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Internally there are 6 main data drives (2TB), not to mention the SSDs. There are 3x 2TB internal backup drives and 3x 2TB external eSATA backup drives. The externals are connected individually to a SIL 3114-based card and housed in a small 4-bay Addonics enclosure that is controlled by an X10...

RAID 0 is sounding better now. :LOL:

No. How do you get 500 MB/sec. backups between two computers? I'm not happy with the GbE.

That's exactly the kind of complexity and mediocre performance I'd like to avoid.

How is that the same? RAID is not a backup. When data is accidentally deleted or overwritten you are screwed. You can't power the other drives down 23.5 hours per day either.

And what if the whole PC blows? How do you access the data on another system?

But Hitachi is going of business. What will you do to replace dead drives or can you mix brands?

The 3TB Hitachi is mentioned. It looks like EggFace has the silver colored version available, but I'm not confident of their packing/shippping.

Those spammers are posting the evil links in their signature lines. :( Maybe if that were disabled there would not be so many new spammers, or does it not make a difference?

Yes, I mean this one at SF. :oops: It is struggling at the usual 8PM CDT.

I'm not sure about that one, but I had an experience with a WD Passaport. eSATA isn't practically any faster than UBS 3.0 for slow drives.

I don't see any difference on this site from a speed factor of 10:1. Maybe if you can discern 1/10 of seconds there is something different. The main issue is the performance slowdowns on the SR server once in a while.

It looks like a basic propeller, kinda like that thing on your head. :D

An audio tach should work, if you happen to have access to one.

Thanks. So can I RAID 0 the Samsung or Hitachi advancing format drives in XP64 or will performance really suck from the alignment? I suppose it would be possible to break the SFF connector outside of the computer into an external case but would it have to be running when the computer boots?

I was looking at it from the old paradigm that a large machine should have a powerful CPU and other components. Otherwise, why haul it around unless you are a kid? A ~15" machine is usually the most economical, weighs 506 lbs. and has decent performance and upgradability.

Holy moly, what websites need that bandwidth that you would notice the difference in a practical way? I'd think the latency would be more important most of the time.

But are they economical? If the format is not popular the prices are not the lowest.

The backup is the same size as the data of course. For example for a 2TB drive there is another 2TB backing that up. The problem is that I have to replace both of those drives with 3TB drives (~$350) just to gain 1TB of usable capacity. Now if I want to add 2TB of capacity that would require...

I have the UD5. I'm not sure how different it is, but there are also only 10 SATA ports. I added a 4-port external card and an 8-port internal card. Now I'm running out of drive letters. Stupid Windows, could have used numbers or something. :rant:

Why such a huge notebook computer with an AMD CPU?

Many of the recent external 2.5 inch drives have the USB integrated on the board, so it's not like you can accomplish much in the way of repair anyway.

Mostly they use NEC controllers, but some ETON, whatever. I have an SIIG that was on sale back when there were not as many choices as today.

Are you saying there is a 7200 RPM 1TB notebook drive? Where? The only ones I know of are 640-750GB.

You must have some well off students. I paid almost $1000 for that CPU last year.

I'm trying to figure out how to increaSe caPACITY AND NOT ADD drive letters. My head is about to expLODE.

:oops: I mean the JBOD.

If several drives are connected as JDOG RAID can they be pulled and data recovered individually? I'm thinking no from some discussions years ago, but maybe there are some options. Thanks.

Why don't you run ethernet cable?

The product is deactivated at the EGG. Does that mean it is discontinued? I'm wondering if the CLEANER mode works for 3-4TB drives.

In the US PS is about $600 and LR is often less than $200, so many people opt for the latter and serious users have both.

:rofl: New sockpuppet?

Cool map. :cheers:

8x RAID 0 MLC from OCZ. What could possibly go wrong?

I was going to mention Aperture, but here I might get flambéed.

If you look at the death and injury rates from animals, even in Australia I suspect it is not that high compared to other causes.

What is the story with the 3TB Hibachis, do they use the advancing format?

Not very much if it is the 3-platter drive and also not very much if it is the 2-platter Samsung either. :) Mine are quite slow. The WD portable USB 3.0 1TB drives are just fine and one sale for $90 every week or two.

There are far stronger organic solvents that fuel oils. But metal is metal and mainly I'd be concerned about corrosion from strong acids or bases. Maybe we should send one of the drives to Cougtek and see how long it would take him to destroy it. :)

Compared to what? In AZ there are plenty of dangerous animals in the desert. In the US humans are the main danger, killing and wounding far more people than wild animals do.

Apparently the BIOS or firmware or both on the LSI are out of date, but the process for updating is completely unclear. Does anyone have experience with the manufacturer doing that as a service?

I wonder how hot that 7200 drive gets in the enclosure. Of course nothing about the shock protection will prevent the Seagate drive from going south.

How is that different from these at $237 per case?

Hmm. I wish they were sold in small volumes and locally. I can just see the tubes shattering on the UPS.

Where do you get those? I wish I could find find high CRI 5000K bulbs.

Bleh. On the USB it only sees 700 something GB and 2048GB on the SATA 6Gbps controller.

Buchner, Buchner???

Hmmm. I thought there was some issue with the advancing format or the controllers had to be something new and special to support it.

Yes, the Lexar that I break out of the lower casing. Oddly that photo shows it with the lower part removed.

Here are the read speeds for a 16GB Extreme Pro CF (rated 90 MB/sec.) and a 32GB Extreme Pro SDHC U1 (rated 45 MB/sec.) on the Lexar USB 3.0.