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Posted by Ken Maltby on 09/26/97 11:52
"John" <cow@chicken.com> wrote in message
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> 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:
>>>
>>>> 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
>
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=6
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