomepez 4 года назад +12

      @@Top_Cheeze lmaooo please don't tell me you are this blind to humor.

    • @AlexandersMashups
      @AlexandersMashups 4 года назад +9

      @@Icessassin A German RUclipsr literally said that this game is boring and got the cash

  • @Monsux
    @Monsux 4 года назад +1007

    I have a solution: Raid Sha.... Skip

    • @springbok4015
      @springbok4015 4 года назад +4

      Yeah. Poo

    • @zeromailss
      @zeromailss 4 года назад +6

      @@amiri7392 200? rookie number

    • @Vivi_Strike
      @Vivi_Strike 4 года назад +1

      That sponser money...

    • @purpshell
      @purpshell 9 месяцев назад +1

      The new RAID disk configuration, available today!

  • @GoldenGearGrinder
    @GoldenGearGrinder 4 года назад +483

    People: going crazy over raid shadow legends
    Me: did he just try to remove tape by lighting it on fire?

    • @Skystrike70
      @Skystrike70 4 года назад +16

      Same. He carries a lighter but not a pocketknife? Lol

    • @LocoBuki
      @LocoBuki 4 года назад +5

      Didn’t take him as a smoker till I seen that

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +38

      I’m not lol. Lighter was above my gear shelf on my 3D printer.

    • @pluto762
      @pluto762 4 года назад +2

      I'm guessing you meant lighting, not lightning. He's not Thor (I think...?). :)) But yeah, I was like: what are you doing with that lighter near the cardboard box?

    • @GoldenGearGrinder
      @GoldenGearGrinder 4 года назад +3

      @@pluto762 forget about the cardboard box, he tried to remove TAPE by lighting it on FIRE.

  • @Disaur
    @Disaur 4 года назад +53

    Quinn: This is a very expensive box
    Also Quinn, 10 seconds ago: *Trying to burn the package down with a lighter*

  • @KarlMathiasMoberg
    @KarlMathiasMoberg 4 года назад +301

    As an enterprise IT sysadmin - THANK YOU for showing that tape is the thing to use for backups and not jerry-rig solutions like Linus has done for his projects. Tape is cheap, and as long as you label your tapes properly and have a good application for managing it, it's super flexible. Very nice video! :D

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +30

      Thanks!! Hoping to get a library soon.

    • @Toblehrone
      @Toblehrone 4 года назад +25

      I thought that Linus made one video about tape storage once? But yeah, it's really interesting! If I did require a backup, I'd probably try to do tape as well (as one of them).

    • @bronekkozicki6356
      @bronekkozicki6356 4 года назад +13

      ​@@snazzy next thing you need to do is figure out your off-site data storage. My ex-employer (looong time ago, when DDS was a thing) rented a small bank vault for that. I visited it weekly (or was it daily?) replacing backups.

    • @apresthus87
      @apresthus87 4 года назад +3

      Yep! As a former sysadmin this brings back memories of storing tapes in vaults and inserting new ones every single day :)

    • @LucidThought
      @LucidThought 4 года назад +9

      You ain't taking backup seriously unless your tapes are stored in disused cold war bunkers.. VMS & DLT tapes FTW ;-D

  • @ElZamo92
    @ElZamo92 4 года назад +303

    Quinn: This video is sponsored by Ra-
    Me: KING CRIMSON!!!

  • @leoren5128
    @leoren5128 4 года назад +26

    Finally, someone does a video on the current day tape storage technology. All my mates look me as a caveman when I talked with them about the enormous storage space current type can provide.

  • @MrKelsomatic
    @MrKelsomatic 4 года назад +13

    Snazzy Labs is quickly approaching a singularity wherein the rate at which they shoot video to explain their video storage solutions outpaces their ability to acquire new storage for the additional videos.

  • @SirCrest
    @SirCrest 4 года назад +191

    RAIDZ2: Vdev Legends

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +22

      I’m dead 😂 😂

    • @dashtesla
      @dashtesla 4 года назад

      I love tape and absolutely wouldn't replace that over more fault tolerance since it's not a solution but i keep asking myself why not use one vdev with 24 drives and raid z3? more storage anyway.

