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Hd Dvd Dead? (pg. 4)
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| pete242 |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
Looks fantastic, how much did you pay for it? Say I start with 2 * 320GB drives, can I add a 500GB along the way in RAID 5? Does the drive need to be all identical?
I have no idea which brand they selected, it was a public tender process and I didn't stick long enough to see who won it. |
500 bux I believe. For RAID 5 all the drives need to be identical, so if I were you just max it out put 4 750 GB's and you'd be set really. I currently have 4 80 GB WD SATA's. So it brings me up to 220 GB after stripping. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by pete242
500 bux I believe. For RAID 5 all the drives need to be identical, so if I were you just max it out put 4 750 GB's and you'd be set really. I currently have 4 80 GB WD SATA's. So it brings me up to 220 GB after stripping. |
I have over 50-75 Dvds worth of pictures i took over the years, it would be amazing to have everything instantly available. One TB would be filled right away hehehe and no room to expand. :p
4 * 1TB = 1200$++
SAN = 400$
heheheh crazy money for storage :p but then again it can be paid in one night worth of work:toothless |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
I have over 50-75 Dvds worth of pictures i took over the years, it would be amazing to have everything instantly available. One TB would be filled right away hehehe and no room to expand. :p
4 * 1TB = 1200$++
SAN = 400$
heheheh crazy money for storage :p but then again it can be paid in one night worth of work:toothless |
Honestly you don't really need a dedicated NAS or SAN. If you know how to use linux, or are fine with Windows, you can use them as file servers. I had a spare computer laying around, so I filled with 1TB of drives, installed Debian and now it is my file server. I just installed a gigabit cards and switches, now moving gigs around is easy.
I probably paid around $1100 for my 1TB, since I bought most of my drives a while ago. $1200 for 4TB sounds wonderful to me!
You should definitely move from optical to magnetic storage for your pics. DVDs are not the most reliable things in the world. |
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| malek |
The funny thing is I was actually thinking about those tape backup we used at work... i have to look into that.
Yeah i do have an old(er) computer laying around and it has 720GB in it, but RAID is what is intresting to me here and the small space that NAS is using. |
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| pete242 |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
The funny thing is I was actually thinking about those tape backup we used at work... i have to look into that.
Yeah i do have an old(er) computer laying around and it has 720GB in it, but RAID is what is intresting to me here and the small space that NAS is using. |
DLT drives? well it depends how much your data is really worth to you, cause those are pretty expensive.
I did the whole secondary computer bit for awhile never really worked out as I always had to deal with OS crashes and hardware issues, at least with the NAS I don't have all that to deal with.
So the war is over.... |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by pete242
DLT drives? well it depends how much your data is really worth to you, cause those are pretty expensive.
I did the whole secondary computer bit for awhile never really worked out as I always had to deal with OS crashes and hardware issues, at least with the NAS I don't have all that to deal with.
So the war is over.... |
DLT doesn't give me instant access to my stuff :/
But then a NAS is very hard to upgrade when all your stuff is set in place... imagine you want 4 * 2TB in 2 years, how will you transfer those 4 * 750GB :///
What if a drive crashes and you can't find the same drive on the market anymore eeek... you need to buy at least 6-7 drives to be on the safe side:nervous: |
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| VERTiG0 |
| In case anybody actually cares, Toshiba officially announced that they are bailing on HD-DVD this morning at 3am EST. |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
In case anybody actually cares, Toshiba officially announced that they are bailing on HD-DVD this morning at 3am EST. |
I wonder how long before they start making Blu-Ray Players...
and when they do make a player, if they'll have units that support BD & HD DVD... |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
I wonder how long before they start making Blu-Ray Players...
and when they do make a player, if they'll have units that support BD & HD DVD... |
They have "no plans" to support Blu-ray, and there certainly won't be dual format players from them. All HD-DVD stuff will be phased out by the end of March. |
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| malek |
Hopefully some chinese manufacturer will produce a combo drive in the next two years :)
not planning on rebuying planet earth for blugay. |
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| Orko |
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