Re: Storage Robot for your Home

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >RAID properly ...

eg:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2007/02/
apples_xserve_r.html

Chris



On 10 Apr 2007, at 21:10, Phil Harris wrote:

> Hence my original statement of:
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> "Depends whether you mean a properly implemented RAID setup or a
> half-arsed-done-on-the-cheap setup..."
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> Doing RAID properly isn't cheap!
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> Phil
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Andy Davies
>> Sent: 10 April 2007 21:05
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Storage Robot for your Home
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>> But yet commercially plenty seem to run fine - perhaps it's
something
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>> with the quality of components we tend to choose for home raid...
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>> On 10/04/07, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> There have been far too many horror stories on here over the
years
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>>> RAID arrays failing irretrievably ...
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>>> Phil
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>>>> Of Chris Hunter
>>>> Sent: 10 April 2007 19:50
>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Storage Robot for your Home
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>>>> interesting ... as always, buyer beware, even with RAID !!
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>>>> Chris
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>>>> On 10 Apr 2007, at 17:16, Phil Harris wrote:
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>>>>> Depends whether you mean a properly implemented RAID
setup or a
>>>>> half-arsed-done-on-the-cheap setup...
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>>>>> Phil
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>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>> Of Chris Hunter
>>>>>> Sent: 10 April 2007 15:49
>>>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Storage Robot for your Home
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>>>>>> 'wonder how it compares with a RAID set-up ... ???
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>>>>>> Chris
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>>>>>> On 10 Apr 2007, at 15:29, Mark McCall wrote:
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>>>>>>> As our appetite for data storage in our
automated homes
>> continues
>>>>>>> to grow,
>>>>>>> here's a device that looks interesting. Billed
as the worlds
>> first
>>>>>>> "storage
>>>>>>> robot", this PC or Mac compatible USB
hard drive array handles
>> all
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> configuration tasks automatically...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1869.html
>>>>>>>
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