Yes, I know. Sometimes technology just sucks doesn't it? LOL!
I am now so far from the wave crest, I can not even see the beach!
Best,
Duncan
At 11:26 12/12/2007 -0500, you wrote:
What's sad is that whole machine can now be replaced by 2 1TB mirrored HDs.
Oh well :)
On Dec 12, 2007 10:44 AM, DHSinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian,
> Yes, I recall when you built this tour 'd force. Really enjoyed the banter
> as it came to pass. I think that this would be a bit of overkill for
what I
> plan to do. Heck, I really have a total for ~525GB of OS&Data on all of
> my machines. I do not know do music/video storage.
> I'm gonna try NASLite with jbods. I am going to check the link for pricing.
> That $150 for the caviar 750 is attractive. All I have here locally
are 160's
> 200's. I now really wish I had a 'going out of business' CompUSA around!
> Best,
> Duncan
>
> At 07:11 12/12/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >About 18 months ago I built a RAID 5 array from 6 Seagate Barracuda
> >250GB drives and an LSI MegaRAID 150-6 controller that I use in my
> >HTPC. Been working great (knock on wood).
> >
> >Of course now the drives are outdated and I've filled up the space.
> >So I was looking into building a bigger array and migrating over. 1
> >TB drives are nice but you pay quite a price premium over 500GB and
> >750GB. Anand, Ars, and a few others have been recommending the WD
> >Caviar 750GB drive in all of their holiday guides for price and speed
> >(about $150).
> >
> >http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/2007-holiday-upgrade-guide.ars/4
> >
> >On Dec 11, 2007 7:57 PM, DHSinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Ready to build my NAS. The m/b is a very old Abit BX6 r2.0 with an
Intel
> > > P2-450. And I want it to run headless; like a humming box
(appliance) in
> > > the corner! I suspect this puts SATA drives out of class ATM,
unless I try
> > > some PATA/SATA adapters. This is possible; but was really planning
to use
> > > PATA drives due to the m/b's age.
> > >
> > > The OS will be some flavor of the current NASLite series. Can not
decide
> > > which version to buy ATM.
> > >
> > > Looking for opinions and/or user experience with the crop of >100GB
hard
> > > drives. The plan is to try 4x 500GB drives. 2 hot, 2 as hot spares.
> > >
> > > Opinions welcome.
> > > Best,
> > > Duncan
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Brian Weeden
>
>
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Brian Weeden
