I can add that you should use bitrod, if you plan to keep data in glusterfs for a longer period.<div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1626517547285"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1626517548334">Best Regards,</div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1626517552227">Strahil Nikolov<br> <br> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 0:29, Gionatan Danti</div><div><g.danti@assyoma.it> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> Il 2021-07-14 08:03 Pranith Kumar Karampuri ha scritto:<br clear="none">> Hi,<br clear="none">>       I am researching the kind of hardware that would be best for<br clear="none">> archival use case. We probably need to keep the data anywhere between<br clear="none">> 20-40 years. Do let us know what you think would be best.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I think nobody can recommend anything on that timespan apart the <br clear="none">suggestion "use *good* tapes".<br clear="none">After all, 40 years ago we were on the verge of entering the Commodore <br clear="none">64 and 286 era... dunno what we will use 40 years from now.<br clear="none">Regards.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Danti Gionatan<br clear="none">Supporto Tecnico<br clear="none">Assyoma S.r.l. - www.assyoma.it<br clear="none">email: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:g.danti@assyoma.it" href="mailto:g.danti@assyoma.it">g.danti@assyoma.it</a> - <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:info@assyoma.it" href="mailto:info@assyoma.it">info@assyoma.it</a><br clear="none">GPG public key ID: FF5F32A8<div class="yqt9618923385" id="yqtfd20653"><br clear="none">________<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Community Meeting Calendar:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Schedule -<br clear="none">Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC<br clear="none">Bridge: <a shape="rect" href="https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk" target="_blank">https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk</a><br clear="none">Gluster-users mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Gluster-users@gluster.org" href="mailto:Gluster-users@gluster.org">Gluster-users@gluster.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users" target="_blank">https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users</a><br clear="none"></div> </div> </blockquote></div>