[plug] Raid-5 recovery

[Brad Campbell]

Ben Jensz wrote:
> Brad Campbell wrote:
> 
>>
>> It's going to be worse when I crack the 1TB mark.
>> At least I don't have to back it up onto 360k floppies with MS-Backup :p)
>>
> If this is personal data, then you don't use all of that data all the 
> time do you?  Why not invest in a DVD burner and back stuff up onto DVD 
> to get it off of your computer, so you don't need so much space to begin 
> with?
> 

Well given it's pretty all much DVD's, .mp3's and movies ripped of 
satellite I guess most of the source material was on disk anyway.

The deal here is if you bring a lot of media into Dubai you draw 
attention to yourself and customs are likley to confiscate all your 
media for an indefinite period of time for inspection for porn.
So I transported all mine up on 5x200GB hard disks. Customs just X-rayed 
them and waved me through.

The other thing is, it's all set up as a home entertainement system with 
my Projector and an IR remote. So I just turn it on and I have 
FTA-TV/SAT-TV/150 Movies and 7000 mp3's at my disposal for navigation 
with my remote. It would mean I had to plan what I wanted to watch 
instead of scrolling through the list and landing on Red Dwarf Series 2 
Episode 3.

I'm now looking for a bigger/quieter case with decent cooling for 8 hard 
disks. The one I have now has 3 80mm case fans, plus 2 in the PSU plus 
the CPU cooler. It's far louder than the projector and the hard disks 
get a bit warm. Plus I only have room for one additional disk, and that 
is right out of the fan's cooling area.

Regards,
Brad