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drsmith
06/26/09

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"Still, transferring a 700MB file took 1:32. Transferring 8.2GB in files took 18:49. (In other words, you won't actually be copying files at 1000Mbps, but the installed system has no trouble streaming HD media over Wi-Fi.)"

That's really slow! Try doing the same file copy with xcopy (not the dreaded Windows exploder which spends more time drawing an animation than actually copying data). Over a true gigabit network, your 700MB file should have taken less than 10 seconds. I can further back up that number with real world experience transferring a 1GB file between a server and a SAN over iSCSI. Something is wrong with your configuration, imho.
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Mark Wilson
06/26/09

@drsmith: Yeah, not speedy. It was in OS X.
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MrBlahBlah
06/26/09

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Can you run time machine off this?
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GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
06/26/09

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I have a WD 320 "world edition" w/firewire and USB. It burned through one hard drive despite being actively cooled by a fan blowing on it through a hole in my desk. While that might not have caused the failure, I started getting delayed write failures, and eventually the drive got a "click of death" whenever powered on. I swapped it out for another WD HDD in the same enclosure. It worked for a little while, then the same problem cropped up after a month or so with the delayed write failures, then BSOD's. I have since put the drive in a $9.00 enclosure I got from a dealzmodo, and in over a month, not a problem.
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Nick
06/26/09

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so they bribed you with orange creme soda, eh. i never thought i would see the day were a Giz write settled for anything less than purple drank. first we lose michael and now this? how can i go on.
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Diddle my Skittles
06/26/09

@Nick: I heard Michael Jackson had a few of these. You know, to store all the child porn he had. Cause, you know, he had lots of it.
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Nick
06/26/09

@WWJD to keep Michael Jackson off the boy angels: i would hate to see who shows up for his estate sale and the bidding war over his computer.
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SkaHimself
06/26/09

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Question -

Am in the process of upgrading my home office/home entertainment set up.

I want to get either a NAS drive (like this) or a WMC Server to store all my movies, music, photos, as well as work files.

I have one laptop (running win 7), one netbook (running XP), one 360 Elite that I use for gaming on the basement TV (42" LCD), and am going to pick up another 360 for the living room TV (52" LCD).

Which is the best route to go - NAS drive like this or a WMC based-server? Or am I doing it all wrong to begin with?

You guys tend to know your shit and I was wondering if you could help.
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GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
06/26/09

@SkaHimself: FreeNAS is an awesome NAS software/OS, and is VERY easy to set up. I have a nearly two TB system running on an AMD 800mhz machine that is serving my entire office.
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Fryee
06/26/09

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I have a question about torrent websites. Obviously if you have a drive this big, you are most likley going to be downloading movies and things like that. I saw in a previous post about piratebay getting in some trouble... What is a good site to get torrents from so we can use our huge drives to store our stuff on? I like to download TV shows, I figure that it is a little safer then downloading a movie.

Any suggestions?
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GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
06/26/09

@Fryee: Encrypt the drive w/TrueCrypt w/plausible deniablity and use proxies. [lifehacker.com]
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B1663R
06/26/09

@Fryee: VerTor. its a good site, basically it previews the torrent for you so you can review the quality before you download.

an example: audio - 5 track samples of around 30 seconds each

Movies - snapshot of frames every 10 minutes into teh movie to review quality and sound sample

very good site!
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UnicornMaster
06/26/09

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Meh, I'd still want a Drobo for upgradeability and scalability.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/26/09

@UnicornMaster: They actually kind of suck... Not only that, but they're slow too.
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JonThomasDesigns
06/26/09

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Seriously i am scared of MyBook's i have a 1 TB version and it overheats randomly (in a open air area, nothing blocking it) hooked to my HP WHS server .. i have to unplug it for a few hours for it to work again
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Mark Wilson
06/26/09

@jonthomasdesigns: Interesting. I've been testing this one in a room without air conditioning and everything has been fine so far.
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32ndnote
06/26/09

@Mark Wilson: But Mark. You're in New York. Summer there makes it to like 45 degrees, right?
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closhedbb
06/26/09

@32ndnote: Are you talking C? Then 45 is pretty damn hot. If you're talking F, then that's just silly.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/26/09

@closhedbb: The only city I've been in that has more miserable heat/humidity than DC on the east coast (Not counting Florida) is NYC. It gets not only hot, but humid as hell.

I've owned multiple MyBooks, none have had heat related issues after being left on for 6 months at a stretch.

Maybe you should clean the cat hair out of yours?
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JonThomasDesigns
06/26/09

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I love me some Whole Foods Orange cream Soda !!
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Kaiser-Machead
06/26/09

@jonthomasdesigns: Tell me about it. I could go for some right now. Glad I work like 4 blocks away from one :D
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Kaiser-Machead
06/24/09

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Personally, if I'm going to buy a dual-drive RAID system, I'd rather just get something with active cooling and is easier to swap bad drives out of, similar to this little doodad.

[www.g-technology.com]
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Kaiser-Machead
06/24/09

@Kaiser-Machead: I stand corrected on the drive swappage. Nice.
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GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
06/24/09

@Kaiser-Machead: Make a little NAS box w/an old CPU.
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