On Monday 15 December 2008 20:38:59 Mark Knecht wrote:
> One reason to be concerned about ANY software RAID solution would be
> that when you boot something like a gparted CD to do some work you
> won't necessarily have the right driver on the CD so you won't be able
> to see the devices. A true ha
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Grant wrote:
>> Grant,
>> I have no direct experience but I was asking some questions on this
>> list recently. One disadvantage of software RAD would be that
>> partition management tools like parted may not (or WILL not) do
>> resizing on a software RAID but wi
>> > I have no direct experience but I was asking some questions on this
>> > list recently. One disadvantage of software RAD would be that
>> > partition management tools like parted may not (or WILL not) do
>> > resizing on a software RAID but will (or should!) on hardware RAID. If
>> > you go
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Grant wrote:
>> Grant,
>> I have no direct experience but I was asking some questions on this
>> list recently. One disadvantage of software RAD would be that
>> partition management tools like parted may not (or WILL not) do
>> resizing on a software RAID but wi
On Monday 15 December 2008 18:48:26 Grant wrote:
> > Grant,
> > I have no direct experience but I was asking some questions on this
> > list recently. One disadvantage of software RAD would be that
> > partition management tools like parted may not (or WILL not) do
> > resizing on a software RAID
> Grant,
> I have no direct experience but I was asking some questions on this
> list recently. One disadvantage of software RAD would be that
> partition management tools like parted may not (or WILL not) do
> resizing on a software RAID but will (or should!) on hardware RAID. If
> you go with s
On Montag 15 Dezember 2008, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday 14 December 2008 11:04:39 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > LVM's support for mirroring and striping is exceptionally crude to say
> > the least. You will also have problems if your stripes do not align with
> > the underlying volume. Seeing as L
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:59:39 +, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> So it's fair to say you don't like MB RAID, then? ;-)
I think it's a great idea, just one that no one seems to have
implemented yet ...
--
Neil Bothwick
Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot?
signature.asc
Description: PGP signatu
On Sunday 14 December 2008 11:04:39 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> LVM's support for mirroring and striping is exceptionally crude to say
> the least. You will also have problems if your stripes do not align with
> the underlying volume. Seeing as LVM is designed to make volume
> management easier and RAI
on 12/15/2008 02:32 AM Grant wrote the following:
On another system which must be about 10 years old, I'd like to
replace the IDE hard drive with a high capacity drive. High-capacity
IDE drives are pretty much non-existent on newegg.com, but I'd like to
find one around 500GB. Is moving that sy
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Grant wrote:
My desktop currently runs one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to
expand. The factors to consider are cost, capa
> On another system which must be about 10 years old, I'd like to
> replace the IDE hard drive with a high capacity drive. High-capacity
> IDE drives are pretty much non-existent on newegg.com, but I'd like to
> find one around 500GB. Is moving that system over to the new drive as
> simple as plu
>>> My desktop currently runs one of these:
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
>>>
>>> I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to
>>> expand. The factors to consider are cost, capacity, speed, noise, and
>>> heat.
>> RAID 0 will be t
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Sonntag 14 Dezember 2008, Grant wrote:
>
This system
is in the living room and the current hard drive can be hea
>>> Have you considered adding sound insultation to the case?
>>>
>> That's not a bad idea, but I don't want to keep he
On Sonntag 14 Dezember 2008, Grant wrote:
> >> This system
> >> is in the living room and the current hard drive can be hea
> >
> > Have you considered adding sound insultation to the case?
>
> That's not a bad idea, but I don't want to keep heat in along with
> sound. The only fans are the CPU fa
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:42:30 -0800, Grant wrote:
> > Have you considered adding sound insultation to the case?
>
> That's not a bad idea, but I don't want to keep heat in along with
> sound.
I wasn't suggesting putting the insulation over the air vents ;-)
--
Neil Bothwick
To err is human;
>> This system
>> is in the living room and the current hard drive can be hea
>
> Have you considered adding sound insultation to the case?
That's not a bad idea, but I don't want to keep heat in along with
sound. The only fans are the CPU fan and power supply fan. My video
card blew a capacitor
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:36:35 -0800, Grant wrote:
> This system
> is in the living room and the current hard drive can be hea
Have you considered adding sound insultation to the case?
--
Neil Bothwick
I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.
signature.asc
Descri
Grant wrote:
>>> My desktop currently runs one of these:
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
>>>
>>> I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to
>>> expand. The factors to consider are cost, capacity, speed, noise, and
>>> heat.
>>>
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Grant wrote:
>>> My desktop currently runs one of these:
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
>> Out of space with 320G? Have you considered putting your multimedia in
>> an external hard drive?
>
> What would be the benefit of us
>> My desktop currently runs one of these:
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
>>
>> I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to
>> expand. The factors to consider are cost, capacity, speed, noise, and
>> heat.
> RAID 0 will be twice as
On 14 Dec 2008, at 16:31, Grant wrote:
...
A RAID won't cause more heat or noise than a second drive but it
will also
How much perceived noise does a second drive create?
See my other reply.
I'd say if you don't care about redundancy, you should go for a
single 1TB
disk. I'd prefer a Sa
On 14 Dec 2008, at 02:49, Grant wrote:
My desktop currently runs one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to
expand. The factors to consider are cost, capacity, speed, noise, and
heat. ..
>> My desktop currently runs one of these:
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
>>
>> I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to
>> expand. The factors to consider are cost, capacity, speed, noise, and
>> heat.
>
> So you don't care abou
>> My desktop currently runs one of these:
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
> Out of space with 320G? Have you considered putting your multimedia in
> an external hard drive?
What would be the benefit of using an external drive instead of an
internal drive? He
On Sunday 14 December 2008 12:47:14 Florian Philipp wrote:
> Then I would use it (and the older disk) in an LVM volume group. LVM
> also supports mirroring (like RAID1) and striping (like RAID0) on a
> per-volume basis. That means that you could keep most of your data
> somewhere on the TB disk and
Grant schrieb:
My desktop currently runs one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to
expand. The factors to consider are cost, capacity, speed, noise, and
heat.
So you don't care about se
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 3:49 AM, Grant wrote:
> My desktop currently runs one of these:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
Out of space with 320G? Have you considered putting your multimedia in
an external hard drive?
My desktop currently runs one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to
expand. The factors to consider are cost, capacity, speed, noise, and
heat. Should I get another identical drive and set
29 matches
Mail list logo
