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Minor update. Figured out how to burn DVD's from disk images. I originally used DVD Shrink, and then burn with Roxxio. Since I was sort of happy with the Maxtor, and it had lots of storage, I figured I'd copy the image to the maxtor. I did, and it took a long time. Then I burned from it, and...

Other countries TV adds are just beyond funny compared to ours... s

The point of posting the cat parody, on rap music, and overbreeding, was and is, that rap music resembles, and gives those same messages to people. Breed, overpopulate, with no responsibility, with anyone that comes along, and that's cool, regardless of what happens to your children. That...

http://gprime.net/video/thatsnotyourphone.php :rofl:

http://gprime.net/video/got%20it%20goin%20on.php Parody on the subject :wink:

http://gprime.net/video/got%20it%20goin%20on.php :mrgrn:

Pradeep: Even though Apple has gone open, you are probably correct. Apple usually borks something in open standards... s

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I like BX based machines, and still have a P2 400mhz, running strong, in the other room. Girls computer. s

550 Watts? s

Jojo: Explain! s

Good reasons. In that case, go for the dual Asus Xeon boards, and unload later, or, add another processor? My experience has been Xeons tend to do business functions way better then other cpus do, Athlons, in particular... s

As I have said before, if you are considering an ASUS board, buy a Supermicro. You will get far more for your money, and it will last a lot longer. s

Why do you need this kind of horsepower for a file server? What's the interface connection? s

This box is seriously making me rethink boxes, and computers. It appears you could raid, and boot from the SCA boxes. If this is the case, you could have two, 5 drive boxes, booting on two channels, on Scsi 320 channels. I suspect the Adaptec 21010S wouldn't be able to handle this. Am I...

Why not Xeons????? s

NASA. WE HAVE GEM 318 IN PLACE :wink: :mrgrn: S

Either play light music through your pc, which if you are gaming, I don't think you can hear anything anyway, or get earplugs when you go to sleep. s :wink:

Well, I like being able to hear my hard drives. In fact, I've learned to tell when some sort of unauthorized activity is going on, by the noise they make. It's not much, but the little writing and seeking that occurs usually gets me running TrendMicro, and more times then not, it's some damn...

I might make a road trip out of it. I could call him tomorrow, and see if I could run down. I've got a scsi cable I would like to use, and everything is 1 80 degrees out of position for my use. s

I'd call Ken at Granite Digital, and explain your concerns. He's always been more then helpful, and his products have been industry standard, for as long as I can remember. I noticed the resemblance between an old el cheapo setup I saw in Fremont, and the GD product. I don't think IDE can...

Controllers: http://www.attotech.com/epciview.html http://www.attotech.com/hot.html The fine print can be scary... What do Fibrechannel cables run? s

A cheaper, more cool way to go would be water cooled computer stations, and go for some of the silent computer technology. Swifttech comes to mind. Isn't what you are after made by Sun? A central box, with terminals? s

Frankly, I don't see much of a point, period. This Dell P2 400 mhz has no detectable noise. The refrig is louder. It has a Quantum LM in it, and you can't detect it, 90% of the time, unless defraging or something that is disk intensive. With adequate RAM, and an OS that doesn't page all the...

Yesterday she unpluged my spare monitor, printer, and fax machine... s

Well, time to call in Splash. This is more his area... Anybody have a spare salmon for bait? :mrgrn: s

I don't see much of a problem, David, except money. Cables are avaliable, http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg09_xtcables.htm and depending on length, depends cost. Still, it's doable. Just buy a remote RAID box, and go. Of course, to be super fast, you need PCI-X and an LSI...

Backplanes are really scsi, and that really means supermicro, for SCSI, or, check on their SATA setups. The ide solutions I've looked at required 4 ide connectors, or, both mobo connectors, with slave and master set. Not really an SCA solution, at all. Knock on Sata is you have to have a SATA...

Buy another one. If you got 2 years use, for 20 bucks, you are complaining? I saw that same model, about 2-3 years ago in a Fremont PC store, and passed on it. Still, if it works, and it's that cheap... or, go SATA. s

I suspect cache, algorithims, seek times, and most important, PCI processor speed and interface speed, are very important. s

I didn't mean to turn this into an "all about Buck" thread. :wink: s

Let's see. After the debacle of trying to use the drives in raids, the different, working drives, ended up in other computers, that didn't have drives, or in boxes. One sat in a Dell, not used, for a couple years. Others were sold in computers, I put together for sale, or for backup... s

Bill, considering what we are in proximity, what's the big deal :?: :wink: s

Yes. My drives died, fairly quickly. I gave up on ide, until I saw the 5 year warranty on the Maxtor DM 9, and, I bought it from Costco. Really needed a boot drive for the mac, with huge storage, and, I figured if they are all that fast, I could connect it to my mac. I did, and it sucked...

Did 4 games at St. Mary's College, last night. Pulling out at about 11:30. The person in front of me veers way out of their lane. Standing in front of me is a 4 point buck, who goes bounding off onto the soccer field... s

Is that real? Some of the debris looks a LOT like stunt cabling, designed to flip the car... s

http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg37_firewireidehotswapbackup.htm#btn_sale_hotswapbackup

http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg11_idecable&a.htm

Thanks again, for all your help. Just got the power splitter yesterday. s

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I wouldn't be buying any of them until the SATA cards, and chipsets don't have the name Promise on them... s

Forgot to mention that this machine is a Dell, with the BX440 chipset, IIRC. I LOVE this chipset. It's VERY fast, and works much better then my Asus A7m266, considering the other components involved, the speed is from the chipset, not the other stuff in this machine. I intend to run her...

Adacadet: That's the same machine specs that we have in the other room. My GF uses it all the time for office work, and has no problems with it. I've thought about the processor upgrade, going with a 1.2-4 ghz from that upgrade company, for 100-120 bucks, Powerleap, but everytime I do...

Isn't Splash getting closed to the addressing limit of 32 bit? s

I'm with Mubs, see above.. s

Hi The box arrived yesterday. I noticed I need a power splitter, since it requires two power connectors. Other then that, from reading the manual, everything comes preset, and you just plug the drives in and go? Seems too easy. Am I missing something? s

Check that. It's the 29, with all the home theatre connections on the back. s

Best Buy has pretty much been so so, and I've always liked Circuit City. Great support on Palms. My Panasonic 27 has never been a problem, ever, and it's old... s

OH, I forgot to mention: I've already had to put a box in front of the wall outlet, since she's pulled the plug out of the wall a bunch of times... Spawn lives... s