[mythtvnz] partitions

[Tim Gibson]

I've got all my backed up movies on a nas box with an ever expanding LV
using ext4 as the file system, my only concern is single drive failure = all
data gone.

Tim

2009/5/13 millst at np.co.nz <millst at np.co.nz>

> >I would suggest using a 16Gb or 32Gb Compact Flash card with an IDE
> adapter.
> >Saves gluing it all together.
>
> Although... thinking about it more.
> 25watts running 24 hours a day is about $54 of power a year.
> That means you have to spend less than $54 to get a payback within one
> year.
> More than a year and SSD's will probably have doubled in capacity and
> halved in price.
>
> I would tend to hold on and spend that $54 on the power to maintain your
> status quo and wait till solid state drives come down a bit more in price
> and expand in size.
>
> Then you can replace all your hard disks with SSD's, spend a lot less
> money, get more capacity and also reduce your power bill from that point
> forward.
>
> $54 does not buy a lot of hardware right now that is going to really give
> you the capacity you are likely to need over the next 2 to 3 years and you
> will probably find yourself running out of space and needing to spend more
> money than what you will save in power over that period of time.
>
> Toby
>
>
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Regards
Tim, Donna and Erin Gibson
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