Re: New Macs....so what hard drive and enclosures??

["noel" <noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Keith, agree re the update but I'll be getting mine VAT free so
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h waiting for dabs to list the new ones.=20

What are my options for raid'd storage on the mac mini? Is it just things
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ike Drobo/Synology etc?

Cheers
Noel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kenneth Watt <kwatt@...> wrote:
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> I just ordered a couple of iMACs for work as we use them, see
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> they're like when they finally arrive.
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> TBH if it's anything remotely valuable in the way of data that
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> keeping, unless you're mirroring the drives, get some form of reliable
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> a question of if, only when. And, I speak from bitter experience
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> failed drives... repeatedly.
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> I now run a Thecus N5200, a Drobo attached to a TC and a WHS which is
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> about to have an eSATA enclosure attached. None of which makes my data
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> totally 100% safe by any stretch but it is a whole heap better
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> relying on the resilience of a few aged drives and a prayer.
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> Stay away from the network adaptor thing for the Drobo, it's useless.
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> I can give you one if you like but, for streaming video it's about as
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> much use as a chocolate firegaurd and, that's being kind to it.
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> 1.5Tb drives are seriously good value ATM, I just got four
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> ones this morning from Ebuyer but they've not even been out the=20=20
> wrapper yet. I'll get to it... sometime.
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> The Mini upgrade, good, but not mind blowing. If you can pick up
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> last gen one for a lot less off Ebay or suchlike I'd say it was=20=20
> probably no bad thing, the 2Ghz one is fine for most uses, you
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> need to up the RAM (IMO) to 4Gb to get the most from it.
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> HTH
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> K.
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> On 20 Oct 2009, at 20:35, noel wrote:
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> > New Macs announced today (Imacs, macbook and mac mini) so my
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> > for a mac mini will be in in the next few days.
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> > So I need to invest in some new hard drives to ease the
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> > transfer from my aged pc media server currently running 3x
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> > drives and 1 x 750gb. Looks like 1.5Tb drives have the edge in
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> > of price point. Dabs have a seagate at =A383.90.
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> > Any other suggestions or negatives with this? I've been using
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> > two bay usb enclosures which I'd intended to keep using
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> > there's anything else out there that people can recommend. At
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> > stage I'm staying clear of raid etc, mainly out of cost as to do
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> > on the mac I think i'd be heading into Drobo territory.
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> > Any issues with what I'm saying? where's best place for drives
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> > deals that anyones used recently??
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> > Thanks
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> > Noel
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