[geeks] 32 Gig 1.6" SCA drives......

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 08:08:32PM -0500, Eric Dittman wrote:
> > > >That's what you get for using IDE.  I haven't had a *single* problem with
> > > >an Ultrastar.
> > > 
> > > You use what you can afford :(
> > 
> > How much space do you really need though?  Most people don't really need so
> > much that a few 4 or 9 gig drives wouldn't do the job.
> 
> I think quite a few of us have a lot of MP3s online, and that's
> not something you usually archive, so those take more and more
> space as time progresses.

MP3s.  OK, inferior audio for inferior drives.

I wish I'd had the cash to pick up a few of those 36gig drives that are
currently up for $120.  Two of those, plus two 4 gigers would make a nice
raid 10 (why have the 4 gigers?  To ensure that one will be able to grow
the partition by testing it on setup).

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Sounds like work stuff.  They should spring for decent drives.

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Joshua D. Boyd