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Hmmm... Combine the hax0red TiVo with one of the lovely storage devices from mondays' slashdot article and you could store some serious TV time... Commercial free and what you want when you want it. I'm sounding like a commercial for TiVo/Network Engines, I know... Anyways, this could make for some interesting TiVo applications. It could also make for more pirating controversy because people will have an easy way of recording _all_ of their movies/shows/etc and freely/easily distributing them via scour or gnutella. The lawyers would have a field day! Anyways, just my $.02

The site contradicts itself so much that there is no way to tell. On one page it says that it holds 4 disks in 1u, on another it says it holds 432 gig in 2u, and on yet another page it says it holds 8 disks in 1u (which would give you your 640 gig with 8 80 gig drives).

Do a little research yourself and see that there is not humanly possible way to understand the product (or products?) from the website. Don't just start with your tyrannical "slashdot sucks" sh*t. You obviously are far from perfect. And if you don't like slashdot, then don't read it. what are you trying to prove anyways?

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Nicodemus

The site contradicts itself so much that there is no way to tell. On one page it says that it holds 4 disks in 1u, on another it says it holds 432 gig in 2u, and on yet another page it says it holds 8 disks in 1u (which would give you your 640 gig with 8 80 gig drives).

Do a little research yourself and see that there is not humanly possible way to understand the product (or products?) from the website. Don't just start with your tyrannical "slashdot sucks" sh*t. You obviously are far from perfect. And if you don't like slashdot, then don't read it. what are you trying to prove anyways?

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Nicodemus

The site contradicts itself so much that there is no way to tell. On one page it says that it holds 4 disks in 1u, on another it says it holds 432 gig in 2u, and on yet another page it says it holds 8 disks in 1u (which would give you your 640 gig with 8 80 gig drives).

Do a little research yourself and see that there is not humanly possible way to understand the product (or products?) from the website. Don't just start with your tyrannical "slashdot sucks" sh*t. You obviously are far from perfect. And if you don't like slashdot, then don't read it. what are you trying to prove anyways?

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Nicodemus

From http://www.networkengines.com/st ora gengine.htm


Highest density Internet storage available!
With the Voyager(TM), you get up to 144 GB of data in 1U (1.75 inches), and an additional 288 GB of storage in a 1U optional disk array called StorageArray(TM), for a total of 432 GB in 2U.


I'm not sure how 432 GB in 2U is equal to 640 GB in 1U. The press release for the StorageEngine again only mentions the 144 GB in 1U/432 GB in 2U.

VA Linux and IBM both have a partnership with Network Engines for their 1U server box. This article has more info.

From http://www.networkengines.com/st ora gengine.htm


Highest density Internet storage available!
With the Voyager(TM), you get up to 144 GB of data in 1U (1.75 inches), and an additional 288 GB of storage in a 1U optional disk array called StorageArray(TM), for a total of 432 GB in 2U.


I'm not sure how 432 GB in 2U is equal to 640 GB in 1U. The press release for the StorageEngine again only mentions the 144 GB in 1U/432 GB in 2U.

VA Linux and IBM both have a partnership with Network Engines for their 1U server box. This article has more info.

Indeed, in fact they say:

"Highest density Internet storage available!
With the Voyager(TM), you get up to 144 GB of data in 1U (1.75 inches), and an additional 288 GB of storage in a 1U optional disk array called StorageArray(TM), for a total of 432 GB in 2U." here

That's "only" 216Gb/Rackunit, not 640. Still pretty neat considering the (physical) size of the RAID array we just bought, but not as big as the headline says.

1U Rackmount Chassis can be found here.

The cases are a little pricey, but in the end only add about $200 to the cost of the server. The only thing to watch out for is you need low-profile RAM and CPU fan, otherwise they're built from standard components.