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- Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:59 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Best media to backup data?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6519
Re: Best media to backup data?
I need about 1-2 gigs now... Surely DVD must be the best option for this amount. Take alternate DVD's to different locations. Take the first to work and leave it in your desk drawer. Take the second to your parents the next time you seem them etc... When you've exhausted all locations start from th...
- Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:33 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: network attached storage
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2326
I've got one of these... http://www.synology.com/enu/products/DS101serise/index.php bought from here... http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=288370 It is fanless and has good power control over the harddisk so it is normally not spinning. For extra quietness, I've installed a ...
- Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:38 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Rants about Hardware review sites...
- Replies: 31
- Views: 33087
- Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:11 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New System Advice: Nearly-Quiet - File Server
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2971
What about this: http://www.mashie.org/casemods/udat1.html If you would like an easy solution that is similar to this (and you could make do with only 3 hard disks) I would suggest one of these... http://www.itx-warehouse.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductID=291 and one of these... http://www.scan.co.uk/Pr...
- Wed May 31, 2006 12:38 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2.5" drive enclosure [Poll]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4524
Not an enclosure, but an attempt at making them quieter:
http://www.siliconacoustics.com/noisema ... lator.html
http://www.siliconacoustics.com/noisema ... lator.html
- Mon May 08, 2006 3:56 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Newisys NA-1400 NAS Appliance
- Replies: 38
- Views: 32016
For those wanting a quiet NAS, I would recommend one of these:
http://www.synology.com/enu/products/DS ... /index.php
I have one containing a 2.5" drive mounted in foam. Very quiet (no internal fan) and faster than my 54Mb wireless network.
http://www.synology.com/enu/products/DS ... /index.php
I have one containing a 2.5" drive mounted in foam. Very quiet (no internal fan) and faster than my 54Mb wireless network.
- Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:39 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2.5" HDD enclosure in 3.5" HDD
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2123
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:09 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: No-Vibes 2.5 in the UK
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1155
No-Vibes 2.5 in the UK
Does anyone know of a UK supplier for the No-Vibes 2.5" model as seen below? http://www.siliconacoustics.com/noisemagic-novibes-2-5-notebook-laptop-harddrive-isolator.html or http://www.noisemagic.de/pdf/novibes/de_2_5.pdf I'm considering either a "Western Digital Scorpio 100GB WD1000VE 2.5" 8MB Cac...
- Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:25 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Home NAS with RAID 5
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10706
If you want RAID in a small box, I don't think you could beat this...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23619
6 x 2.5" drives in a single 5.25" bay. I've just got to convince the better-half that I need 6 x 100GB disks
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23619
6 x 2.5" drives in a single 5.25" bay. I've just got to convince the better-half that I need 6 x 100GB disks
- Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:19 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Home NAS with RAID 5
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10706
I would agree with steef. Mini-itx is hard to beat for a home NAS. Low power consumption, fanless, good variety of small cases, integrated network/video. The main advantage it has over an off-the-shelf NAS is the ability to run other applications. Mine gets used a lot as a download manager. I've wri...
- Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:42 am
- Forum: Notebook Systems
- Topic: Ginseng tablets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6053
I recently went through a similar process but with slightly different requirements. I have ended up with a Centrino based laptop with the Fujitsu MHT2060AT hard drive. I don't know if this has more platters than the 40GB version but it is very rare that I hear it. I do feel the heat from it though a...
- Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:22 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: RAID of the Paranoid
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19380
For those running Windows, you are more than welcome to try my FTP synchronisation program. I wrote this when I couldn't find another program I liked. It can be downloaded from http://www.alock.net . It works by modifying the archive attribute of the local files to indicate it has been backed up so ...
- Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:41 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: How much noise would 4 Samsung Spinpoint 160gb drives make..
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7800
Well meglamaniac, I've lost so many hard disks over the years I am very paranoid and probably go on and on and on and on about backup far too much. I'm sure I drive everyone I know mad :roll: When I shut down my PC, I run a script which performs a backup of my live data over my home LAN to a mini it...
- Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:25 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: How much noise would 4 Samsung Spinpoint 160gb drives make..
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7800
Just a quick question... I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm genuinely interested in how you guys with several hundred GB's of storage actually backup your data. I know this thread is talking about providing redundancy from hardware failure, but RAID is not a backup. What happens if your PC is ...
- Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:54 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: reccomended 3.5 external enclosure?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2625
Try these, they look good, are fairly cheap, and do not have little 40mm fans inside: With USB2 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=112589 With USB2&Firewire http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=127643 With USB2&Firewire SATA http://www.scan.co.uk/Produ...
- Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:59 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Reading SATA 'cuda V temps??
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8210
If you are interested I can provide the source code to a program I wrote in Visual Basic to read the SMART information. It works fine for reading the temps for a PATA Seagate 7200.7. I wrote this to log the temps to a csv file so I could monitor how my server was performing whilst I wasn't there. An...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:06 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Solid State HDD from Bit Micro
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14722
- Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:14 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: RAID of the Paranoid
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19380
The point I'm trying to make is only perform a backup that has value. The point Bomba made about not destroying your data is valid, not because it is too drastic, but because it is not drastic enough. For those of you at work/college/school when reading this. When you arrive home tonight, pretend on...
- Thu Jul 08, 2004 3:33 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: RAID of the Paranoid
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19380
There will most likely be people who will disagree with this but... The most important aspect of a backup is that it is correctly backing up your data. You should therefore periodically test your backup. If you Ghost your C partition, try formatting it and restoring your image. If you have a RAID, s...
- Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:24 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Hard disk drive temperature errors
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2504
Sorry, if I didn't make it clear, the program is available at:
http://www.alock.net/download/HDDTemp.zip
I have only tried it with 80Gb and 120Gb Seagate PATA hard disks. I would be interested to know if it works with anyone else's drives.
http://www.alock.net/download/HDDTemp.zip
I have only tried it with 80Gb and 120Gb Seagate PATA hard disks. I would be interested to know if it works with anyone else's drives.
- Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:23 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Hard disk drive temperature errors
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2504
Hard disk drive temperature errors
I have recently consrtucted a quiet FTP server which has no fans in the case. My hard disk is mounted in a Zalman heat pipe cooler so I can only hear the hard disk with my head about 1 foot from the case. After playing around with DTemp, I became concerned about the maximum temperature of the drive ...