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    Build-Log: 100TB Home Media Server

    If you are looking for Raid information, check this out: http://blog.kj.stillabower.net/?p=93 Last summer I used a Core 2 Quad to Monte Carlo simulate the reliability of different Raid configurations 1,000,000 times each. It took about 2 weeks. If you are going to use Raid, RAID6 is the only...
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    >2TB Hard Disks

    How far off are we? It's been more than a year since WD set the current size limit in Jan 2009. The hard disk industry seems to have hit a wall with the HBA 2TB limit (?). Will there be new disks increasing capacities any time soon? Will we get to 3.2TB drives or go straight to 4TB or 5TB...
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    The Ninja 6.4 GB

    Did you empty your recycle bin?
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    The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread - Post your 10TB+ systems

    I was talking the relative cost to insure my gear with the policy rather than the policy in its entirety. If you were living in a small <1,000sqft apt in Wisconsin. your insurance would be less than a 10,000 sqft mansion in the hills of Southern California. The idea is that what ever your...
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    The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread - Post your 10TB+ systems

    Renters/Homeowners insurance will cover it as long as you leave it in your house. Most of these beasts are too big to be taking to a lan party but if you did you could likely get a rider for it for pretty cheap. Likely $30-$50 would cover new-replacement for a year. You are crazy or stupid to...
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    What Raid For Multiple Reads

    Here's your problem. Raid 1 offers no performance boost because it is essentially doing the same thing to both drives. You have listed: (where s is the speed of a single disk) Raid 5 with 5 drives has a maximum theoretical performance of 4*s Raid 1+0 with 4 drives is two raid 1 arrays...
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    Server Case Search

    I am looking for a case with a rear mountable 5.25" drive bay. Why you ask? Well Areca makes a SAS expander: http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sascableexpander.htm that gives 6 SAS ports for one input and it daisy chains! Only problem is that instead of being expansion slot based like the...
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    Crazy Storage Question

    First you suck at reading comprehension. I wasn't saying get the Chenbro - notice how I priced 20 drives... perhpas it's because the $350 Norco holds 20 drives. Statistically you can model anything. You don't know who I am or what I do. I'm not going to get in an e-peen measuring contest...
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    Crazy Storage Question

    Go with an Adaptec or LSI SAS card and use a SAS expander. You can get that Chembro case and do 48 drives plus two for your OS. Additionally you could go for the NORCO and do either SAS or individual stand alone servers in a rack. You are looking at about ~$1500 - $2000 for the NORCO setup -...
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    Windows Home Server FAQ

    I have a few options for building a server and I'm not sure the smartest route to go. I have access to (legal) copies of 2003 & 2008 through certain Microsoft programs. I can buy a copy of WHS on Newegg, or demo it for $5 shipping. My question is, if you understand (and prefer), hardware...
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    Seagate 1.5TB HDD Benchmarked at XCPUs

    Are these drives a good idea to use for large RAID array's or are they like the WD JD drives and likely to cause headaches and failures? These will quickly become the favorite of storage junkies - 24 Raid6 - 33TB!!!! :eek:
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