[mythtv-users] USB Harddrives
Mitch Gore
mitchell.gore at gmail.com
Tue Jul 22 22:52:13 UTC 2008
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Peter VanDerWal <peter at vanderwal.us> wrote:
> >> It's more cost-effective to buy a big new hard drive and replace
> >> what's there than to run another machine. Newegg had a 500GB drive for
> >> $69 this morning.
> >>
> >> <http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users>
> >>
> >
> > Except for this sentence that wrote last post
> > "I do have one other 120gb drive i would like to
> >> put in my Mythbox but there is no room in the backend box."
> >
> > I dont want to have a tower machine in my theater. I have a mATX Home
> > Theater case that can only hold 3 drives. If i remove the myBook that has
> > 2x250 drives and if i add the 120gb thats a total on 6 disks....
> >
> > If i use a old machine how long would it take to cost me ~130 in Power?
> > Considering its a AMD 1800+.
>
> Hard to answer that without knowing for sure how much power your proposed
> NAS draws and what electricity costs you.
> But a (reallY) rough estimate, your drives are going to draw about 10
> watts each x 6 = 60 watts. The rest of the computer (NAS) probably draws
> at least 50-60 watts.
> Say 120 watts total - 10 watts for the new drive. Assume electricity is
> $0.10 per kWh, that means you'll break even in about 16 months. If you
> sell the old drives/computer you'll break even a lot sooner.
>
True, but i can spin down the drives when not in use like i do on my other
drives. So it will on average be the system draw plus a watt or two...
This is a good discussion...but to trying to explain why i need to buy new
drives that are going to cost ~250-300 up front is not going to be a easy
one with the wife. lol.
Mitchell
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