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On 05/14/2014 09:53 AM, Ian Evans wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:03 PM,
Eric Sharkey <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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it's not really that cheap and doesn't perceptibly reduce
quality.<br>
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I just ordered a new disk which, after being installed,
will take my<br>
backend up to around 13TB including space for all types of
files<br>
(recordings, video ripped from optical disks, audio,
photos, and home<br>
movies). It fills up fast. Using that space more
efficiently is<br>
definitely attractive.<br>
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But for me, it really is mostly about compatibility with
portable devices.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Boy does it ever fill up fast. Added a
2TB at Xmas and we're already at 240gb free. Of course so much
space makes one keep thinking they can put things off, so
we've got about 400gb of Dr. Oz the missus needs to check out
for me to edit down to needed segments or delete altogether.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Of course I can always put a new 2TB
(or 4TB) on the wishlist for next Xmas. But maybe I want an
HDHR4....Santa!<br>
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The issue for me is that I can't just toss another drive in my
system to expand storage. The case is full (only room for the
system flash drive and one hard drive). If I want to expand, I have
to replace my current (3TB) drive, or set up a secondary file
server.<br>
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A file server is where I need to go now. Something in the basement
with a bunch of drives in a RAID would be ideal. Unfortunately,
most of the solutions I've looked at seem to be far more expensive
than they should be. Dedicated file servers seem to be way
overpriced. Low-power systems don't have enough SATA ports.<br>
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