RE: Storage Robot for your Home

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hence my original statement of:

"Depends whether you mean a properly implemented RAID setup or a
half-arsed-done-on-the-cheap setup..."

Doing RAID properly isn't cheap!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Andy Davies
> Sent: 10 April 2007 21:05
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Storage Robot for your Home
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> But yet commercially plenty seem to run fine - perhaps it's something
> to do
> with the quality of components we tend to choose for home raid...
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> On 10/04/07, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > There have been far too many horror stories on here over the
years
> about
> > RAID arrays failing irretrievably ...
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> > Phil
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > > Of Chris Hunter
> > > Sent: 10 April 2007 19:50
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Storage Robot for your Home
> > >
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> > > interesting ... as always, buyer beware, even with RAID !!
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> > > Chris
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> > > On 10 Apr 2007, at 17:16, Phil Harris wrote:
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> > > > Depends whether you mean a properly implemented RAID
setup or a
> > > > half-arsed-done-on-the-cheap setup...
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> > > > Phil
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > > >> Behalf
> > > >> Of Chris Hunter
> > > >> Sent: 10 April 2007 15:49
> > > >> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > >> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Storage Robot for your Home
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> > > >> 'wonder how it compares with a RAID set-up ... ???
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> > > >> Chris
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> > > >> On 10 Apr 2007, at 15:29, Mark McCall wrote:
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> > > >>> As our appetite for data storage in our
automated homes
> continues
> > > >>> to grow,
> > > >>> here's a device that looks interesting. Billed
as the worlds
> first
> > > >>> "storage
> > > >>> robot", this PC or Mac compatible USB hard
drive array handles
> all
> > > >> the
> > > >>> configuration tasks automatically...
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> > > >>> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1869.html
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> Andy
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