[mythtv-users] Dell PowerEdge 2550 1 GHz as dedicated backend/storage..?

[Chris Ribe]

On Nov 19, 2007 1:48 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 12:36:56PM -0500, Chris Ribe wrote:
> >      In general, we often get the SCSI's for less per GIG than the
> ATA's,
> >      which seems a excellent deal, what with hot-swap and hardware RAID.
> >      Trailing Edge Technology is now officially Fast Enough.
> >
> >    Really?  Because I was just browsing completed listings, and I didn't
> see
> >    anything  that had sold and shipped for less than $.65/GB, which is
> about 3
> >    times the cost of SATA storage.   Once you add the cost of RAID
> controllers
> >    and a chassis that can accommodate the dozen or so drives you need to
> get a
> >    reasonable amount of storage, SCSI is just a waste of time.
>
> I've just looked up bare 146s on eBay; the ones I see selling without
> sleds went for between 40 and 90 bucks, which is .25 to .55/GB.
>
> .25 is close enough for me.  :-)


My mistake,. I only looked up 36s.

>    It may have its applications, but video storage isn't one of them.
>
> I'm tempted to say "go open the case on one of your Grass Valley
> Profile's", but that would be mean.  :-)
>

Just for posterity,  here's what we have that plays video directly to air:

- 360 Systems ImageServers:  PATA
- Apple Xsan: PATA
- Harris Inscriber: SATA
- Pinnacle Thunder: PATA

-chris



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