[mythtv-users] Hard drive recommendation
John F. DeLuca
johnfdeluca at comcast.net
Sat Feb 21 00:02:03 EST 2004
On 20 Feb 2004 at 22:14, steve at nexusuk.org wrote:
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> My 9 month old 80 gig drive recently died in my Myth box, so I sent it
> back under warranty. Rather than swapping the drive with a new 80,
> the reseller has refunded me with the original amount of money.
> Obviously 9 months ago, hard drives were rather more money, so I get
> to buy a nice shiny new 120 or 160 gig for next to nothing.
>
> So, a couple of questions before I go buying a new drive:
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> 1. Any recommendations on a good drive for Myth? (quietness is a must)
My Seagate 200GB 8MB Buffer EIDE HDD is very very quiet With rebate,it cost me
$100
>
> 2. is 7200rpm actually useful? The system has a single BTTV card, but
> I'm planning to add a PVR350 at some point in the future, so it will
> eventually be capturing 2 streams at once while paying another. If I
> don't get any real benefit from a 7200rpm drive then getting a 5400rpm
> one would cut noise and heat (not to mention they're cheaper).
>
> 3. Not really related to the drive itself, but does anyone know where
> I can get rubber drive mountings? I don't want the full-blown drive
> enclosures with heatsinks on them, etc. Just some rubber mountings to
> bolt the drive down with.
>
> - --
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> - Steve http://www.nexusuk.org/
>
> Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence
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