  • @milo8425
    @milo8425 4 года назад +160

    >primary motivator is cost
    >everything is apple
    [x] doubt

    • @mickeynissan9887
      @mickeynissan9887 4 года назад +12

      I'm not sure what that was about, but I've been using LTO tapes for years in enterprise applications and have never heard of OS X support or that odd piece of software.
      Every enterprise backup solution in the past 15 years has full support for LTO tape backup storage devices. Including free open source solutions like Bacula - which would have easily ran on his HP DL380 Gen 8 back there.
      Having said that, an Apple Mac mini is not enterprise grade, not redundant, no out-of-band management and is completely out of place in that regard - but it is A LOT CHEAPER then an actual enterprise solution if for some reason he didn't want to co-host a backup solution on that rack server he already has running.

    • @cashnelson2306
      @cashnelson2306 4 года назад +1

      did this comment come from 2005 or what

    • @nimistar01
      @nimistar01 4 года назад

      @@cashnelson2306 isn't that cheese grater apple computer horribly expensive?

    • @reaperreaper5098
      @reaperreaper5098 4 года назад +3

      @@nimistar01 Compared to prosumer machines and EPYC, yes. Compared to other server grade systems, not really, no.

    • @reaperreaper5098
      @reaperreaper5098 3 года назад +1

      @Franz Xaver Fuchsberger The Mac Pro is a server grade machine. Every design decision other than the desktop case itself (they sell the same exact thing in a rack mount case) has server use in mind.
      Hex channel, ECC memory.
      GPU SKUs that undergo workstation+server validation.
      Extended IO (PCIe Multiplexing) that doesn't restrict what IO you can use.
      Passive heatsinks on processors, active case cooling.
      Proprietary PSU configuration to facilitate the addition, removal, or replacement of hardware (MPX modules).
      Dedicated hardware acceleration module (Afterburner card).
      Twin 10GbE ports.
      Hell, the best argument for your side is that the Xeon W chips are marketed as high end workstation chips. But that's a tad disingenuous, as the specific subset that Apple is using are derived from Xeon Scalable processors, just without the scalable features.

  • @findursol
    @findursol 4 года назад +14

    You’re literally the only person creating content on here that I watch every video from. You cannot make bad content and the improvements in production quality have shown up more and more over time. They’re generally family friendly and I can show them without reservation to others. Please keep this up. Seriously. A+.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +6

      Thank you so much!

  • @weeniehut4703
    @weeniehut4703 4 года назад +125

    Me: Lets out a big *sigh*
    “Are you bored yet?”
    Me: wtf

  •  4 года назад +203

    This time you outlinused Linus on backups

    • @Klub4143
      @Klub4143 4 года назад +9

      He has already doing a video on this.

    • @oren8699
      @oren8699 4 года назад +2

      Doesnt he have like a 3 Petobyte one
      Edit: 1 Petobyte

    • @crzb
      @crzb 4 года назад +6

      @@oren8699 Petobyte

    • @lexibigcheese
      @lexibigcheese 4 года назад +1

      @@oren8699 Petobyte

    • @bigpod
      @bigpod 4 года назад +5

      no he didnt linus does backups with tapes for a while now

  • @Ren_0096
    @Ren_0096 4 года назад +117

    Did he just say YOLO in 2020?
    *Subscribed*

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +14

      😂

    • @HelloKittyFanMan.
      @HelloKittyFanMan. 4 года назад +1

      Yeah. So what if he did?

    • @TechnoLadz
      @TechnoLadz 4 года назад

      Hello Kitty Lover Man! Not many people say it anymore

    • @HelloKittyFanMan.
      @HelloKittyFanMan. 4 года назад

      Hmm, @@TechnoLadz, that's mildly interesting.

    • @markm0000
      @markm0000 4 года назад

      I still say it sometimes when I go out on a limb with something I don’t trust

  • @daniellombardi3670
    @daniellombardi3670 4 года назад +1

    Man... I just love these type of 'servery' videos..pleeaaaseee upload as much of them as possible!

  • @happygilmore2100
    @happygilmore2100 3 года назад +1

    Your explanations and enthusiasm keeps me glued to your videos.

  • @umersalman1
    @umersalman1 4 года назад +130

    What the hell? I pay 30$ per month for my fiber connection for 50 up and 50 down! In Pakistan!
    What kind of internet provider is this??

