> Last year I moved a process from a P4 1.7ghz to a 2.0 amd 64 running > 64bit linux. it seemed slower and someone suggested: you are > reading/writing 2x as much data, but the app may only be using the > lower 1/2, so you are moving the same data and a bunch of 0's. if 50% > of what the app does is read/write data, expect it to be slower. > > My advice: don't buy hardware for this. if you own a few different > systems, do some tests. > > I would rip DVDs as you need them. Don't bother compressing them. by > the time you need disk space for the last 1/2 of your collection, the > cost of the disk space will be lower. > >
I have to agree, storage is plenty and cheap, rip the video and audio and subtitles you want and create MKV containers. It take 20 minutes to create a mkv file for a 2 hour movie. shout if you want my script. H
