11 Sep
2010
11 Sep
'10
8:31 p.m.
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
<nando(a)ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 15:12 +0200, Kjetil S.
Matheussen wrote:
Hmm a other way might be a backup via network? Having some data
storing device in the home network...
We have several pc's running here, so it might be a good thing. On the
other hand... the energy bill was pretty dissapointing this year... I
don't know what is better in respect to energy usage.
\r
On Sat, 11 Sep 2010, rosea grammostola wrote:
It depends on your luck, in my experience it is not always like that. I
have seen drives that develop bad sectors and you can migrate from them
(minus the bad sectors, of course).
In other instances the warning is just minutes away from complete
failure[*]. "smartctl" is not useful in those (most) cases. I have also
had drives fail on power up - everything is fine until you turn them
off, and then it they are just dead with a periodic click of death.
So, backup backup and backup, and if the data is really important
(think: what would I do if it is gone?) keep an up to date copy
off-site.
-- Fernando
[*] for example: "oh, that's odd, firefox just segfaulted ... and a
minute later nothing works and then your are puzzled and then you
realize the hard disk is gone".
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Kjetil S.
Matheussen
<k.s.matheussen(a)notam02.no> wrote:
Oh, I don't. :-) When using plain ext2/3/4 file systems you
receive hints (strange pauses, eventually a random file is
corrupted) that something is wrong long before everything is lost.
I've never lost anything important, but have replaced
my HD many times.
rosea grammostola:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for all the info so far.
> I have gathered some components:
>
> Processor: i5 750
> Heatsink: ?
> MB: Asus P7P55D
> Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB(2x2GB) PC3-10666
> HDD: 2 x Western Digital WD5000AADS (Bulk, Caviar Green) (500GB)
> Case: Antec SOLO
> Fan: Nexus 120mm Real Silent case fan
> DVD: Lite-On iHAS124 24xDVDRW
> PSU: Seasonic S12II, 380Watt, ATX
> Screen: Lenovo L1951p 19" or ThinkVision L197 19inch (1440x900) Wide
> Flat Panel LCD (Analog/Digital) HDCP TCO 03,MPR-II
>
That cabinet has the PSU placed at the top.
If you want a silent case, but one which is cheaper
than antec p183, maybe fractal design could
be an alternative?
Also, I would buy one harddrive at 1GB instead of two at 500GB.
Harddrives these days are so fast anyway, that you probably don't
need to run RAID or anything for multitracking. (Even the
slowest HD should be more than fast enough.)
In your setup, the harddrive is also likely to make the most
noise. (not because the ones you have picked is noisy, quite
the contrary, but because the other parts should be quite silent)
True, but how do you backup your stuff?