    • @Justgoodvids
      @Justgoodvids 4 года назад +53

      Umer Salman it’s just North American crap we have to deal with.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +102

      A business internet provider. Residential internet is much cheaper here in the USA but our office is in a business park so we're stuck with paying the big bucks.

    • @p3chv0gel22
      @p3chv0gel22 4 года назад +23

      Well
      I pay 39€ per Month (how is the course currently?) in Germany for ~0.3 mbit/s down 0.1 up
      But well, we are a special case :D

    • @utubekullanicisi
      @utubekullanicisi 4 года назад +5

      $14/month for 100mbps down 4mbps up... Not sure if it's a good deal.

    • @GameHunter47
      @GameHunter47 4 года назад +16

      Lol, 10 bucks for 100/100 here in Czech Rep

  • @evindrews
    @evindrews 4 года назад +24

    "this years, 2018 mac mini"

  • @jauffins
    @jauffins 4 года назад +2

    Love these types of videos. Server gear is so neat.

  • @ericsg95
    @ericsg95 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for this awesome guide! I find your videos are more and more informative and helpful in setting up something complicated. This is especially true for your recent AMD Hackintosh DIY!! Luv it! Great job Snazzy Labs! With your wonderful content, no doubt you will run out of storage soon!!

  • @crowing7
    @crowing7 4 года назад +5

    Working at a corporate datacenter, we have an absolute fortune invested in LT06 tapes for long-term storage.

  • @lr2582
    @lr2582 4 года назад +45

    once again, raid shadow legends proceeds with their quest to sponsor all the youtubers. GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL

  • @jehumelchor
    @jehumelchor 4 года назад +1

    When I watch you videos I feel smarter, and snazzier! Thanks man. I hopefully I never have to solve a problem like this.

  • @JamesRussoMillas
    @JamesRussoMillas 4 года назад

    Quinn I'm glad your so transparent with what you pay for things. Keep things in perspective

  • @FinlayDaG33k
    @FinlayDaG33k 4 года назад +124

    Snazzy: "I have a solution"
    *Raid: Shadow Legends ad*
    me: "So your solution is to play... Raid Shadow Legends...???"

    • @MuhammadIlhamuodd254512
      @MuhammadIlhamuodd254512 4 года назад

      Does it playable on tape
      Of fucking course not

    • @harvey4385
      @harvey4385 4 года назад +1

      @@MuhammadIlhamuodd254512 u englis not gud

    • @MuhammadIlhamuodd254512
      @MuhammadIlhamuodd254512 4 года назад +1

      @@harvey4385 bruh get out

    • @KyttaIsHere
      @KyttaIsHere 4 года назад

      Noooo. The solution is to use the *RAID* drive array. This technology can create copies over multiple drives, kinda like the *shadows* of the original data. The technology is quite *legend*-ary

    • @unguidedone
      @unguidedone 4 года назад

      wait an ad? your on youtube with out an adblocker? u dumb so dumb

  • @DONK8008
    @DONK8008 4 года назад +51

    7:08 "their magnetic so they last forever.
    No, they last a long time but will fail eventually. Floppy discs are a prime example of this.

    • @jeposton
      @jeposton 4 года назад +5

      Floppy's are closer to hard drives than tape.

    • @rehoboth_farm
      @rehoboth_farm 4 года назад +10

      Most tape media is guaranteed for around 30 years. I've seen older tapes in service. I say that media should be temporary if data is to be permanent. Newer media is always denser and faster. Copying old data to new media every 20 years or so would be a great practice.

    • @jeposton
      @jeposton 4 года назад +1

      @@rehoboth_farm What about VCR tape. Most of that is now unrecoverable. (I know it can still be recovered but a process to do so is no longer economy feasible.)

