Damn, I thought I would never pay $1000 for a hard drive again!

[compuwiz1]

I just bought this freaking thing!
Since my array (raid 5) requires 4 of them, could I ask if someone here could pick up the tab?

 

[Shawn]

that sucks. I paid $100 each for my 200GB drives.

 

[imported_Mike]

$1000 each? :Q

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

That sucks... (Adding 5th drive to RAID 5 array now, for much cheaper too).

 

[compuwiz1]

Over $1000 each!

 

[Acanthus]

They are pretty much the fastest SCSI HDs on the market today, so the price is justified.

 

[imported_Mike]

Nice, a $4400 raid array. :thumbsup:

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Over $1000 each!

Damn. I'm so glad there is stuff more excessive than mine. But kudos to you for getting that beast.

 

[compuwiz1]

They are pretty much the fastest SCSI HDs on the market today, so the price is justified.

Amen. Can't wait for a day off, to build my new box and try them. This one is gonna be the juke box and video server for the house.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Why would you do that? ARe you running a server off a T1?

 

[JRock]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I just bought this freaking thing!
Since my array (raid 5) requires 4 of them, could I ask if someone here could pick up the tab?

RAID5 only "requires" 3 drives

 

[DaWhim]

damn.....

 

[imported_Mike]

What was the first HD you paid over $1k for?

 

[compuwiz1]

Why would you do that? ARe you running a server off a T1?

No. T3

This house has lots of flat screen monitors, with each room having access to a monster A/V library.

 

[JRock]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

Why would you do that? ARe you running a server off a T1?

No. T3

This house has lots of flat screen monitors, with each room having access to a monster A/V library.

Damn a residential T3? What do you pay a month? Where are you located? and how much was the install to run?

 

[compuwiz1]

RAID5 only "requires" 3 drives

and a parity drive, dumbo.

You can actually go up to 8, if I;m not mistaken.

 

[PokerGuy]

$1000+ for a 150GB drive? Holy moly, for that price it better clean the house and wash the car for me as well. That's one heck of a setup there!

<Pokerguy slinks away in shame with mere striped array of WD's>

 

[JRock]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

RAID5 only "requires" 3 drives

and a parity drive, dumbo.

You can actually go up to 8, if I;m not mistaken.

"Description: One of the most popular RAID levels, RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives."

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/raid/levels/singleLevel5-c.html

I like annoying people in the morning... sorry

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

Why would you do that? ARe you running a server off a T1?

No. T3

This house has lots of flat screen monitors, with each room having access to a monster A/V library.

Call me skeptical, but I have a very hard time believing that somebody would have an $8,000-$15,000 A MONTH dedicated connection running into their home.

 

[isasir]

Is this for your house or a client's?

 

[Runes911]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

Why would you do that? ARe you running a server off a T1?

No. T3

This house has lots of flat screen monitors, with each room having access to a monster A/V library.

Call me skeptical, but I have a very hard time believing that somebody would have an $8,000-$15,000 A MONTH dedicated connection running into their home.

Hes about to drop $4,000+ on a HD array and acts like its not that big of a deal. I can believe him...

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

RAID5 only "requires" 3 drives

and a parity drive, dumbo.

You can actually go up to 8, if I;m not mistaken.

you can do 3 drive raid 5. also, one drive isn't exclusively parity, the parity bits mixed in throughout the array.

 

[Rubycon]

yeah that'll hurt

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

RAID5 only "requires" 3 drives

and a parity drive, dumbo.

You can actually go up to 8, if I;m not mistaken.

Depends upon your controller. I can have 32 drives (4 8-port controllers co-existing for a RAID 5 array). Just FYI.

 

[Red Dawn]

Man you've come a long way. I remember just a couple of years ago you were here begging for money so you could pay Vet bills.