[Novalug] Looking for a cheap machine

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter@gmail.com
Sun Mar 9 18:15:07 EDT 2014


​If it really doesn't fit any other drives, you might want to consider a
NAS appliance, such as a Drobo or Netgear ReadyNAS. It might be more cost
effective.

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the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
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episode "The Drumhead"
- Alex Smith
- Dulles Technology Corridor (Chantilly/Ashburn/Dulles), Virginia USA


On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Roy Wilson <roywilson1963@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Dave Paper <novalug@ginch.org> wrote:
>
>> > I've got a pair of 20 gallon totes full of 100 DVD spindles of cold
>> stored video.  So if I ever get a petabyte drive, I might be able to keep
>> it all hot at once...  :)
>>
>> You are going to get to experience first hand just how long the data on
>> those discs last.  Probably not as long as you hope it will.
>>
>
>   That's actually one of the reasons for the external drives.  Backing up
> that older DVD archive.  I've already had the "unrecoverable error"
> experience with old CD's.
>
>   At the moment, 2 of the 3tb drives are archival, the other is current.
>  Eventually I'll get more big externals, archive from DVD to them and then
> power them down for shelf storage.
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