[geeks] HD/IDE question

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 @ 20:06 -0400, Sridhar Ayengar said:

> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > True, and when I get the $500 or so for a file server, I might do
> > that...
> > 
> > I've been planning for it for years, but my wallet fails to comply!
> 
> $500!?  My file server's hard drive array cost more than that, and it is 
> made up of all used drives.

Well, I don't need to store a whole lot of data (I'm not into video
archiving and other big things yet).  Would be nice, but I don't need
it, at least not at first.

Of course, one thing that would bring up the costs even if I used SATA
is a hot-swap drive bay.  They are expensive, even for cheap ones.


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