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That is to be used in a laptop?

At that point any use you can get out of it is better than the scrap heap I guess.

How old is the unit and is it worth repairing? Don't mess it up too much and end up with a gas leak.

The Samsungs seem to be bricking with firware updates. Not good.

That's the unit I was looking at. What a ridiculous review. Nobody uses a RAID 5 of 8x120GB SSDs in such a device. :smack:

For some reason the Magician does not work on the M.2 drive. :cursin:

Beam me up, Spock. :cry:

Now I understand why the little ape is hopping mad. :( I am lucky to have avoided Win 8. It's odd that 7 is still supported, but I'm not complaining. :)

So some computers that run 8.0 won't run 8.1? That would be horrible.

What does that mean exactly? I've never received any Windows support ever from the Miscrosoft. Are there no security updates or doesn't it boot?

http://www.cipa.jp/stats/dc_e.html

Actually the DSLR sales (including MILC) are dropping significantly for the past couple years. ASP is also decreasing.

That's exactly my point. Sure the image processors (Digic, Expeed, Bionzic, etc.) will improve as they are related to mobile processors and the sensors will improve as the basic technology will be used in iPhones too, but the rest is not looking good.

Yes, it is very rough times ahead. I don't think Nikon or Canon will go under but they will shrink. I suspect the model changes will slow and there will be more of the minor updates like the D810A and 5Ds. I'm rather concerned that lens updates will decrease, though that has not yet come to pass.

What do the learned SF members think about this? https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-051A The only Lenovo we have a is a few years old, so it should be OK.

Of course I'm not in IT, but I'm heavily involved in the vendor selection process and RFQ, URS, FRS, OQ and UAT for any system that is owned by my group. There are something like 20 documents that have to be approved in a type of Documentum, but I'm only on some of them. IT project management...

That's ridiculous. Somebody screwed up somewhere if it is not in the SOW. Aren't there IT SOPs that govern how the RFQs/RFPs are prepared?

Tweaked consumer cameras used for astrophotography are nothing new if you remember the 20Da. I think the 60Da may still be around. They are a very small part of a dwindling market compared to the normal versions of the cameras for terrestrial use. I'm not sure what the serious astro people...

Just my pesky job. ;) They cancelled the southern (NC) plans though.

I'm frozen solid and I wanna go HOME. :reindeer:

This would only be about 6-8 feet away from me. Some drive in my main computer is making clunking/grinding sounds every 15 seconds, which is louder in the new case. I'm not sure if it is the 6TB Hitachi NAS or Seagates, but the former is more likely.

Thanks. Are all the 12 HGST NAS drives noticeably noisy?

So now it takes longer to find anything in the CP? :( It's not the end of world. My problem in general is that with every new Windows release it seems that some older apps no longer work properly or at all. In some cases the apps are no longer available or replacements are much crappier...

Before I pull the trigger, does everyone like the Hitachi NAS drive? Another option would be the WD RED, but I'm not sure how reliable they are. At 5400 RPM I suspect they would be a lot quieter.

I'm not sure what you means by tests well; the 14-24 is a fine lens especially by f/5.6. It's a PITA to use on Canon, so the 11-24 is not a direct comparison to the Nikkor. I'm set with 16-35/4 and 17TSE lenses for landscapes, though I try to shift-stitch the 24 TSE II as much as possible and...

I have to use IE at work, by law. I think one can also have the Firefox, but only for casual browsing. I tried it a few times, but the frequent updates that often did not work right were just too much work. :(

It cannot be disabled? :(

If the 1D IV works for you, then keep using it. There is no direct replacement. I'm set with the 1DX and 7D II. The 100-400 II should be your next buy as it is really good.

That would be fine. I was concerned it wouldn't boot or rebuild or something.

Another question - how many drives to buy. Do you all buy extra drives for future replacement? I was thinking that it would be prudent to get 6 drives first to see if the whole thing works out and then maybe get another three to have an unused spare. My concern is that the exact drive model...

Yes, you are correct as usual. I have gone out of scope and need to be more practical. I might consider the high end MAS or storage server eventually for primary data, but the 1815+ with 1GbE should be sufficient for backups as mentioned above.

Well, there was blood coming out again today. :(

Sorry I'm so difficult. :(

What paint? They are plastic.

Yes, they are a little smaller than the originals.

Thanks for the info. Im still concerned about the apnea alpine CPU in RAID 6. I read on the AnandTech that it is a Cortex and they are unimpressed.

I replaced feet with the new Chinese feet and they are really nice and smooth. :-)

I was not planning on a switch, but direct connection to a PCIe card. I thought those were only a few hundred dollars. However it looks likea weak CPU. Will it crap out on RAID 6.

Something like these QNAP or Synology?

I guess it is a NAS. :) I'm not any good at installing and configuring alternative OS. $1500 for the empty unit would be the upper limit since there would also be about $2400 of the 6TB Hibachi NAS hard drives (though I only need 6 now). The device needs to sit in the corner and would be...

U and V are missing sometimes, so I'm seriously thinking that it may be necessary to finally give in to the NADSS. :( Which is the best unit, keeping in mind that I've been avoiding it for 8 years due to configuration concerns. I should be wanting 8 bays with RAID 6, right? Is it worth trying...

The Samsung is warm, but not too hot in use. Why did you buy the much slower Plextor rather than the Samsung?

Yeah, I could have been more specific.

That was my the point. I don't know of any Seagate 5900 RPM drives.

Normally a weekly test is not the whole facility on the system, but the generators starting and running for time under some other load. If there are $250-500K in time and materials lost, somebody is not happy. That's why they have generators. Servers, instruments, and data acquisition PCs are...

Tuesday at 10AM.

Yoikes, it's declaring vB war on me after every post. :D Thereiko'jihuylpo9uy7hjp;[]''[p-iukjl;' ';/;' "/; ;s alos a message about leaving the page.

Oh, somehow I thought it was work related.

The generator doesn't kick in automatically?

Great. Interestingly enough, when I switched from that defective 980X system to the 5930K, I was able to reactivate the Windows 7 with the new board/CPU/RAM. Perhaps it was because the SSDs, optical drives, hard drives, etc. were the same. I was rather surprised though.