Reducing storage cost by moving old files to external USB HDDs. Your thoughts?

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Published on 2010-05-10T19:03:30Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 19:04 UTC
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I've got about 300GB of pictures and marketing data that is rarely accessed and I'd like to get it off my main storage.

I was thinking to simply add two external USB HDDs to the server and move all the files to one of the drives. The second drive would be the backup destination for the first drive.

I'm working with Server 2003 R2 SP2.

This will help me free a good amount of space on my main storage as well as reduce the complexity, backup window, and usage of my backups to tape.

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