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If you were to fill them with pictures of your cats, you wouldn't need to travel ;) Those are, of course, taken to the max. But having 2 systems, each with a non-redundant array on them,is a pretty reliable storage system.

Lunar, Both arrays are JBOD (no redundancy), but are in seperate locations with scheduled backups between. This is plenty reliable for anything shy of a datacenter IMHO (no single point of failure). Bozo, I like quiet computers. Not just quiet when idle, but quiet full-stop. Therefore...

That was really good, but I want a barbeque. Now soliciting advice. I want one that can handle 4 large steaks simultaneously. Is there a particular brand I should be looking for? What do you think of this Ducane 688-Square Inch 2 burner?

Just did the steak recipie for the second time. 4 big ribeyes on a huge (24"x18") cast iron skillet. Worked great; just as advertised. Only problem was that there was so much smoke I had to pull the battery from my smoke alarm.

Just because I felt like it, I just threw together the following: 1 Cooler Master Stacker $145.00 4 Supermicro CSE-M35T-1 SATA Enclosure $520.00 5 Scythe S-Flex SFF21D 120mm Fan $75.00 20 Seagate 7200.10 750GB SATA - OEM...

The best way to backup a large array is with another large array. My primary array is 6x500GB, and is backed up to a 4x750GB array. I'm still convinced that my server chassis (Coolermaster Stacker) full of Supermicro SATA hotswap enclosures (5-in-3) and a pair of Seasonic 600W Power Supplies is...

Interesting. I have my onboard graphics enabled AND an X1600 (multiple monitors and my projector). Does it see the MyHD as a video card?

Can you change the BIOS to non-plug-n-play mode, where it assigns system resources instead of counting on the OS? I forget what this mode is called.

The kitty requires batteries? That reminds me of a cartoon I saw somewhere...

I looked at the price difference ($12) and couldn't help myself. Will the user you just described tell the difference? No. But, if they look at the spec, and compare the big number at the top (3200+) to the big number at the top of other computers (e.g. 3.0Ghz) that $12 makes it look like a much...

Interesting. Does it halt and wait to tell you? Or does it run by and you managed to notice? I don't think I've ever seen that.

I must admit I don't know what that means, so I can't really comment.

I suppose a differentiation should be made between "office computer" and "workstation". In my mind; an office computer is the computer in a small/home office. It needs to be able to handle everything a small business needs; including file storage and a backup mechanism. A workstation on the...

Sounds like your tuner card has issues...

I've een using wireless keyboard and mice for years, they have only let me down once. The lack of desk clutter and significant additional freedom of movement in a wireless mouse is certainly worth it. 1GB of RAM is absolutely worth it for anyone; even just Windows XP and Firefox run better with...

I have a JBOD array of 4 750GB with ~960MB free in my backup server...the whole reason for JBODing them was so I could fill them more and not mess up my filing system.

Jail and prison are places where I don't plan to be again, TYVM. And you can still use your laptop in the hospital during visiting hours, but they take it from you at night. (At least that's how it worked for a friend when he lost his leg).

Buck, WRT Floppies: I know what you mean, and I spec a USB floppy drive for every office (I have each client buy a "toolkit" from me as part of support and maintenence). Believe it or not, the latest version of Primavera Expedition (released a few weeks ago and costing 5 figures) says it...

That is a nice little system, Buck. I must admit, I rolled my eyes at the mention of a floppy drive. Considering I can get a 256MB thumbdrive for the same $8, there is little use for such things.

I doubt you are alone in this category; I know its true for me. I spend more time here than I do working, more time than dancing, more time than...well, everything but driving and pleasing the woman. ;)

:crap: My bad... I agree that 80 is probably enough, though I'd likely spring for a 160GB for a few dollars more. Just in case they get iTunes crazy or something similar.

An excellent suggestion Mark, and to confuse the situation further, I'll submit what I would build. Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 - $63 AMD Sempron 64 3200+ - $56 GeIL 1GB DDR2 667Mhz - $93 Antec Solution SLK1650B w/350W PS - $60 LG DVD-Burner 18X - $31 Samsung 720N 17" LCD - $180 XP Home OEM w/Vista...

On the 3Ware cards I have, it asks for the SMTP server and the e-mail addresses to be sent to/from. You could set up a rule in Outlook to forward e-mails from the card to multiple people, or (IIRC) you can type the name of the distribution list into the "to" field.

