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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 02:56:43
Message-Id: 4FDFE9FD.2090303@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting around ancient SATA disk size limitations by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:24:58 -0400
3 > Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 > [snip]
6 >
7 >> Felix, did you follow any
8 >> analogous steps for the 4TB drives?
9 >>
10 >> (Cripes, that's a lot of data. One drive, bigger than any of my
11 >> aggregate volumes.)
12 >
13 > Completely OT but what the heck: :-)
14 >
15 > I built a 12TB FreeNAS Storage box for the home and dared the wife to
16 > fill it with content. For purposes of illustration I told her that this
17 > was an awful lot of data - 1357 raw DVD movie rips for example.
18 >
19 > "Go for it honey!" I said thinking the myself "She will NEVER fill that,
20 > or even come close!"
21 >
22 > The joke's on me. After 6 weeks, she's halfway there ^_^
23 >
24
25 Well, I got a 750Gb drive and it is full. Good thing I use LVM. I had
26 to add a 250Gb drive and it's filling up too. I'm still trying to get
27 to where I can afford a 3Tb. Maybe that will take me a while to fill
28 up. o_O
29
30 If I had a really fast DSL or a cable connection, oh boy. It wouldn't
31 last long.
32
33 Dale
34
35 :-) :-)
36
37 --
38 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
39
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