I bought a server off of Ebay then bought the drives somewhere else. I got a Dell Poweredge 4300 (supports Redhat) and I loaded it with 6 50GB SCSI hard drives for $50 a piece and did RAID 5.
I don't know if this is the best option but it gave me 250GB of RAID 5 space for under $1000 including shipping. The server came with 3 9GB drives that I bought a holder up top and mirrored them with the OS to make sure the computer doesn't go down that way. With this solution you also get the advantage of good cooling, and multiple power supplies. Of course you get the hotswap bays up front too.
This is just a thought I'm still not sure if this is better then going the SATA route since bigger SCSI drives are so expensive!
I agree with everything you said if you apply it to pro photography.
But not everyone is a pro! For pics of fluffy or some family event you don't need an slr camera. Also you mention how the lenses aren't interchangable well believe it or not 35mm cameras exist that don't have interchangable lenses. Are those people idiots for not spending more money on an 35mm SLR? No they aren't they just have different priorities.
Saying all of this I will say I own and digital SLR and absolutly love it. I also think people should try to take better pictures but since some people just aren't good at it I feel fine taking my own pictures and letting them buy prints off of ofoto.com
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I bought a server off of Ebay then bought the drives somewhere else. I got a Dell Poweredge 4300 (supports Redhat) and I loaded it with 6 50GB SCSI hard drives for $50 a piece and did RAID 5.
I don't know if this is the best option but it gave me 250GB of RAID 5 space for under $1000 including shipping. The server came with 3 9GB drives that I bought a holder up top and mirrored them with the OS to make sure the computer doesn't go down that way. With this solution you also get the advantage of good cooling, and multiple power supplies. Of course you get the hotswap bays up front too.
This is just a thought I'm still not sure if this is better then going the SATA route since bigger SCSI drives are so expensive!
I agree with everything you said if you apply it to pro photography.
But not everyone is a pro! For pics of fluffy or some family event you don't need an slr camera. Also you mention how the lenses aren't interchangable well believe it or not 35mm cameras exist that don't have interchangable lenses. Are those people idiots for not spending more money on an 35mm SLR? No they aren't they just have different priorities.
Saying all of this I will say I own and digital SLR and absolutly love it. I also think people should try to take better pictures but since some people just aren't good at it I feel fine taking my own pictures and letting them buy prints off of ofoto.com
"oh lisa, you and your stories...bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells...now lets go back to that...building...thingy...where our beds and tv...is"