<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 9:11 PM Stephen Worthington <<a href="mailto:stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz">stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz</a>> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:37:13 +0800, you wrote:<br>
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>As the cost of flash drops it looks more and more attractive. You *can* get 4T samsung SSDs.<br>
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Except that when you run the figures for a MythTV recording drive,<br>
even a 4 TByte SSD will get worn out pretty rapidly. That is for the<br>
level of recording I do though, which is pretty heavy. When huge SSDs<br>
get down in price enough that you can afford to replace them every 4-5<br>
years, then they will be the right choice for MythTV. But we are not<br>
there yet.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">I have been running MythTV since the early 2000s and since 2008 as the main System in the house. I have had (and all are still in use):</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">2x (5x 2TB) Raid-5 Enclosure</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">1x (5x 3TB) Raid-5 Enclosure</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">1x (5x 6TB) Raid-5 Enclosure</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">They are all the same brand (SansDigital) tower which has E-Sata and USB outputs. I have had to replace the fans and PS in 3 of 4 (the 6TB array will start dieing soon I am sure), but I have never lost a single drive. I do vacuum the front screens and back fan and vents routinely (old telecom routine maintenance habit I suppose)..</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Anyhow, they are relatively cheap in relation since they come fully ready to go - no external power or anything is required, but they are not network connected, so an Esata connection is needed (unless you are courageous and want to run USB3).</div></div></div>