[mythtv-users] Dec 2008 - State of the Art - Hard Drive Recommendations?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Thu Dec 18 20:19:23 UTC 2008


On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 03:14:20PM -0500, f-myth-users at media.mit.edu wrote:
>     > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:41:12 -0800
>     > From: David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us>
> 
>     > That sounds impressive until you realize it's about a 1.5 inch drop to
>     > concrete, for a bare drive.  (Obviously packaging helps a lot by
>     > spreading out the deceleration.)
> 
> Hey, you know what would be great?  Hot-swappable drive bays that are
> designed with foam padding around the part you remove!  That way, when
> you pull the drive and then promptly fumble it and drop it on the
> floor, there's at least a -chance- of a saving throw...

...or better yet: padded datacenters.

[deletia]

Mwuahaha...


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