[14:21] <Cheri703> Anyone have a RAID setup they use with any regularity?
[14:21] <Cheri703> I'm contemplating the idea
[15:21] <thafreak> i do
[15:21] <thafreak> i have several
[15:22] <thafreak> but more disks mean more potential for failure actually
[15:23] <thafreak> since having 3-4 times the number of disks spinning 24/7, I've seen a major increase in the number of failing hard drives at my house...
[15:23] <thafreak> :/
[15:23] <thafreak> like my newest raid 10 array, i just happened to peak in the dmesg, I saw sata errors on one of the disks
[15:24] <thafreak> but no errors from MD/raid layer...and no smart errors yet
[15:24] <thafreak> so, I have no idea what happened there
[15:24] <thafreak> probably me using non-raid compatible drives
[15:24] <thafreak> there might be some weight to the disk manufacturer's argument that you should use raid compatible disks
[15:25] <thafreak> i.e. WD RE4 or Red drives, or seagate ES2 drives
[15:25] <thafreak> not sure if there are any drive manufacturers left out there besides WD and seagate...
[15:25] <thafreak> well, who's cheapest drives aren't $500
[15:27] <thafreak> that's my 2 cents anyway
[15:28] <thafreak> I would try the WD Red drives...not because I have any experience with them mind you, but there really isn't much to choose from anyway
[15:28] <thafreak> the Red drives are supposed to be geard for home NAS, and therefore combine the benefits of the Green drives with some of the features of the RE4 enterprise raid drives
[15:29] <thafreak> at a cost closer to the green drives
[15:30] <thafreak> I used to be very pro-seagate, but I just recently had 3 out of 4 high end enterprise class (read expensive) seagate drives die after maybe 3 1/2 years
[15:30] <thafreak> i expect cheap desktop drives to have that kind of lifespan, not the ones you pay almost double for...
[15:30] <thafreak> ok, sorry...</rant>
[16:26] <dzho> no no, let the ranting flow
[18:39] <paultag> http://www.theonion.com/articles/fucker-riding-mans-ass-whole-way-out-to-cleveland,6860/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=standard-post%3Asection%3Adefault NSFW
[18:39] <paultag> but awesome
[20:27] <thafreak> anyone ever buy a case like this:
[20:27] <thafreak> http://www.amazon.com/Nanuk-Case-Cubed-Foam-Olive/dp/B003JH7ZLS/ref=sr_1_41_m?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1350073547&sr=1-41
[20:28] <thafreak> I'm considering getting one for transporting hard drives
[20:28] <thafreak> using either bare sata drives, or external usb drives as backup media
[20:28] <thafreak> instead of tapes