    • @rehoboth_farm
      @rehoboth_farm 4 года назад +9

      @@jeposton VHS tape is not made to the same standards that certified media like LTO or other backup media are.
      A few years ago I worked in the seismic industry and we were still using a lot of DLT IV tape media that was first available in the mid 90's so it is a contemporary of VHS. We also used older media. We had an occasional failure on tapes that had been used over and over again that were very old. I spent many hours dismantling tape drives and trying to save tapes. I've put more than one into a waste basket. Luckily we normally had more than one copy or were able to reproduce it from earlier versions of the data.
      Ultimately the reason that we began moving it all to newer media was because it took so much more space to store and was so time intensive to read and write the old media. At the time we chose LTO5 because it was the best price/size storage for our needs including drive cost, server/interface card cost, etc. LTO6 had come out but was still VERY expensive. The quality of a high end storage tape like an LTO is much better technology now than it was on DLT tape from the 90's and it was head and shoulders better quality than video tape.
      However, to your point I always preached that media had to be temporary if Data was to be permanent. All media eventually fails and must be replaced even if it is on a 20 year cycle. It is a cost/performance/longevity and other factors type of problem.
      Cost is a really big deal. Now you can buy an LTO8 cartridges for about $150. That is 30TB of storage space if your data compresses well. How is that cost compared to equal hard disk space? Then compare it to RAID 6 storage. Another huge consideration is that if you already own a bunch of LTO 5 drives and tapes why would you want to go spend a bunch of money to replace them with LTO 8 if it is all working just fine?
      One great thing about the LTO format tapes is that the drives will usually read 2 previous generations and be able to write one previous generation. So an LTO 5 can read and write an LTO 4 and read and LTO 3. This really can help in upgrades and tape copies. You can also still buy a brand new LTO 5 tape drive and tape. This is because industrial types of equipment like this have a longer expected life span.
      Of course ALL media has issues. CDs and DVDs have their share of issues. Hard disks will demagnetize and have mechanical failure. Tape has been an industry standard long term bulk backup solution in various iterations going back to the 60's. There has been an enormous amount of engineering involved. It isn't going away anytime soon.
      All of the largest companies in the world use this solution. What is your solution? How would you backup a few petabytes of data that can't be compressed? Could you guarantee the media for 20 years? If you have a better way then you should talk to IBM or Quantum.
      I hope the information helps.

    • @jeposton
      @jeposton 4 года назад

      @@rehoboth_farm Thanks.

  • @WarriorsPhoto
    @WarriorsPhoto 4 года назад +1

    Hey Quinn, your videos flow very well. This one dragged on for a while but was great information. I appreciated it dude.

  • @shadowhwk99
    @shadowhwk99 4 года назад +2

    Great video Quinn! I love the idea of using commercial networking/server gear in a small business setting and seeing hhow it worked out.

  • @alandurazo5577
    @alandurazo5577 4 года назад +7

    Most interesting Tech channel on YT. Keep up to good work bro. I shook my head no after you asked if we were bored lol.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +2

      Haha good. Thanks so much!

  • @jeinnerabdel
    @jeinnerabdel 4 года назад +20

    What the hell happened to the focus on this video? It's like you recorded it with a phone that had issues getting things on first plane.

    • @OLBastholm
      @OLBastholm 4 года назад +2

      I'm pretty sure they're doing manual focus in this video.

  • @KeeganDoomFire11
    @KeeganDoomFire11 4 года назад

    I just found your videos and quite enjoy your honest reviews of things and the shallow dive you do into details.

  • @nitishbisht8950
    @nitishbisht8950 4 года назад

    I love the way how you explained the issues with hard drives/tapes then, come to the product and its benefits. I say it's super cool.

  • @YugimanTeam
    @YugimanTeam 4 года назад +37

    Hey interesting fact/experience I just had with ZFS....
    We lost our OS drive to a power loss, thought all the data was gone (luckily we hadnt really started using it yet) Got a new Drive, reinstalled CentOs and ZFS, and I was able to import in the Zpool like nothing happened at all, data intact!
    TLDR:
    You an completely replace and reinstall the OS Drive and your Zpool will remain (if nothing wrong with the drives)

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +18

      True! Super neat. We had something similar because we're booting our server off of an SD card (really, really not ideal, but HP prevents non-HP booting in their BIOS) and lost the SD card but one more install with FreeNAS and it imported our pool and all prior settings in a jiffy!

    • @YugimanTeam
      @YugimanTeam 4 года назад +2

      @@snazzy yea btw....save any config files you can especially if using CentOs! It definitely came in handy for custom settings (non ZFS settings)!

    • @zoomosis
      @zoomosis 4 года назад +2

      I like that FreeBSD allows you to boot from ZFS, making a separate OS drive unnecessary. From what I understand this is also possible in some Linux distros, but is perhaps more complicated to configure.

