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    I'm curious... about your storage

    To steal another person's quote.
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    I'm curious... about your storage

    I have roughly 70TB of Raw Storage, But I am moving from 2TB to 4TB HDD. I am truly only at 32TB of Storage I am actually using. As for what i use it for, HD movies can eat up 30GB a movie. But as Blue Fox Mention, you will find a reason to use it. I will say double your estimate and build to...
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    Passthrough Hard Drive Temps

    This program works with my LSI 9211-8I. I receive temp and SMART data on Windows 7.
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    How many 8087-SATA cable types are there?

    I went with monoprice and they are awesome. Unless you need different length, i find the price to be barely that much more expensive, and shipping is pretty quick. Reverse Breakout, is for a sata host card to a 8087 connect like using a sata host card in a Norco 4224 so you can use it's...
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    Internal SAS Expander that is NOT PCI-E powered?

    I own the Chenbro SAS Expander. :) it only has the PCI-E slot just so it is stable in the case. It uses the Molex connector for power.
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    7850 1GB $100 after $20 code + $30 MIR

    nice. i would be in if it was a 2gb model, then i would crossfire mine. -_-
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    Question about LSI SAS 9211-8i

    since you have an asus, it is likely runng at 16x 1x 1x for the other ports. I know my asus board run that as default for all my x16 pci slots. I had to go into the bios to switch it out so that my more of a 8x 4x 4x setup on board.
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    HBA Suggestion pls

    It depends on the motherboard. my ASUS can't flash my 9211, so i have an old ECS motherboard that I keep around to flash and updated it. so it Hit or miss, if you have a friend with a different manufacturer tries there .
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    IBM ServeRAID battery replacement source?

    ebay has 2 for sale for around < $100 if you dont mind used.
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    Port Multiplier Support

    Most built in ESata will not do PM. so you might truely SOL. If you have that PM Device, You could check into this item that convert PM ESATA into a usb 3.0, http://www.addonics.com/products/adu3esam.php
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    HGST (Hitachi) 4TB USB3 External $170

    my Hitachi runs slightly hotter then my seagates, they are all 4TB 7200 also. I am waiting on Toshiba but all these external drives make me want to jump on them bad.:(
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    Ikea desk gallery

    i believe that is a Summera computer holder.
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    HGST 4TB Touro Desktop External Drive $169.99 (limit 2) Amazon.com

    what the hell, i will use it as an external while i wait on the new 4tb toshiba,
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    RAID 0 2 ssds?

    I am the same. Also the idea about having two drives fail, if your running a 2 drive array vs 1 single drive. If that single drive fail, so your still ass out, how is it different with two?:confused:
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    4TB HGST Deskstar 3.5" SATA III Internal Hard Drive $189

    dang it. :( i was sleeping on it too.
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    4TB HGST Deskstar 3.5" SATA III Internal Hard Drive $189

    man. I already have 8 4tb. drives. and I do want 4 more. but weee... i should not buy 4. maybe two? :{
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    installing win 7 from usb. not working

    Are you booting from USB2? I have tried using it on a usb3, and it didn't work out too well.
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    Visiontek 7850 2GB - $150 FS @NE

    I am highly going to water cool it, so I jump on it. It price where i want it
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    Hitachi Deskstar Desktop Retail Kit 3.5" 4TB 7200RPM - No tax & Free S/H - $194.16

    Ya, If you have a Frys near you and can wait. they go on sale there for around 200~@230. I got my last 4 from Frys for 200+tax. I think i can wait until they go on sale again.
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    15% off all Server Chassis Coupon @ NewEgg

    tempting off since the Norco RPC-4224 is now 400 with tax and shipping. dang. >_<
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    Thermaltake Golden Orb (Socket 370) - $3.49

    one of these with a 600 celeron that let you overclock all the way to 1Ghz. :) i felt cool when I did that and I knew that the current CPU at the time were barely beating 900mhz. hahha
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    Ideas for a Storage Enclosure Concept

    I hear norco is going to make one. So it more of a waiting game, more then anything.
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    Ideas for a Storage Enclosure Concept

    Norco is suppose to release this check the norco thread. or http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=694435&page=4
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    480GB OCZ Vertex 3 - $269 @ Amazon

    I am tempted to pick it up and turn it into cheap external Pocket Drive. :)
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    4x3.5in Drive Cage with SFF-8087

    I think for most people like me. I rather use the break out cable, and go with a 5x3.5 drive density vs the 4x3.5 setup. So the 4x3.5 tends to not be too common.
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    Thoughts on building a high-performance NAS Setup for data crunching?

    I have no input, but I want just say I am following this with personal interested. I actually have a Degree in Economics, And I have used Sata and Spss, but I have never tried R. I got a buddy who ask me about how to help build a system to gather all the data, and i told him it was beyond me...
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    60 Disk 4U Dell JBOD

    wow. I would so want one. but WOW..
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    Seagate Barracuda 3TB ST3000DM001 $140 @The egg

    for people who have to pay taxes or prefer amzaon. http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM001/dp/B005T3GRLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346512555&sr=8-1&keywords=3tb
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    Iptorrent Invites

    anyone got one? I am looking for a new Torrent site since my typically go all is gone. >_<
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    WHS v1 to WHS2011 questions and Upgrade path.

    I tried out whs2011 after WHSv1. I had the same reasoning you did,I end up move to 4TB drives. I didn't care for WHS2011 when i found out I was max out on ram at 8GB. I end up using Window 7 right now. You could use drive bender to get a virtual drive. I would throw drive bender on your main...
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    Adeptus Mechanicus MKIII

    Not Bad, I was thinking about using this case with my old water kit that I had laying around. How are the temp and the noise?
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    LSI 9200-8e Chipset 'A0' - Can't upgrade firmware

    i've been having issue with my 9211-8i lately, I might as well upgrade the firmware and the drivers to see if that helps my issue. If not, I will Downgrade my bios on the motherboard, since the previous version wasn't showing any issues that I could see previously.
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    12 new consumer drives from Toshiba

    With Hitachi being the only player, and the fact that I can't find a Seagate Goflex 4TB anymore. It would be cheaper to pick up a few 3TB, The Price of 3TB has come down a lot after the flood, but the price of 4TB have not budge. Personally on my Server, I am trying to reduce the quantity of...
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    8x 4TB Array -- RAID 5, 6, or 50?

    I got to check this out. I use Mymovies for the data and the artwork and the information but it always been slow as poo just to do basic editing too. sigh. I have a dune, So i use zappiti to run on my player, but when you do individual drives, i still use mymovies. sigh.
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    12 new consumer drives from Toshiba

    :( no new 4TB.
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    Ikea desk gallery

    ^^ that a nice clean setup. :)
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    *Official* Norco data storage products thread

    freak, and here i was ready to get a 4224 and just keep adding more hard drive. Maybe I should build that raid 5 array using this thing and keep my 4tb drive and get rid of the rest.
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    Recommendations for JBOD

    Dang, if i knew, I might have done the same. I have to frys near me, so i could drive to both!
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    Who's still using an SSD from 2009 or 2010?

    I was using a 30gb HDD a year ago. And then i migrated to My Server which only needed it for the OS. But since i turn my Server into my normal PC, it is just sitting around with my server OS. :)
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    Physical Hard Drive Storage Container

    Very True. I cost me 8 dollar a pieces. But They are pretty awesome, They have groves that allow me to stack them. And the 2.5 HDD holder just made it double better for me. But ya. to each his own.
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