Buck, What you basically just said is that a $350 computer can't do what I $700 computer could (run everything quickly at once). But that's not really a point, is it? I have had a number of users (particularly older ones) who have refused to upgrade their system because they paid "good money" a...

Sechs, That is a lot of stuff. No wonder you suspect it to be software! The first thing I would do is kill off BOINC and get your CPU useage down to something normal. I run Speedfan myself, but have known it to be unstable in the past; it's the first thing I kill when instability arises. Start...

Dells do install quite a bit of crap, but uninstalls work. Also, their business class machines (Optiplex) come with much less crap. Optiplex - $600 3Ghz Celeron, XP Home, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD, DVD-ROM, X300 Graphics, 15" LCD I could do better, but I wouldn't unless it was a favor. A similar...

Dell's cheap business boxes are a lot like Schrödinger's cat, in that they work fine so long as they do, but as soon as you try to fiddle with it or look inside, it will never work again. For the price (with 2 year warranty) you can't do much better.

I'm sorry you're having such trouble. I haven't had any issues with similar hardware (other than 64-bit windows driver issues). You said it didn't detect your memory correctly? Could it be crap RAM?

Tannin is indeed on another long photography trip. The others I'm not so sure about. Lost6200 (Eric) has mentioned a few times of interest in a post-after-death arrangement of sorts. For me, if you don't see me for more than a month, it means I'm dead ;)

Then I guess a place to start would be a list of processes that are running on the PC, including their rescource useage numbers, and how they are triggered (registry, start menu, device driver, service, etc.)

Adcadet, you have just identified the primary good use for Dell. Get their cheapest PC, and their cheapest 15" LCD. The keyboard, mouse, and monitor will all match; and "Dell" means "professional" to most customers.

Are you saying you want your thumbdrive to be as big as your thumb? I love these little things; far less likely to break.

But they aren't this small.... http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=7023563&Redir=1

I agree that normal people, with normal computers will need larger drives because they only have one drive. I, however, could really use a bunch of 36GB solid state screamers for my workstations.

Yep, that's my biggest complaint with this motherboard. No changes to voltages can be made (even in the Ctrl-F1 menu)

Holy crap CityK! That is (IIRC) the second longest post ever! And with more information than I can handle during breakfast...thanks for that.

I have had one song in my head for the last week and a half. I didn't say "stuck in my head" because I really, really like it. It's not special in any way, really, but something about it really strikes a chord with me. Dido - Who Makes You Feel Vocals: Dido Production: Dr. Dre I would make it...

Good story, thanks Buck.

...And XP Pro is on a 650MB CD. But that doesn't mean much. I'm sure I could get a useable install of SuSE on a 4GB drive, but XP+Office makes that look unlikely.

I keep thinking that all I need is a small drive for the OS, but then the OS keeps growing! Just my "Windows" directory is 3GB...I don't want to think about Vista...

Tried it on a full, completely empty T-1 and got about 100KB/s (as expected). C:\>tracert storageforum.net Tracing route to storageforum.net [69.57.180.83] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.1 2 16 ms 3 ms 2 ms pm10-249.corp.redshift.com...

I'm still only getting 18KB/s, but I just got stuff from Merc @ 500KB/s.

Memtest will find errors eventually in my experience, but perhaps only after 24-36 hours of running it.

My tracert clears comcast before it hits traffic. It's already in the 64.x.x.x subnet before it spikes.

Not really sure. It's comcast (cable) and I just got it about 4 days ago. I'll test it right now. download.com = 250KB/s microsoft.com = 380KB/s so, no...not really. I just tested the squirrel again, about 20KB/s

paugie, that's actually the same cost as here in Sillicon Valley. I had to buy a 2GB unit yesterday for $65.

I'm getting a whopping 9.6-28KB/s! Woohoo! ETA 30 mins! 11:00AM PST C:\>tracert storageforum.net Tracing route to storageforum.net [69.57.180.83] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 12 ms 9 ms...

Nope, but for other reasons I'm now using a Zalman CNPS-7700NT with the fan removed (IIRC, the mounting bracket was easier to work with?)

That's amazingly close to my main system spec (same MB, CPU, HSF, GPU, Case). I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

If you can, go gigabyte. I've had the least bad experiences with them. This is a nice board.