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On 27 Aug 2008, at 20:00, Benoit St-Pierre wrote: |
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> I have two 500GB SATA drives, a 320GB IDE and a 250GB IDE. |
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> I would like to set these up so that the maximum amount of disk |
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> space is usable, but still be able to recover from any one drive |
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> failing. I would also like to be able to add drives of any size as |
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> easily as possible. |
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Cheap, fast & purty - pick any two. |
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What you're suggesting is at best a headache & more likely a complete |
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nightmare, just waiting to happen. |
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I can see that you have over 500GB of EIDE, so in the ideal world you |
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"should" be able to use that as the parity for your 2 x 500GB of SATA |
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drives. |
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But in the real world, spend £35.25 and get a 3rd 500GB SATA. |
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Use the EIDE for swap or non-redundant files or something. |
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Hard-drives from the "scrap" pile can be immensely useful, but if you |
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want ease of setup, reliability, redundancy and peace-of-mind then |
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scratch "cheap" off your list of requirements. Drives are cheap these |
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days, particularly 500GB ones right now. |
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Stroller. |
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