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    Building a NAS? Skip the Performance Drives

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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    01:10 PM

    In reply to Building a NAS? Skip the Performance Drives
    What would LHer's recommend in terms of the best reliability 1TB drives for a NAS? Is that size in the sweet spot at this point? Am I going to significantly decrease reliability using 2TB drives? #diy
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    Image of David Frederick Becker David Frederick Becker
    01:14 PM

    @AmphetamineCrown: The Western Digital Caviar Black drives are by far the most reliable. [www.newegg.com]
    In fact, I just ordered two of these yesterday!
    Judging from current trends, virtually all of the 2TB drives currently out have pretty bad reliability track records. I had considered them, too, but I don't want to waste money on them.
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    AmphetamineCrown promoted this comment Edited by David Frederick Becker at 11/07/09 1:15 PM David Frederick Becker was starred David Frederick Becker was unstarred
    Image of brisketboy brisketboy
    01:28 PM

    @AmphetamineCrown: If you're primary goal is the reliability of an individual drive and you're willing to pay the premium an "enterprise" drive like the Barracuda ES.2 or something from the newer Constellation line is going to give you the best reliability, especially if you plan on running 24/7.

    If cost is more of a factor, you might consider 1.5TB drives. Seagate (Barracuda LP), WD (Caviar Green), and Samsung (Eco Green F2) all have low-spindle-speed 1.5TB drives. Put them in a RAID 5 or RAID 6 configuration for reliability, utilize the 3-year warranty if needed, and you'll be fine.

    I personally just put together a NAS with 6 1.5 TB Barracuda LPs in a RAID 6 running the Openfiler NAS software and its been running like a champ. 70MB/s over gigabit ethernet without jumbo frames enabled. #diy
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    02:17 PM

    @brisketboy: @David Frederick Becker: I've actually been using the Barracuda ES.2s in my 6 drive ReadyNAS. It is about a year old, and I replaced one a couple months ago when the monitoring software started detecting errors. Now I'm starting to see errors on two other drives. As easy as they are to replace, I'm not really liking the concept of running through 3 drives a year.

    Maybe I'll try the Caviar black drives and see how they do. Seems like I'm going to develop quite the history with replacing drives. #diy
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    04:28 AM

    In reply to 5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can
    Can I go on eBay and buy back the first 2 minutes and 22 seconds I lost watching that video? #cancrusher
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    Image of Zordon Zordon
    02:32 PM

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Aren't you interested in seeing the tech that's inside the PSU box itself? If not...what are you doing on this website? #cancrusher
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02:33 PM

    @Zordon: He didn't need 2:22 to explain it.

    Show me the BOOM first, then explain how it was done. #cancrusher
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    11/06/09

    In reply to 5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can
    That cap is puny when compared to the ones I saw in the hallway outside the office of Harold Edgerton at MIT in 1980. They were about 3' cubes!

    [en.wikipedia.org] #cancrusher
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    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    11/06/09

    In reply to 5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can
    Everyone who was anticipating that huge capacitor to blow up, say "I".

    Aye.

    Next time, put a lab rat wraped in alluminum foil. I mean that is the technical, regular application of lab rats when it comes to this kind of wizardry right? Hocus pocus! #cancrusher
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    11/06/09

    In reply to 5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can
    Time warp did this last week with magnets and had something similar. #cancrusher
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    Image of Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds
    11/06/09

    In reply to 5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can
    So incredibly pointless. #cancrusher
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    Image of Kymeira Kymeira
    11/06/09

    @Duckspwn: Loves Approving Reds: So incredibly incredible.

    Fixed. #cancrusher
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    Image of Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds
    11/06/09

    @Duckspwn: Loves Approving Reds: I say that with love of course. #cancrusher
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    Image of Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds
    11/06/09

    @Kymeira: @reckoner23: @Alex Molinari: Fine, I stand corrected. I hate you all. #cancrusher
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    11/06/09

    @Duckspwn: Loves Approving Reds: Then our work is done here... #cancrusher
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/06/09

    In reply to DIY Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator Almost Makes Regular Bluetooth Headsets Look Stylish

    I thought about making a BT communicator but I didn't want to have something else to carry around in my pocket.

    Besides, I'd rather have one of these...
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    Image of blash blash
    11/06/09

    In reply to Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking
    Or, you could just run the wires across the floor. It ain't pretty but when you don't host many non-nerd types, no one really cares.

    Also, 100 foot Cat6 cables for $21 from Newegg after tax and shipping? Why not? #diyethernetwiring
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    Image of Nowell Nowell
    12:35 AM

    @blash: Much easier to order a 3-500 foot kit and make them to order. Saves a lot in the long run. #diyethernetwiring
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    Image of blash blash
    02:47 PM

    @Nowell: Yeah, but I only needed one (college dorm room and all), and being in LA means that Newegg's 3 day shipping is free overnight for me. #diyethernetwiring
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/06/09

    In reply to Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking
    Hah, it's easy for me because my house is a shopping cart. #diyethernetwiring
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/06/09

    In reply to Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking
    Ha, I just bought a house with the wiring already done! #diyethernetwiring
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    11/04/09

    In reply to DIY Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower Lets You Pretend To Be An X-Man
    I think I'm in love. #pyrowristmountedflamethrower
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    11/04/09

    In reply to DIY Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower Lets You Pretend To Be An X-Man
    It burns when I pee! #pyrowristmountedflamethrower
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
    "No Homers allowed!" #knockdetectingdoorlock
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    11/04/09

    In reply to DIY Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower Lets You Pretend To Be An X-Man
    To be fair because Pyro controls fire rather than creating it, this sort of thing is perfect for him. He's often depicted with some form of flamethrower on him anyway. #pyrowristmountedflamethrower
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    11/04/09

    In reply to DIY Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower Lets You Pretend To Be An X-Man
    Make it jet propelled and we're one step closer to Iron Man. :) #pyrowristmountedflamethrower
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