Cheap secondary storage options

Looking at cheap storage for hosting backup/archive… driving force: cost.  NetApp is too expensive.

The following can be taken into consideration:

— Amazon S3 web services. Since it’s only used for backup/archive the cost should not be too high. Need to analyze the cost though. Another potential issue is legal/privacy…

     Technically the best way is probably to use a S3 file system driver so the backup/access is transparent to the apps and existing apps doesn’ t need to be modified. the…