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  1. Re:Mix & Match on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 1

    You should mix and match batches at least, if not manufacturers. Hard drive failures as we all know frequently occur in groups, so limit your failure points as much as possible.

    No

  2. Re:Just remember the RAID song on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 1

    I lost a unit from my RAID 5 (PROMISE SX4000 controller 4x120GB) and didn't notice a performance hit) I was still able to stream video over my network and use the storage until the replacement showed up... Of course, I was using IBM/Hitachi 120GB drives and when the replacement 120 GiB drives showed up I had to figure out how to do a backup and rebuild, but... thats a different story.

  3. Re:Drive cost on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually not Here I priced it out

  4. Re:"Its impossible to make everyone happy" on Northwest Privacy Lawsuit Dismissed · · Score: 1

    Uh, what gave you the idea that minors have any rights not granted them by their legal custodian/guardian? Esp the right to privacy. And what makes such a search "illegal"?

  5. Re:Call me old fashioned if you want, but... on Big Bang of Convergence · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure most cellphones meet that criteria, or did you want to use it afterwards??

  6. Re:So Sorry- I've only got one. on Big Bang of Convergence · · Score: 1

    My wife has all those features although 4 seems to be a bit on the Beta side. And she believes that 2 is negative, but she's wrong.

  7. Re:These guys are whacked. on EA, Atari Sue Over Videogame Copying Software · · Score: 1

    So in other words Al gore is responsible for the current ad infested version of the internet that has approximately reversed the signal/noise ratio from when he started getting involved. I'm not sure that I would want to take credit for taking a profitable( wordnet definition 2) tool and making it profitable (definition 1).

  8. Re:Re-re-remastered crap in greater quantity?!? on v1.0 of HD-DVD Physical Specs Approved · · Score: 1

    why do I want it?? I want it because it was promised to me as part of the DVD standard and the reason for DVD being "better" than VHS.

    As it stands I have to make certain I'm getting the right version and on some titles(CHarlies angels full throttle) the version is well hidden.

    I have friends that don't like watching the "broken" version with the black bars. I sometimes watch movies with these individuals, I Just want the option... And according the the claims made when DVD was young, there should be no quality or space penalties for including the scan markers.

  9. Re:Format wars on v1.0 of HD-DVD Physical Specs Approved · · Score: 1

    I have a black and white tv you insensitive clod.

  10. Re:Re-re-remastered crap in greater quantity?!? on v1.0 of HD-DVD Physical Specs Approved · · Score: 1

    How about keeping the promise made to all of us that the DVD would have 16x9 and pan/scan on the same disk?? that would be a start.

  11. Re:Finally! on Seagate Rolls Out 400 GB SATA Drives · · Score: 1

    So you don't want to download the internet to your computer?

  12. Re:Best Upgrade on Chipset Serial ATA RAID Performance Exposed · · Score: 1

    Actually Raid 5 uses striped redundancy so that the parity for each stripe is on a different drive. Raid 3 has a dedicated parity drive.

  13. Re:Best Upgrade on Chipset Serial ATA RAID Performance Exposed · · Score: 1

    Or shell out a couple extra nickels on a Promise or 3ware Raid5 controller and add performance and save money.

    Promise SX4000 raid 5 controller 133 shipped
    4 pricewatch special 200GB HDs 400 shipped
    600GB usable space with full redundancy 533 or less than $1per GB

    Generic Controller 16 Shipped
    Same drives 400 SHipped
    nets 400 GB of usable space at for 416$ or more than $1 per gig.

  14. Re:Best Upgrade on Chipset Serial ATA RAID Performance Exposed · · Score: 1

    Actually it is a hybrid HW/SW solution, But the RAID Unit does have some of the HW, and the driver provides the remaining interface handling. Highpoint, 3ware and Promise have a dedicated XOR processor for the parity management and the software simply provides the drive management.... Much better than relying on your primary CPU for the XORing as well.

  15. Re:But does read speed actually matter ? on Chipset Serial ATA RAID Performance Exposed · · Score: 1

    ANd most raid 5 controllers have serious processor power and a substantial amount of RAM. I had a RAID 5 with more HP than the parent system.

  16. Re:Best Upgrade on Chipset Serial ATA RAID Performance Exposed · · Score: 1

    RAID 1
    Drive 1---Drive 2
    Data------Mirror
    Data------Mirror
    Data------M irror
    Raid 0
    Drive 1---Drive 2
    Data------Data
    Data------Data
    Data------Data
    Raid 5
    Drive 1---Drive 2-----Drive 3
    Mirror----Data--------Data
    Data------Mirror--- ---Data
    Data------Data--------Mirror

    Raid 1 allows for redundancy by writing all data 2x.
    Raid 0 provides higher speeds by striping the data across 2 drives
    Raid 5 has striping and mirroring such that should any drive fail it's data can be recovered from the other two drives.It is also more efficient in that it allows 2/3 to 5/6 of the space to be used for storage instead of 1/2 as in a raid 1. I have never seen a raid 5 controller that supported more than 6 drives, but in theory you could support even more than that.

  17. Re:You have to be 21 to get into a bar on Labels Find New Method of Payola · · Score: 1

    Any of those dozen bars provided he is willing to have a large RED/BLACK/BLUE letter engraved on each hand with a magnum marker and pay a slightly higher cover.

  18. Re:80? on 486 Turns 15 Years Old · · Score: 1

    The 8088 because it was a hybrid.... sort of the first sx processor.

    8086 8000 series 16 bit bus. 8088 8000 series 8 bit bus.

    386DX 32 bit... 386sx 16bit external

    486DX Coprocessor added 486SX Coprocessor disabled by a pin.

    oh and xx87=FPU

  19. Re:That website they linked to... on 486 Turns 15 Years Old · · Score: 1

    And of course you are both correct. It was possible to "reboot" the processor and enter real mode without rebooting the computer.

  20. Re:jup on 486 Turns 15 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Well, sometimes you need a clue by 4 and there isn't one handy, so a Model M comes in really handy.

  21. Re:Or the golden rule... on WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal Rights for Broadcasters · · Score: 1

    Somebody has to make the rules, and a wealth based oligarchy(meritocracy) is as good as any other way.

  22. Re:Or the golden rule... on WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal Rights for Broadcasters · · Score: 1

    And in a capitalistic Democratic society, anyone can become one of the rich.

  23. Re:I don't like going backwards on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    So you are one of those responsible for das-blinkenlights taking over my computer. There have always been multitaking products for IBM and compatable computers.

    I want MY fully functional command line only system back.

  24. Re:My default Linux install is just more USEFUL on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    Actually it is

    Despite the name and interface similarities, outlook is a completely different program from outlook express.

  25. Re:The Real Canadian Method on Not-So-Clean Hard Drives For Sale · · Score: 1

    yeah, but you ought to see the size of the "bullet"

    it's larger than my monitor and the gun is larger than my cube.