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Posted by John on 09/26/36 11:52
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:48:01 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>"John" <cow@chicken.com> wrote in message
>news:s673b2l8i9kce68m89jao46os0mk7ntmae@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:27:45 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs
>> <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:
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>>> You can get a 300GB hard drive these days for $100.
>>>
>>> That's like two 100 packs of CD-R media back when it first came out
>>>(price wise).
>>>
>>> Far more reliable.. immediately available storage, and a dump so
>>>huge that even your porn lovin' ass won't fill it up too quickly...
>>
>> The HD drive is a good idea but I tend to think that hard drives are
>> more prone to failure.
>>
>
> Not really, when off line the hard drive is much easier to
>store, in a manner that keeps the data unaffected and totally
>retrievable. Where as DVDs can be easily scratched, even
>if they don't succumb to "Dye Rot". If you were able to
>make "pressed DVDs" you might have a point, but there is
>no data that burned dye DVDs last as long as magnetic tape
>much less magnetic disks.
>
> For repeated random use, the one hard drive beats 70 DVDs
>any day.
>
>
>>If I was to buy one hard drive to store all my multimedia files on
>> (most of which are news, sports and documentaries particularly
>> wildlife, so not much porn except for Monkeys or Tigers mating!) I
>> would also have to buy a second HD that the first would be backed up
>> to.
>>
>
> Not so bad an idea if you really want to insure their long term
>survival. (Some call that approach a RAID array) One thing
>you will find is that it takes a lot less time to backup to another
>hard drive than to DVDs. (Even if you don't count the time
>needed to change out those 70 disks.)
>
>
>> With DVD-R discs, I already have a DVD-R/RW drive to make use of, and
>> the media does seem to be pretty cheap. £6 or £7 for a pack of 25 TY
>> 16x discs, or perhaps just £4 or £5 for 25 Ritek 16x ones.
>>
>> So what is that? I can't remember how many GB of a DVD disc is usable?
>> Say about 4.3GB? 4.3GB x 25 = 107.5GB for only £4 to £7. That's not
>> too bad IMHO and very cheap.
>>
>> If you got a spindle of 50 discs you would save even more. £13-50 for
>> TY 16x DVD-Rs. £7.50 to £9 for 50 Ritek 16x Discs or £9.50 for 50
>> Ricoh FujiFilm 16x discs which seem to be quite reliable as well and
>> get good reviews.
>>
>> If I was to get another SATA Hard Drive to put in my system, I'm not
>> sure that my system can accept another one? I am pretty sure there is
>> only one slot for one SATA drive which is what is in it now along with
>> two ATA drives. I believe that the SATA Controller cards are quite
>> expensive as well.
>>
>
> As far as I know there are no SATA controllers that only do one
>drive. (Wait I think there was one VIA chip.) What motherboard
>do you have? SATA Controller cards start around $20.
Abit NF7-S
I'm pretty sure it only has one SATA slot. I can't remember there
being two slots.
John
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