    • @666Tomato666
      @666Tomato666 4 года назад

      well, duh, that's why you go software RAID route instead hardware RAID route

  • @user-cr5wt6gl2o
    @user-cr5wt6gl2o 4 года назад +15

    Here in Moscow, Russia, we can (and pretty much everybody) have 100mbps FIBER for about 7 bucks+ a month. 200 from ~15$.
    And Alex Brin called us a "snowy Nigeria"
    0_0

    • @David-nh7px
      @David-nh7px 4 года назад +6

      While available, can the average person, who is not well off, afford that? You're talking in dollars, which seems cheap to people in America, but aren't to a large portion of the world.

    • @studioxxswe
      @studioxxswe 4 года назад +1

      Ping from your Swedish neighbour here, got 1000/1000 fiber and a backup cable 500/50

    • @artyom5494
      @artyom5494 4 года назад +1

      Auto Pi afford internet for 7$? Sorry, what? Of course yes

    • @user-cr5wt6gl2o
      @user-cr5wt6gl2o 4 года назад +1

      @@David-nh7px sure. Even for those who are on the edge of poverty it's not a huge deal.

    • @bmxscape
      @bmxscape 4 года назад

      im in the boonies in canada and i pay $350 for tv, phone and internet and i have the fastest internet i can get. i top out at 400 kb/s download (5 mbit)

  • @AnoshMalik99
    @AnoshMalik99 2 года назад

    This is great content! No gimmicks, great humour, calm. Best of all, very very informative 😌👌

  • @adam872
    @adam872 3 года назад

    Good to see people still using tapes. They definitely have their place.

  • @LucasCosta10
    @LucasCosta10 4 года назад +7

    Dude, if I were your insurance provider I would definitely increase your fee after seeing how you open boxes.

  • @beoxsgaming9388
    @beoxsgaming9388 4 года назад +15

    In one scene: "Are you bored yet?"
    In next scene: grabs lighter to open box
    Me: "Getting more interesting. This is definitely not going to end well." Thinks about getting popcorn.

    • @TheNewTimeNetwork
      @TheNewTimeNetwork 4 года назад +2

      Next scene: "This is a VERY expensive and overpriced box."
      A lighter is definitely the right tool to use.

    • @beoxsgaming9388
      @beoxsgaming9388 4 года назад

      @@TheNewTimeNetwork Right tool for the right job. What could possibly go wrong? (munches on popcorn)

  • @romanmaksimov2024
    @romanmaksimov2024 4 года назад +1

    I find it funny how Snazzy makes videos about how he's figuring out ways to store the videos he makes for us! Love the content

  • @Behrdie
    @Behrdie 4 года назад

    This is dope, love the details and footage. And the podcast is fresh! Looking forward to more!

  • @kysputnikable
    @kysputnikable 4 года назад +10

    What benefits does Raid shadow legends have over raid 6 or raid 10?🤔

  • @ElevationImaging
    @ElevationImaging 4 года назад +5

    After seeing this, I really want you to do a video on data organization/management... That YoYatta software looks very interesting for streamlining the workflow of pulling images/videos of memory cards and doing some organization for you.

  • @langolier9
    @langolier9 3 года назад

    Yep I’m glad I found you by accident this is my third video I’ve seen and you’re now on my shortlist for technology gurus to learn from

  • @kael13
    @kael13 4 года назад

    Been a subscriber for a few years now. Videos getting better and more interesting all the time!

  • @gerowen
    @gerowen 4 года назад +9

    13:06 I'd put some 3-in-1 oil on the spindle that little arm is sitting on to see if that let it release.

  • @KayBertoss
    @KayBertoss 4 года назад +3

    Are you bored yet? No, I love this stuff!

  • @ContentMonsters
    @ContentMonsters 2 года назад

    THE LIGHTER! 😩🔥

  • @P_Foot
    @P_Foot 4 года назад

    Your personality is absolutely fantastic.

  • @PixelVogue
    @PixelVogue 4 года назад +40

    13:29 LMFAO!

  • @willm5032
    @willm5032 3 года назад +2

    Tape is a pretty standard storage medium still. My friend worked in an animation house (one contracted out to do scenes for hollywood films). They had an offsite backup- incase of fire, theft etc, all tape storage, in constant use.

