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