[thelist] [OT] Hardware question about RAID...

Tris beertastic at gmail.com
Fri May 9 04:49:13 CDT 2008


Anyone wanna buy some 1Tb externals ;-p ??

2008/5/9 Tris <beertastic at gmail.com>:

> Many thanks to all!
> I opted for:
> 3ware 9650SE-8ML
> 8 x 1Tb drives and RAID 6 config...
>
> Plus a dual core CPU and a decent board, 2Gb RAM and ICY DOCK hot swap
> bays..
>
> Your advise and words were very helpful!
> Now I just gotta load my many 1Tb externals onto it! that'll take
> forever!!!
>
> Thank you ALL!!!!
>
>
> 2008/5/9 Martin Burns <martin at easyweb.co.uk>:
>
>
>> On 8 May 2008, at 23:11, Charles wrote:
>>
>> >> I am using the NAS as a centralized backup unit on my network.
>> >
>> > I'd also recommend looking at the Drobo as an alternative to a
>> > literal RAID
>> > array.  I just upgraded two 500GB drives to 1TB drives in mine, and
>> > never
>> > even had to reboot the thing.
>>
>> Now I'm hitting the limit of the 1/2 Tb drive sitting under my Mac Mini
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinb/2288928033/
>> I'm really interested in this...
>>
>> It's surprising how fast you can fill 500 Gig, eh?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Martin
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"The only people who don't make mistakes are those who don't do anything"

Give a man a fish and he'll feed himself for a day.
Give a man a religion and he'll starve to death praying for a fish.
Anon

`We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.`
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laugh at him.`
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