[mythtv-users] Extremely Good Deal on 2.5" drive

[Brian Wood]

On Jun 13, 2006, at 4:02 PM, Ow Mun Heng wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 14:52 -0700, Mudit Wahal wrote:
>> On 6/13/06, Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 13:30 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>>>> On Jun 13, 2006, at 1:15 PM, Mudit Wahal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kurobox, which can hold an IDE HD, is another alternative, though
>>>>> double the price. Linksys NSLU2 running slug can be used as  
>>>>> ext. NAS.
>>>>> Both of these run linux, comes with source code etc etc. Kuro  
>>>>> is quite
>>>>> poweful, has its own community.
>>>>>
>>>>> link for kuro http://kurobox.com/
>>>>> link for nslu2 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
>>>
>>> both of which are expensive. For the price of the Kurabox, I can  
>>> get a
>>> High End Via EPIA M10K (~USD159) or if a lower spec, even cheaper!
>>> (533Mhz @ USD89)
>>>
>>> Just Add Ram and HD.
>>>
>>> (actually, that isn't too bad an idea. Geta 533Mhz EPIA, Add in  
>>> 128MB
>>> Ram, 1 PCI SATA/IDE adapter and put it into a casing and hook up 4-6
>>> hard drives for NAS)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> How much are the case with power supply for the EPIAs ? Last time I
>> checked couple of months back, it was as expensive as the mobo  
>> itself.
>
> Mini-ibox sells it as a kit. 800Mhz EPIA - USD158 inclusive of power
> supply minus box.
>
> I guess one could fabricate a box. or get a box for
> http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.87/it.A/id.451/.f (USD50)
>
>> Kuro has gigethernet which gives it higher marks.
> Oh..
>
>> if Kuro has enough horse power to record stuff over the haupagge USB,
>> then its a perfect low power backend.
>
> Actually, I was just thinking of using it as a NAS to serve recorded
> content on demand. (meaning, I just turn it on when I need to watch  
> some
> programs on _that_ particular HD. This was I save on my MBTF - mean  
> time
> between failures)

Maybe, and maybe not.

Electronic devices are always subject to the "lightbulb effect".

What is that ? When do you see a lightbulb burn out, when it is just  
sitting there burning away, or when you switch it on ??

The first case does happen, but the vast majority of burnouts happen  
when the power is switched on.

Failures related to bearings and the like might be reduced by turning  
the drive off when not in use, but taking all failures into account,  
including electronic ones, that is not necessarily the case.