    • @Darkk6969
      @Darkk6969 10 месяцев назад

      I'm sure they have a cool robotic tape library system. $$$ but worth it!

  • @frostbiten9611
    @frostbiten9611 4 года назад +1

    Really interesting! Getting into servers and storage has really open up a new tech world for me.

  • @Keji839
    @Keji839 4 года назад

    This guy is so charismatic and fun to watch. Answering questions I have in real time lol

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад

      Thanks!!

  • @jnx4803
    @jnx4803 4 года назад +3

    Strips on credit cards are also magnetic and they are clean as soon as magnets get to them :D

  • @Alpha8713
    @Alpha8713 4 года назад +4

    Good call on LTO as a storage medium. Can that Mac Mini feed the tape fast enough to avoid "shoe shining" the tape (and causing excessive tape and head wear)? Also, I'm not sure I understand your argument for Thunderbolt vs SAS connection (SAS is more standard), but whatever works. Nice job. Also, 1U is 1 3/4".

  • @goldenpiece7087
    @goldenpiece7087 4 года назад +2

    NO ONE in my life pulled me that strong to the video before. For over 6 years of my youtube usage I've never watched a video for 20 minutes and listen to it.

  • @uMalice
    @uMalice Год назад

    Excellent video. In my opinion, this is perhaps your most interesting video: mac minis, server racks & tape drives,
    oh my!

  • @TeeKaaY
    @TeeKaaY 4 года назад +41

    Focus is shady sometimes during the video :(
    I love your videos very much, when you upload I drop everything and watch your video so please take this as constructive criticism.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +20

      Noted. Will improve. Thanks!

  • @BadKarma714
    @BadKarma714 4 года назад +4

    Watch out your turning into Linus next you will have a large noisy server like his lol good video

  • @kunleadelaja9159
    @kunleadelaja9159 3 года назад

    Your a great teacher. I'm watching this niche tech tutorial about a process I'll never do

  • @carlyleroad
    @carlyleroad 4 года назад

    When I worked for Bull Information Systems twenty years ago we called hard disks online storage, backup tape was off-line storage and tape-based indexed backups were called NEARLINE. So that's what you have there - perfect nearline storage! Fabulous video btw - it gives a real insight into your operation. Thanks.

  • @alexander-jl6cs
    @alexander-jl6cs 4 года назад +4

    6:40
    *To Add : You can initialise new LTO-7 tape cartridges as type-M in a LTO-8 drive giving 9TB capacity for the same price or 0.004$/GB.

  • @gjermundification
    @gjermundification 4 года назад +5

    10:20 no need for the MacMini, you can run BHYVE w/MacOS on your FreeNAS.

  • @nicolas.leger3
    @nicolas.leger3 4 года назад +1

    why didn't I learn from tape BEFORE...thanks for sharing !!!

  • @gaborgregus2970
    @gaborgregus2970 4 года назад

    I am just going down on the same road with disk shelves, rack servers, lto tapes. Good to see others going to the same direction!

  • @FriedrichWinkler
    @FriedrichWinkler 4 года назад +10

    Why not use backblaze b2 and mail in your data?

    • @dlarge6502
      @dlarge6502 4 года назад

      Do they mail it back when you need it? When you need the lot of it that is. (31 TB)

    • @linouxis9135
      @linouxis9135 4 года назад +1

      @@dlarge6502 Yep, they do, and they even do it for free if you ship back the HDD

  • @JohnWick-id6pk
    @JohnWick-id6pk 4 года назад +46

    Why in the hell did you not just buy a 1U rack shelf instead of that stupid unit you got ?! These things are 10 times less expensive and will let air pass better to keep that choking Mac mini cooler

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +47

      Ya but they're not cute.

    • @ZeldagigafanMatthew
      @ZeldagigafanMatthew 4 года назад +1

      Future expansion, and minimizing footprint.

    • @EdthePlumber
      @EdthePlumber 4 года назад +1

      It’s a about the button pusher!
      No I serious, how annoying would it be to have to do a hard reset if it was on a rack self

    • @EdthePlumber
      @EdthePlumber 4 года назад +8

      And cooling, Apple will tell you it’s not needed! Thermal throttling is a feature not a flaw

    • @Studio23Media
      @Studio23Media 4 года назад +8

      Edward Lucas Just turn it backwards. There's nothing on the front of a Mac Mini anyway

  • @Aiello_
    @Aiello_ 4 года назад

    very informative and fun to watch, nice!

