Posted by Doug Jacobs on 10/24/07 21:46

ChairmanOfTheBored <RUBored@crackasmile.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:04:25 -0000, Doug Jacobs <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com>
> wrote:

> >Who cares? - can you honestly say you're going to need 750GB of space for
> >PS3-related downloads?


> Purchased, DISC based games typically utilize 6 to ten GB of HD space
> each. I can also DIVX, and then re-code my current DVD collection to
> play on the PS3 from the hard drive, as well as my HD DVD collection.
> Very much the same way I can make a 1GB file from one of my DVDs for my
> PS3. Exactly the same, in fact.

First off, the PS3 doesn't store all games you ever play on disk. Older
ones will get cycled off. Second, wouldn't it make a lot more sense to
just put up a dedicated file server or NAS-type device on your network and
stream movies through the PS3 in that way? This would give you more
flexibility, while allowing much larger disk sizes along with the other
benefits of RAID that you're already well aware of.

A 1.4 TB PS3 is just...well, silly. Games will still only be able to use
the internal drive, and even at 10GB/game, you're looking at 75 games.
Not only don't you own 75 PS3 games (there aren't that many out yet!) but
I doubt you will ever play 75 PS3 games over the life of the PS3.

> It also hold Photos, and MP3s, Etc., Etc.

Again, a networked media server would be a better solution for this, yes?
Better accessibility, better flexibility, better reliability, better
bragging rights (more hardware makes you a better person, at least in your
eyes)

> The drives were right at $100 each with a 5 year warranty. More than
> that for the chincy, slow access, low capacity laptop drives it comes
> with.

And you need fast drives for streaming media....why? Even HD video
encoded with divx will stream just fine over 100Mbps which is MUCH
SLOWER than laptop drives. No wonder your PS3 has heat issues if
you were cramming a hot-running desktop drive in there!

Also with drives that cheap, seriously, why didn't you put up a 4 drive,
RAID5 array in a dedicated networked box giving you 2+TB? You could even
use gigabit for extra bragging rights, and still do everything your mutant
PS3 can do...just without the extra heat.

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It's not broken. It's...advanced.

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