[20:36] holy cow, forgot how loud old scsi drives are :) [20:37] yeah? :) [20:37] just fired up dban to wipe an old 9gb FULL HEIGHT scsi drive before I throw it in the dumpster [20:37] thafreak: btw, how much was your case if you don't mind me asking, and how big is it? [20:37] Hahahaha [20:37] that's pretty great [20:37] I have to do some drive backups soon (this week) [20:37] $40 and it is like 10"x7"x5" (outside) ish [20:38] but I got the one with foam padding...cubbed foam [20:38] thafreak: what have you been putting in it? [20:38] oh yeah, I'll be wanting that [20:38] nothing yet...i started cutting the cubes out for fitting 3.5" sata drives in it [20:38] but I was waiting for some antistatic plastic boxes to put the drives in first [20:39] they came today...but the drives won't fit with them :( [20:39] I'm worried about running drives inside a case like that [20:39] If I put the drives on their side, in just antistatic bags, I can fit about 6 drives in this little case [20:39] they might overheat [20:39] thafreak: that's not bad [20:39] Oh, yeah, I wouldn't run drives inside it [20:40] if I use the plastic cases, the don't fit on their side, so best I could fit would be 2 :( [20:40] guess antistatic bags it is :) [20:40] or buy a bigger case for storage, and keep this smaller one for transport [20:40] I actually saw a case specifically made for HD storage on newegg... [20:41] it looked like a big alluminum briefcase, and had slots for 10 HD's in it [20:42] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817993061 [20:42] well, I want to run a shitload of hardware inside something hardcore. [20:45] that's a badass case, thafreak [20:46] well, the pelicans are air tight...which is a problem for normal hardware :) [20:46] you'd need industrial stuff [20:47] mmmm [20:47] the pelicans actually have a one way valve that pushes all air out when you close it shut [20:48] I could run it "open" when I need to [20:48] they make motherboards/cpu combos that are meant to run in airtight (and therefore dust free) containers [20:48] could do that...and just close it for transport [20:48] set it down, open it up, and plug it in [20:48] yap [20:49] Also, newegg has arm v6 mb's now too... [20:49] oh? [20:49] $60 [20:49] 800mhz and runs android by default... [20:49] Ooohhhhhhhhh [20:49] oh v6, hurm [20:49] they're also a bit bigger than the pi [20:49] do you know if it has the hardfloat ABI? [20:49] yeah [20:49] also, RAM? [20:49] slash cores [20:50] pi is a v6 with hfabi [20:50] but it's short on RAM, and speed [20:50] I need some build nodes, and 60 bucks isn't bad [20:51] 512mb [20:51] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813177001 [20:52] well...for $60, you could get atoms...or amd fusions [20:52] or via's [20:52] course,those are usually sans-ram [20:52] but ram is cheap [20:52] thafreak: hummm [20:52] well, I don't want x86 [20:52] and those are usually dual core [20:52] I have EC2 and old machines [20:52] oh you want to be exotic eh :) [20:53] I want some beefy ARM hardware for build nodes [20:53] I can test-build 32 bit easy [20:53] yeah ok [20:53] that's ARM11, which is v6 + hf, iirc [20:53] so that could run raspbian [20:54] too slow though [20:54] yeah, the raspberry pi is a bit pokey [20:54] well, when you do i/o, like using aptitude [20:54] haven't compiled anything on it yet [20:54] maybe you just go with beagle bone [20:55] too bad the other boards like the beagle board, panda board, etc are like $150 [20:55] though TI seems to be backing away from that [21:01] paultag: according to this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/Server you can also use ARM AMI's on ec2... [21:02] thafreak: it takes a serious dent [21:02] and it's on a large [21:04] http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMele-A1000-Android-Internet-Optical%2Fdp%2FB008PBTS18&ei=mlilUN-zLbOI0QH7v4CQDA&usg=AFQjCNHp9paTqPFov8ongSaWork1W4Oy2g&cad=rja [21:04] crap [21:04] http://www.amazon.com/Mele-A1000-Android-Internet-Optical/dp/B008PBTS18 [21:04] it's a ghz class arm with an esata port too [21:05] I need something bulky [21:07] looks like debian's got some Freescale MX53 LOCO Board [21:07] (s) [21:09] there was some sort of Calxeda something a while ago [21:14] damn....this! http://liliputing.com/2012/08/49-cubieboard-is-an-allwinner-a10-developer-board-mini-pc.html [21:14] A8, a bit old, but servicable [21:14] price is right [21:15] SATA port, dang. [21:16] RAM is low [21:16] but not bad [21:17] there's a bunch of 1.6ghz ish dual core boards around $55 [21:18] most of them are in like usb-stick form factor for plugging directly into a tv (hdmi male end) [21:18] no ethernet, but some have wifi [21:18] SATA is a pretty big thing [21:19] fast drives will be a huge plus [21:19] and it'd be nice to make some of these archive thingers [21:19] couple of ssd drives, notbad.jpg [21:23] thafreak: yeah, that'd be nice. Hurmmmm. [21:27] I wonder.