On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 09:11:33PM -0700, Alex Mandel wrote: > So, I'm looking at some new hard drives to increase my storage capacity > and I'm having trouble deciding if I should raid 1 or not. > Basically my options for the price are 2x250GB Sata hardware raid or a > single 400 or 500 GB. It's seems fairly straightforward to setup > hardware raids, and I've done it before with linux are there any gotchas > anyone can think of or any disadvantages to what I'm thinking. With 2 > drives I'll still have 1 Sata port open on my Mobo for something else > later. For that matter should I worry that much, and just get a single > big drive. At this point the basic issue is that my digital photography > and digital music are competing for what space I have left and I don't > have a backup of either. >
Often what kills one drive can kill another. It seems today that drives rarely fail if they have the proper running conditions. I prefer storage on another machine or something detached. Here are some options I would consider. The NSLU2 runs linux and lots of people hack it! http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/73de/ http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ CompUSA USB 2.0 3.5 inch External Hard Drive Enclosure http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&N=200125&product_code=312100&Pn=USB_2_0_3_5_inch_External_Hard_Drive_Enclosure CompUSA USB 2.0/IEEE 1394a 3.5 inch External Hard Drive Enclosure http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=333105&pfp=XSELLCUSTVW brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
