On 11 May 2010, at 17:56, Daniel C. wrote: > My platoon and I are going to Iraq and we need a couple terrabytes of > disk space for movies to keep us entertained while we're over there. > The current plan is to get four 1TB drives (because it's cheaper than > getting one 4TB or 2 2TB drives), and they're thinking about getting > external USB drives. They're getting some kind of intermediary > hardware so movies saved on the HD can be played on a television, and > it requires a USB port. The current plan is to get drives that are > USB powered but I question how well that's going to work. > > The only other constraints are that the total cost for the whole setup > has to be $3,000 or less, and of course that it shouldn't fail before > we leave the country (about one year) even when exposed to dust, sand, > and high temperatures. > > Does anyone have any recommendations? >
My question is, how many movies are you taking that need that much space and what level are you ripping them at? I have several hundred movies that I have been able to keep at about 500mb each or less. Most are very watchable, not HD quality but certainly viewable. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
