Comments on: Impeach Him http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/02/impeach-him.html Yet Another Media Spotlight Sat, 19 May 2012 04:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Chris Gibson http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/02/impeach-him.html#comment-66 Chris Gibson Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:28:44 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=45#comment-66 I plan to start off using it similarly: to backup data (and disk images) from my other computers, and to act as the central host to our photo, audio and movie libraries. The wildcard I'll have to figure out comes from my new desktop I just ordered. My older Dell has been getting steadily more forgetful and arthritic. Fearing Computer Alzheimers, I broke from my plan of waiting for the Intel Conroe (er, Core 2) chips to ship. I went with a 2x500 GB setup, which I'm going to either run at RAID 0 (Oh, The Speed!), or RAID 1 (Oh, The Safety). What with 1TB on a networked machine, and 1.5TB RAID 5 on a NAS, I'm a little torn on the best configuration. Still, it's a good problem to have. And, shit, it's still feelin' crazy to be talking about 1 TERABYTE of desktop storage, and even crazier to talk about committing 50% of that, potentially, to a RAID 1 solution. I plan to start off using it similarly: to backup data (and disk images) from my other computers, and to act as the central host to our photo, audio and movie libraries. The wildcard I’ll have to figure out comes from my new desktop I just ordered. My older Dell has been getting steadily more forgetful and arthritic. Fearing Computer Alzheimers, I broke from my plan of waiting for the Intel Conroe (er, Core 2) chips to ship. I went with a 2×500 GB setup, which I’m going to either run at RAID 0 (Oh, The Speed!), or RAID 1 (Oh, The Safety). What with 1TB on a networked machine, and 1.5TB RAID 5 on a NAS, I’m a little torn on the best configuration. Still, it’s a good problem to have. And, shit, it’s still feelin’ crazy to be talking about 1 TERABYTE of desktop storage, and even crazier to talk about committing 50% of that, potentially, to a RAID 1 solution.

]]> By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/02/impeach-him.html#comment-65 Tom Chappell Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:04:21 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=45#comment-65 The Infrant is working <em>unbelievably</em> well for me. Of course, I mainly use it for backup and large files such as audio and videio, but I love it. A month or so ago, my home air conditioner failed, and rather than just dying, the Infrant NAS sent me an e-mail about the problem: "It's hot, you know." I was able to tell the Boy to shut it down, until the air conditioner could be addressed, and no lives (nor data) were lost. The Infrant is working unbelievably well for me. Of course, I mainly use it for backup and large files such as audio and videio, but I love it.

A month or so ago, my home air conditioner failed, and rather than just dying, the Infrant NAS sent me an e-mail about the problem: “It’s hot, you know.”

I was able to tell the Boy to shut it down, until the air conditioner could be addressed, and no lives (nor data) were lost.

]]> By: Chris Gibson http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/02/impeach-him.html#comment-64 Chris Gibson Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:37:59 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=45#comment-64 Well, the loss of my nice offsite Florida Server has prompted me to finally bite the bullet, and I basically totally ripped off Tom Chappell's efforts and ordered exactly the same thing - the Infrant ReadyNAS enclosure, together with 4 luscious Hitachi 500GB SATA drives. I was thinking about going with the Seagate 750GB drives so I could laugh at Tom Chappell's pitiful 1.5TB (usable) capacity comparted to my mighty 2.1GB (usable) capacity (a TRUE 2GB NAS), but between Tom's bitterness and the lack of anything bigger than "500" in Infrant's tech specs for supported drive sizes, I decided that caution was the better part of valor. Well, the loss of my nice offsite Florida Server has prompted me to finally bite the bullet, and I basically totally ripped off Tom Chappell’s efforts and ordered exactly the same thing - the Infrant ReadyNAS enclosure, together with 4 luscious Hitachi 500GB SATA drives.

I was thinking about going with the Seagate 750GB drives so I could laugh at Tom Chappell’s pitiful 1.5TB (usable) capacity comparted to my mighty 2.1GB (usable) capacity (a TRUE 2GB NAS), but between Tom’s bitterness and the lack of anything bigger than “500″ in Infrant’s tech specs for supported drive sizes, I decided that caution was the better part of valor.

]]> By: Bill Standley http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/02/impeach-him.html#comment-63 Bill Standley Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:55:25 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=45#comment-63 My backup strategy is pretty close to that, minus the NAS boxes. I use rsync/cron to keep at least three geographically-disparate copies of my data up-to-date. My critical data doesn't change much, and there's not a lot of it (50 GB). My backup strategy is pretty close to that, minus the NAS boxes. I use rsync/cron to keep at least three geographically-disparate copies of my data up-to-date. My critical data doesn’t change much, and there’s not a lot of it (50 GB).

]]> By: Bill Standley http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/02/impeach-him.html#comment-61 Bill Standley Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:36:44 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=45#comment-61 I'm at a half-terabyte right now, but I can easily see the day I'll need a full terabyte online. I've been running Seagates without trouble. Have you had trouble with them? Also, what's your OS X backup strategy? I'm very curious. I’m at a half-terabyte right now, but I can easily see the day I’ll need a full terabyte online. I’ve been running Seagates without trouble. Have you had trouble with them?

Also, what’s your OS X backup strategy? I’m very curious.

]]> By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/02/impeach-him.html#comment-62 Tom Chappell Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:55:01 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=45#comment-62 Well, as for my "crappy Seagate" comment, first of all, there's the bitterness. And then also, back in...1996 or early 1997, I bought some drives that ran fast, but <em>unbelievably</em> hot (but upon reflection, those write some other brand, like <em>hp</em>, perhaps, so maybe we're just left with the bitterness). The Mac OS X backup strategy is still being formed, but will revolve around the new <a href="http://www.infrant.com/" rel="nofollow">Infrant</a> <a href="http://www.infrant.com/products_ReadyNAS_NV.htm" rel="nofollow">ReadyNAS NV</a> Network-Attached Storage. The idea is that I get 2.0TB (1.5TB usable) of RAID 5 storage, make it available on the web, and then convince some faraway friend or friends of mine to do something similar, and then make off-site backup storage available to each other. It's not a fully-formed plan yet, but the NAS and the first 1 TB of storage should both be here by Tuesday. Well, as for my “crappy Seagate” comment, first of all, there’s the bitterness. And then also, back in…1996 or early 1997, I bought some drives that ran fast, but unbelievably hot (but upon reflection, those write some other brand, like hp, perhaps, so maybe we’re just left with the bitterness).

The Mac OS X backup strategy is still being formed, but will revolve around the new Infrant ReadyNAS NV Network-Attached Storage. The idea is that I get 2.0TB (1.5TB usable) of RAID 5 storage, make it available on the web, and then convince some faraway friend or friends of mine to do something similar, and then make off-site backup storage available to each other. It’s not a fully-formed plan yet, but the NAS and the first 1 TB of storage should both be here by Tuesday.

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