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Nah, I've found perhaps a hundred that I've liked. Not a good percentage, I'll grant you ;)

It seems that they meant the CLI was on the CD (which it is, and the manual for it is here). I've sent a more specific e-mail now, and hope to get a better answer.

Meh. One week every few years to add capacity, and the rest of the time I don't need to worry about distributing the data or explaining to the S.O. why the movies are on drive M except for the documentaries because they didn't fit...so they are on drive T with the TV shows... I will happily...

If it is anywhere near as bad in Beijing as it was when I was there, even pictures from the bleachers will be hazy; 30m+ is about as far as you could go and get a clear shot.

For anyone who missed the joke...

I really appreciate the thought/effort, and I will get to it soon. For the record, I won't want to test anything until the array finishes rebuilding. 5 days so far and it's at 48%.

I don't know what the CPU cost would be for resizing files on the fly, but it is likely worthwhile to only cache the popular ones in every size. I keep my images as close to the 10MB/image limit as possible and currently have 590 images uploaded.

700k is plenty for Vonage. It matters more what else you are doing at the time. If you are gaming online or downloading stuff on Bittorrent, it really doesn't matter how much bandwidth you have. If you are just surfing around, it also doesn't matter how much bandwidth you have.

The mentioned something about it being on the CD, but I haven't looked yet. Work has been really crazy lately. Sorry.

There is a governor on the modem, the question is whether it is set above what your cable supports or not.

Very likely. I've heard they prosecute that stuff rather thoroughly. Plus, if the cabling sucks, I doubt the modem is capping anything.

...and that they have a data store that grows at that rate long term...1.4TB/hour...holy crap.

For as long as I've been looking (about 30 minutes), Flickr has been averaging 6000+ pictures uploaded per minute. Taking the broad leap that this is an actual average, and a broader leap that the average filesize is about 4MB, that means that their download speed is at least 400MB/s...sweet.

Well, if you use a new OS and turn off the new features, you end up with...not much. ;)

And my array hasn't even finished initializing yet...

The most fundamental difference between DSL and cable: Cable is one large pipe for you and all your neighbors, DSL is a smaller pipe just for you. Typically this doesn't matter because the local pipe is big enough and the ISP is oversold on bandwidth anyway. That doesn't seem to be the case...

Gaah! *Bangs head against wall*

Nice find Uda. If only I had any excuse to dump the MFC I have now...

Nice find Uda. If only I had any excuse to dump the MFC I have now...

If you haven't made changes to your system, you likely aren't the issue. As Blake and Bozo said, the biggest differences are the webservers and the ISP itself. The tech (DSL/Cable/whatever) makes very little difference for simple surfing. Even a $500/mo T-1 gives timeouts if the 'net in general...

Gotta love a helpful (or at least immobile) subject... I like the top composition better.

I used to run CrysatalCPUID to dynamically underclock/volt my system. I suspect you currently have your system underclocked/volted as far as it will go, but there is no reason not to have some extra horsepower for a few seconds when you need it ;)

I have an Intel DG31PR motherboard, 1.8Ghz single-core Celeron (35W max), and an Antec Earthwatts 380W PSU here that were purchased with the specific intent of being low power. Of course, I never ended up using them. Who knows what could be done with some underclocking...I may give it a shot...

The fans would be good for 3-4 watts, not really worth the risk. The biggest improvement would be to replace all those drives with 1 or 2 drives, bonus points for using 2x500GB 2.5" in RAID-1 for data protection. That would save you a whole lot. Paying for itself? I don't think so.

Those do look interesting...

I wish they were doing something like this around here; the offshore farms would work very well, and I would love to sail out and have a look.

This worked great. Install, update, full scan, delete.

I'll still be able to return the drive, but the SATA cable has had it ;) I'll have pictures later.

And right in time for a timely post, I just broke the SATA data connector on a 750GB SATA hard drive. That was part of the temporary RAID-0 that houses all my data. Fortunatly, I've managed to manually wire the data pins to where they are supposed to go, and I'll have the last of my data back...

I suspect it can handle 40 miles...for the rest I'll have my solar panels ready to go ;)

I hadn't heard about it, but I've been ordering from Newegg or Amazon...so I'm further down the inventory chain...

Thanks for the offer Handruin, I will likely take you up on it when I hear back from them. Their customer service is excellent (as you would expect from a company that makes Enterprise-grade gear), so it shouldn't be long.

Good thought. I'll have to take a look.

Just a dumping ground for information on this sucker. I don't know if you guys are having to deal with it as much as I am. Looking for the fastest, most complete free removal method. Information: Precise Security Bleeping Computer Has anyone used this Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware that is...

Newer external drives are using eSATA instead of USB or Firewire. Seems the native interface is faster. If it was a standard SATA plug, I would hope there is a power adapter to go with it, that would be useful when doing data recovery.

Well, certifiable at least. ;) EE was actually what I did before computers. I had a full-time job designing/prototyping control circuits for RS-232 interfaces in high school (that was 10+ years ago...holy crap).

Good points both. And I'm not sure how I can unmount a drive in Windows. In order to get the drive to detect after power-up, I need to: Go to https://localhost:88/ Log in as administrator Go to the Management Tab and Maintenance Sub-Tab Press the Rescan Controller button The easy way for now...

All the electricity is consumes is released as heat, so mainly it is an indicator of how much energy it is consuming. Can't say whether it is doing anything useful with that energy. I have modded WRT54Gs with fans after overclocking them and turning up the transmit power ;)

I have a box of bricks that I match up to stuff as needed. The 3 bits of information that need to match are: Output Voltage Minimum Wattage (having an over-powered brick is fine) Plug Type/Size I find Radio Shack's iGo series useful most of the time.

Well I certainly would ;)

It is for an adult site. The link below is certainly NSFW. www.abbywinters.com

I'd recommend against upgrades anyway, they never are as clean or as fast, and tend to have more issues.

Thanks to the help of many of you, I now have the data array on my system being powered by a separate PSU. This got me thinking. I only need the array to be available when I am watching movies or listening to music (15% of the time?). So I'm playing with the idea of powering up/down the array as...

For the record, all I did was short the green wire to a ground on an Antec Earthwatts 500W and it is now controlled by input power (always on). It took the load of a dozen drives and is doing a great job. I'll be putting together a new related thread soon. Thanks for all the advice!

Not me. I'm struggling a little at the moment, and won't be in a buying position for another couple months. Besides, I already have 3 SSDs, what are y'all waiting for? ;)

Sounds like a blast. Have you submitted your resume yet, Merc?

Glad to hear you figured it out. I certainly wouldn't have been of any use ;)

As a system reseller, you can still get OEM copies (I think). But a friend has been doing it a cheaper way. 1. Get a pirated version from online. 2. Download and install all updates until WGA breaks it. 3. "Go legit" by paying the amount Microsoft want to make it legal (which is less than an...

I know a number of people who have worked at different game companies, most notably one whose initials are EA. He says his labs and development machine are all Intel with Intel boards (that is why it came up, we were talking about overclocking). I also knew a guy who worked at Intel performance...

I have a whole bunch, and the only one that broke was when Merc had it ;)