Actually, Xserves will run with commodity drives. As the server drives filled up to capacity, I always tried to find an replacement match against the list of drives that Apple used in the Xserves but failing that I'd match a newer version. Some were enterprise and some were regular off-the-shelf units. A pair of 400 GB Seagate ST3400832AS that I installed into an Xserve almost 3 years ago are still running without a hitch.
As far as tweaking firmware goes, a lot of that can be done with the drive manufactures disk utilities. The only issues I ever had was that I had to slow down some of the newer drives from 3.0 Gb SATA to 1.5 GB SATA to use in the older Xserves. The "drive specific" rubber grommets did make me laugh - if vibration is a concern at that scale, then just use 'Sorbothane' for all of the grommets.
All that being said, I regularly replace clients drives around the 3 year mark - mainly, because I don't have a lot of faith in the longevity of any drives that are currently manufactured.
>Hey,
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>At least this Christian country, called the USA, which you so obviously despise, doesn't shut Google down for an entire two weeks without explanation.
Oh, get off your high horse. So obviously a true Christian country wouldn't use 'rendition' to torture information from prisoners either, now would they?
Actually, you do pay. A levy or tariff is collected on all recordable media in Canada - data or audio. There are certain exemptions but the regular consumer does pay the levy. According to this document - http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/tariffs/certified/c1612200 0-b.pdf you pay the following amounts:
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the levy shall be
(a) 29 for each audio cassette of 40 minutes or more in length;
(b) 21 for each CD-R or CD-RW;
(c) 77 for each CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio or MiniDisc.
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Not mine. Along with the ducks they lay the eggs wherever they want - causing an easter egg hunt every day.
Actually, Xserves will run with commodity drives. As the server drives filled up to capacity, I always tried to find an replacement match against the list of drives that Apple used in the Xserves but failing that I'd match a newer version. Some were enterprise and some were regular off-the-shelf units. A pair of 400 GB Seagate ST3400832AS that I installed into an Xserve almost 3 years ago are still running without a hitch.
As far as tweaking firmware goes, a lot of that can be done with the drive manufactures disk utilities. The only issues I ever had was that I had to slow down some of the newer drives from 3.0 Gb SATA to 1.5 GB SATA to use in the older Xserves. The "drive specific" rubber grommets did make me laugh - if vibration is a concern at that scale, then just use 'Sorbothane' for all of the grommets.
All that being said, I regularly replace clients drives around the 3 year mark - mainly, because I don't have a lot of faith in the longevity of any drives that are currently manufactured.
>Hey,
>
>At least this Christian country, called the USA, which you so obviously despise, doesn't shut Google down for an entire two weeks without explanation.
Oh, get off your high horse. So obviously a true Christian country wouldn't use 'rendition' to torture information from prisoners either, now would they?
Better looks? Only if you don't mind people asking you why you have headphones and a remote control on your Braun Pocket Shaver.
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the levy shall be
(a) 29 for each audio cassette of 40 minutes or more in length;
(b) 21 for each CD-R or CD-RW;
(c) 77 for each CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio or MiniDisc.