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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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      @BRRABill said in How Much Data Do You Have:

      Am I trying to optimize this? Sure, but as of now, I use 461.1GB of storage for my backups. That the servers, and incrementals on my backup rotation timeline.

      For example, all of ML has a backup size of something like 800MB. That's the total backup of everything.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @gjacobse
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        @gjacobse said in How Much Data Do You Have:

        If you discount backups of DVDs and CDs which could be created again, it is likely less then 500GB - made up of mainly photos from the cameras and iPhones.

        Now this is an interesting thing - can they be done again? what if the original media is destroyed/damaged?

        And is it really reasonable to do all that work again? The amount of time it takes to babysit while those are being ripped could easily be worth ensuring you don't have to do it again.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
          last edited by

          @Dashrender said in How Much Data Do You Have:

          @gjacobse said in How Much Data Do You Have:

          If you discount backups of DVDs and CDs which could be created again, it is likely less then 500GB - made up of mainly photos from the cameras and iPhones.

          Now this is an interesting thing - can they be done again? what if the original media is destroyed/damaged?

          And is it really reasonable to do all that work again? The amount of time it takes to babysit while those are being ripped could easily be worth ensuring you don't have to do it again.

          What kind of CDs do people need backups of in a business?

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          • NerdyDadN
            NerdyDad
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            I just did this exercise when looking for new core infrastructure.

            5.6 TB of actual production data with 3.6 TB in backups. This production data includes the data itself, along with the server and the program information as we backup the entire server, just like @BRRABill does.

            Most essential data is little less than 1 TB. We have 1 TB of hosted cloud with our colo that is backed up to Virginia. This contains our file/DC server + connector for O365 and the SQL server for our ERP system.

            We have about 500 employees across 2 production locations and 1 colocation (unmanned). Approximately 150 active users in AD. We are a butcher shop, essentially.

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            • gjacobseG
              gjacobse @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender said in How Much Data Do You Have:

              @gjacobse said in How Much Data Do You Have:

              If you discount backups of DVDs and CDs which could be created again, it is likely less then 500GB - made up of mainly photos from the cameras and iPhones.

              Now this is an interesting thing - can they be done again? what if the original media is destroyed/damaged?

              And is it really reasonable to do all that work again? The amount of time it takes to babysit while those are being ripped could easily be worth ensuring you don't have to do it again.

              Since this is regarding business and not home - it's not important.

              However in my case, the DVD / CDs are Movie / Music media. I could buy any of them again.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                @Dashrender said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                @gjacobse said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                If you discount backups of DVDs and CDs which could be created again, it is likely less then 500GB - made up of mainly photos from the cameras and iPhones.

                Now this is an interesting thing - can they be done again? what if the original media is destroyed/damaged?

                And is it really reasonable to do all that work again? The amount of time it takes to babysit while those are being ripped could easily be worth ensuring you don't have to do it again.

                What kind of CDs do people need backups of in a business?

                I'm sure Gene was talking about for home.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @gjacobse
                  last edited by

                  @gjacobse said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                  @Dashrender said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                  @gjacobse said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                  If you discount backups of DVDs and CDs which could be created again, it is likely less then 500GB - made up of mainly photos from the cameras and iPhones.

                  Now this is an interesting thing - can they be done again? what if the original media is destroyed/damaged?

                  And is it really reasonable to do all that work again? The amount of time it takes to babysit while those are being ripped could easily be worth ensuring you don't have to do it again.

                  Since this is regarding business and not home - it's not important.

                  However in my case, the DVD / CDs are Movie / Music media. I could buy any of them again.

                  wow - that would be a lot of expense.

                  Instead of ripping them, I converted my collection to Vudu. No storage required. As long as they are in business, I have access to my collection.

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                  • dafyreD
                    dafyre
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                    The systems I manage at work are roughly ~60GBs in backups of data only. That's ~39 servers. Most of them are really tiny. My biggest one is around 25GB.

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                    • matteo nunziatiM
                      matteo nunziati
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                      just finished to check out my company (30 ppl with pc, plus 20 in the warehouse). We have around 500GB of data excluding mail. Mail is a huge archive kept for both hystoric and legal reasons. This can go well over 500GB, but this is a static batch of data we do not change.

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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates
                        last edited by

                        Between everything, somewhere over 1PB. Not sure about the corporate data though.

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                        • Deleted74295D
                          Deleted74295 Banned
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                          12GB of data, that includes hi res images, marketing, videos, a few key software installer packages, docs and manuals.

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                          • s.hacklemanS
                            s.hackleman
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                            All personal data including email is 6GB. The wife is a photographer so hers is in the 3-5 terabyte range, but I keep my stuff pretty streamlined.

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                            • ObsolesceO
                              Obsolesce
                              last edited by Obsolesce

                              I'm still in the process of doing a Data audit, which includes:

                              • Production data totals (non-compressed, non-deduped)
                              • Data clean-up plan (what can go, duplicates, old and forgotten dupes, unneeded stuff)
                              • Data consumption rate (how fast is actual production data growing)

                              Rough estimate at this point is between 10 and 15 TB total. Estimated to be able to down it to under 8 TB raw. (may be wishful thinking, though)

                              EDIT: in addition to above storage:

                              • Office 365 email storage: 1.5 TB
                              • OneDrive: 125 GB
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                              • travisdh1T
                                travisdh1
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                                Raw video: 2.5TB
                                DVD authoring files: 1TB
                                Office Data: 700MB

                                Email is hosted along with our VPS webserver, 50GB available to split between them.

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                                • wirestyle22W
                                  wirestyle22
                                  last edited by wirestyle22

                                  About 20 TB total

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                                    last edited by

                                    @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                    About 20 TB total

                                    What kind of data?

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by wirestyle22

                                      @scottalanmiller said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                      About 20 TB total

                                      What kind of data?

                                      Security Camera videos, Office Data, High Res Imaging (City Planning), Marketing, Documentation, the list goes on

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                                        @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                        About 20 TB total

                                        What kind of data?

                                        Security Camera videos, Office Data, High Res Imaging (City Planning), Marketing, Documentation, the list goes on

                                        You take backups of security camera video?

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                                        • wirestyle22W
                                          wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                          @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                          @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                          About 20 TB total

                                          What kind of data?

                                          Security Camera videos, Office Data, High Res Imaging (City Planning), Marketing, Documentation, the list goes on

                                          You take backups of security camera video?

                                          It's body worn cameras for police 😄

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                                            last edited by

                                            @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in How Much Data Do You Have:

                                            About 20 TB total

                                            What kind of data?

                                            Security Camera videos, Office Data, High Res Imaging (City Planning), Marketing, Documentation, the list goes on

                                            You take backups of security camera video?

                                            It's body worn cameras for police 😄

                                            And those are backed up?

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