  • @henryspradlin1042
    @henryspradlin1042 4 года назад

    I'm loving the airflow to the macmini

  • @JG-fg1ye
    @JG-fg1ye 4 года назад +48

    I never realised how hard content creators work, seems really stressful :(

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад +26

      It’s fun most of the time.

    • @bmxscape
      @bmxscape 4 года назад +1

      yeah it really must be stressful being able to record anything you want and knowing all you have to do is post it to the internet to rake in 6 figure(if not 7) net profits per year, while not leaving your own house. i couldn't imagine a more stressful job.
      /sarcasm

    • @dl5fse990
      @dl5fse990 4 года назад +5

      While I’m not saying it’s easy, he’s making copious amounts of money from doing all of this (as evident by the thousands in equipment shown in just this 1 video)

    • @dusscode
      @dusscode 4 года назад +4

      Josh C you do realize that all of this was collected over many years, right?

  • @mohdfaizal6773
    @mohdfaizal6773 4 года назад +9

    Uh, some how, this video had some
    Blair witch project, feel to it

  • @robinwill
    @robinwill 4 года назад +1

    I think it's great that you're giving interns a chance to lead the camera. I hope he's already learned a lot from this experience.

  • @edinborogh
    @edinborogh 4 года назад

    Awesome video. I enjoyed it very much and learnt a lot. Thank you.

  • @AgentLokVokun
    @AgentLokVokun 4 года назад +7

    10:32 -- What the actual hell is going on? Just have a handy lighter next to your bong off set is kinda nice tho.

  • @jx8148
    @jx8148 4 года назад +3

    This guy is like me convincing my mom to let me buy a 2000 dollars PC

  • @RyanMPierson
    @RyanMPierson 4 года назад

    I can't believe I hadn't found this channel before. You earned my subscription today. Thank you.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  4 года назад

      Thanks!! Welcome. :)

  • @criticalpoint7672
    @criticalpoint7672 4 года назад

    One of the best channels on youtube.

  • @roybuscht.9997
    @roybuscht.9997 4 года назад +8

    13:30 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @SanderCokart
    @SanderCokart 4 года назад +17

    13:30 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @SteveBoyer10
      @SteveBoyer10 4 года назад

      I seriously laughed out loud hahaha

  • @gondayi
    @gondayi 4 года назад +2

    I mean, the plans for an entire Death Star were stored on tape. Seems legit.

  • @michaelbyrd4004
    @michaelbyrd4004 4 года назад

    @Snazzy Labs - Excellent video!!!

  • @xXRealXx
    @xXRealXx 4 года назад +18

    Oh no, raid shady legends

  • @Teksers
    @Teksers 4 года назад +16

    Ha ha ha(laugh in Romanian) 10 euro for 1Gbps internet speeds and this is for consumers. Businesses pay more as they have contracts that specify that their bandwidth is guaranteed.

    • @aoelp
      @aoelp 4 года назад +5

      I think some households in Sweden get 10 GBit/s for ~50€/month and mind you Sweden has much higher wages too. Meanwhile, here in Germany I would need to pay 55€/month (up from 45€/month) for 175 MBit/s max down over my current ~96 with an unchanged upload speed of between 30 and 40 MBit/s. Just great. All that over a centuries old former telephone line, because our conservative party in the 80's ignored the expert's suggestions to broadly roll out fiber and CATV as a minimum for rural areas. Some people get less than 2 MBit/s till this day, even over cellular data. Sad. At least, most plans are uncapped when it comes to fixed broadband. Our cellular is either capped, very expensive (like >100€/month) or non-existent, because of lack of competition and corresponding laws…
      Mind you, 1 GBit/s is the max you normally can get in Germany apart from some very select few thousand households in either Metropolitan or Hinterland areas, while in outer countries this is already considered "the minimum" for most - at least those who want and can afford it. Most of that over some >110€/month fiber or CATV which is not nearly as stable or low-latency. Always feels so bad watching someone download over Gigabit/s lines with like 120 MB/s from Steam, when you are lucky to get 11 on most days. Hearing my parents say 12 MBit/s down with 2,3 MBit/s up is "fast" just a few years back was even worse…

  • @tonyrking
    @tonyrking 4 года назад

    I've done this for 20 years... was nice to watch you doing the same. :-)

  • @Mikey-vd6op
    @Mikey-vd6op 4 года назад

    This channel is a lot more mature than the thumbnail would suggest. Glad I gave it a try

  • @doug
    @doug 4 года назад +9

    google drive storage is unlimited when you have at least 5 business users (about $30 a month) 🥳 - only limited to 750gb upload per day, per user.

