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2009-12-22 --Tech & Moderator Notes

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Posted by Fred 2009-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Several months ago I saw a 1 terrabyte remote hard drive at Best Buy, it's 100 bucks and plugs in as an removable storage unit, that what you looking for?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-12-21 16:49|| 2009-12-21 16:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Wow! Cool! Just gave up my childs monthly allowance to you thru Amazon and on the return to you all the screen colors were revesed. Howja do dat?
Haven't used PayPal since I got phished last year.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-12-21 17:34|| 2009-12-21 17:34|| Front Page Top

#3 The drive on order from Amazon is a 1-terabyte, at $100 or thereabouts. It's overkill for my storage needs -- the Burg's hard drive is 250GB and if it ever gets that full it'll be because we got hacked.

I saw an Asus "home server" with space for three hot-swappable drives for $365. When the time comes to replace the current Burg hardware that's what's going up.

Our first dedicated server cost me (actually .com, who kicked in for it) $2000. The current server, that replaced it, was under $1000. I do like watching the prices of hardware going down.

Posted by Fred 2009-12-21 17:55|| 2009-12-21 17:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Among his many admirable faults and virtues, dear .com was a very generous man, and one of Nature's gentleman (whether he wanted to be or not).

Posted by trailing wife 2009-12-21 17:58|| 2009-12-21 17:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Fred, I use a ReadyNAS Duo with a 1 and 1.5 terabyte for my RAID home backup needs. Not only could you back everything up, but you could serve the burg from it if you needed to. Just a thought.

I have about 500gb spare right now, if you want I could make you an FTP account and open a port for you.

Posted by rammer 2009-12-21 21:50|| 2009-12-21 21:50|| Front Page Top

#6 What type of hard drive?
Frys always has deals:
that are pretty good

Posted by 3dc 2009-12-21 22:55|| 2009-12-21 22:55|| Front Page Top

#7 That's a better deal than I got, but what I got's still overkill. My ideal desktop anymore has a solid state drive for operating system, with all the real storage on an a raided external.

Posted by Fred 2009-12-22 09:15|| 2009-12-22 09:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Fred, who supplies your RAID connector? If it's LSI Logic, I can probably get any needed software upgrades. If it's Adaptec, I don't have any connections there any more... Also, if you're using SCSI and have any problems, I do know a bit about the subject, and will gladly share.

Posted by Old Patriot 2009-12-22 15:16|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/ 2009-12-22 15:16|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm in for my usual Paypal, Fred. Merry Christmas to you, Gloria, Doctor Steve, and all the mods

Posted by Frank G 2009-12-22 19:33|| 2009-12-22 19:33|| Front Page Top

#10 I miss .com. .com, if you're out there and still peek in every now and then...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

That goes for the rest of you 'burgers as well. Old friends and new.

Posted by Pherese Prince of the Swedes1137 2009-12-22 20:51|| 2009-12-22 20:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Just paypal'd a dime over to ya, take care of that hardware and keep it coming.

Posted by Beau 2009-12-22 22:13|| 2009-12-22 22:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Unless I'm mistaken this is how Guiness was born. The malt was roasted in a fire and Sir Guiness was to cheap to toss it out.

But I may have been drunk during the tour and misunderstood them. Anyway a bunch of Americans beat Guiness RFC that wonderful day in 1999.

Posted by Beavis 2009-12-22 22:31|| 2009-12-22 22:31|| Front Page Top

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