Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread diane
At 7:10 PM -0400 9/23/08, Charles Davis wrote: >Externals are good. And there does need to be more than one External. >Actually, the '3 Sets' rule (not previously stated as a Rule' would >fit here also. Maybe some 'Thumb Drives' for groups of Pix? or other >'Data' type files. Well first there

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 23, 2008, at 6:44 PM, diane wrote: > > At 2:01 PM -0400 9/23/08, Charles Davis wrote: >> >>> >> Diane; >> Your thoughts trouble me, because you are mixing two, only >> peripherally related things. >> >> The 'Mirroring', provides some 'convenience' benefits, but almost >> nothing Re: 'Bac

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread diane
At 1:27 PM -0400 9/23/08, Len Gerstel wrote: >On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:00 PM, diane wrote: > >Not having experience with mirroring on a day to day machine (but all >my servers have mirrored drives) this is just an fairly educated guess. > >First of all, a single 500GB (or larger) SATA drive on a sa

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread diane
At 2:01 PM -0400 9/23/08, Charles Davis wrote: > > > >Diane; >Your thoughts trouble me, because you are mixing two, only >peripherally related things. > >The 'Mirroring', provides some 'convenience' benefits, but almost >nothing Re: 'Backup Strategy'. > >The NAS, is also a 'convenience' thing

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread PeterH
On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:00 AM, diane wrote: > I have a 120gb in there now and was thinking about 2 500's (to mirror > or something). I was going to go to SATA for upwards compatibility. > > The question is, just how much will this slow the machine down? I've put four 500 GB drives in such a machin

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:00 PM, diane wrote: > > simple topic may bring days of replies yet another zilch! :) ) > > > A few weeks ago we talked about larger drives and SATA cards in my G4 > 1.42DP, 2gb ram > > I have a 120gb in there now and was thinking about 2 500's (to mirror > or something)

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:00 PM, diane wrote: > > A few weeks ago we talked about larger drives and SATA cards in my G4 > 1.42DP, 2gb ram > > I have a 120gb in there now and was thinking about 2 500's (to mirror > or something). I was going to go to SATA for upwards compatibility. > > The question

Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread diane
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