    • @IraQNid
      @IraQNid 4 года назад +2

      Yeah but his upload speed is really crap as he already noted. Then you have to truly believe the Google won't use your personal data without telling you. They're not living up to the whole trust factor given their shady practices.

    • @blox2542
      @blox2542 3 года назад +1

      Isnt is 750mb? Im not sure

    • @frogg4711
      @frogg4711 3 года назад

      @@IraQNid you can encrypt the data before uploading

    • @DarkH4X0
      @DarkH4X0 3 года назад

      Shared drives are always unlimited from GSuite for about 12 bucks per month

    • @darkfrost315
      @darkfrost315 3 года назад

      Can be bypassed with Service account

  • @wreckervilla
    @wreckervilla 4 года назад +32

    download RAID shadow legends now and get a hot goth gf
    for real tho, I've been waiting for an in depth video about magnetic tape viability for archival storage for a while

    • @umersalman1
      @umersalman1 4 года назад +1

      Linus has a couple of videos on jt too

  • @nelsontektips844
    @nelsontektips844 4 года назад

    This guy know his stuff

  • @AI-xi4jk
    @AI-xi4jk 4 года назад

    Great video. More geeking out stuff like that pls

  • @Sithhy
    @Sithhy 4 года назад +12

    The internet prices in USA are just crazy. In my country (altough in a small part of it for now) you can get a symmetrical 10Gb/s connection for like $33 a month

    • @David-nh7px
      @David-nh7px 4 года назад +10

      While true, his is even more expensive because it's commercial internet. He gets a static IP among other "features."

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 4 года назад

      paying $55usd for 100mbps down 15 up $300gb cap. Usually speed test apps say between 100 and 110mbps also steam usualy reports 13 to 15 Mbps

  • @JazzToTheTwo
    @JazzToTheTwo 4 года назад +4

    Didnt linus make a video and say it can take an entire day to write to a tape? Was he totally wrong or is this totally different?

    • @RocktCityTim
      @RocktCityTim 4 года назад

      Depends on the source volume and the archival software. As long as your source volume can provide a sustained 3800MB/sec stream, you'll write to an lto-7 or LTO-8 tape at just over 1TB/hour. So, yes, filling a 12TB LTO-8 tape "will" take 12 hours. But, you'd be in worse shape doing the same write to a 12TB Exos drive at 120MB/sec (less than 500GB/hour).

  • @NicK-vc1he
    @NicK-vc1he 4 года назад +2

    Okay. Just ordered a unit and 3 tapes... now all I need is a roll of scotch tape and a pair of scissors.

  • @rossimarti
    @rossimarti 3 года назад +1

    Great minds think alike! I totally understand all the pros/cons. People need to be media-wise.

  • @fastjp72
    @fastjp72 4 года назад +3

    Just buy a 1u shelf instead for the mac mini, duh!

  • @mhtweeter
    @mhtweeter 4 года назад +12

    ARE YOU SERIOUS? Raid shadow legends is everywhere. WTH

    • @CreativeMindsAudio
      @CreativeMindsAudio 4 года назад

      M Ha they pay great as a sponsor :).

    • @PolakeXD
      @PolakeXD 4 года назад +1

      I should purchase a +300.000 subs channel with viewer bots and maybe I will get a sponsorship from them 😂
      I heard they pay like 4000-7000$ for a single advertisement

    • @CreativeMindsAudio
      @CreativeMindsAudio 4 года назад

      MichalPlays I heard RUclips is onto bots so it won’t work. But yeah it’s about that for a spot.

    • @mhtweeter
      @mhtweeter 4 года назад

      @@PolakeXD goddamn

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 4 года назад

    15:30
    I’ve seen that vinyl dozens of times, but seeing it just sitting in the background I couldn’t help but chuckle. I choked on my food gdi