[mythtv-users] Another take on large-capacity disk enclosures

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Jeff Wormsley<daworm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Heh, the parallels... I decommissioned my own 8x250G array that was on a
>> 3Ware 9550SX just a few months ago, replacing it with four 1.5T Seagate
>> drives using the onboard Marvell controller on an Intel D975BX2 motherboard.
>> One major difference: my 8x250 setup cost ~$600, not $3000...
>
> Yeah, mine was built when 250G drives were about $250 each, and the case
> cost me nearly $500, and the 3-Ware card was over $200.  Still, I've gotten
> my money's worth out of it.
>
> I'll probably move this setup into one of those 20 bay cases, and build a
> second software array on new drives, migrate the data and move the mount
> points around, then decommission the old drives into a few older machines I
> can donate to local schools or churches that could use them.  Might even get
> a tax write-off out of some of it.
>

I still have a server here at work. Dual Opteron 246 with 16 to 20 WD
250GB sata 1 drives. I think we paid about $3500 for the thing back in
2004. Still runs 64 bit gentoo linux and still serves as our main
fileserver.

John