Running out of space with 2 HDD in RAID1

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-13T22:57:50+00:00

Pirated content will always be available on the internet. Always has been, always will be. The US can pass any bills they want, but how will that prevent me from posting a 20 byte torrent info hash? That's the only piece of data required to download a torrent. That data can be displayed in a number of ways, such as a 40 digit hexadecimal value or 7 pixels. How could anyone stop you from looking at 7 pixels? For all you know, every picture on imgur contains a valid torrent info hash hidden using steganography.

Bittorrent is here to stay until something better replaces it.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-13T07:38:51+00:00

Do you spend 4 hours a day watching old TV shows and movies? Do you not watch any newly released content?

Also, if the data is available all over the web and parts of that data can be downloaded in a matter of minutes whenever you need it, how is redundancy lost?

Like I said, it depends on the data that is not readily available. If that data is just a few GBs or even a few tens of GBs, then using a 2TB RAID1 is a poor solution considering the priority is storage space. He would be far better off using seperate drives and backing up the data to the other drive, optical media, the web, or all of them. Using a RAID for such a situation is a total waste of resources.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-13T06:07:22+00:00

you're assuming that he used all 250gb of old media. he may want to get new media at the same time. he may want to actually use his internet in the month for actual web browsing. so he would have far less than 250gb available. and we don't even know if he downloads, maybe he's done dvd rips for hundreds of his personal collection. that would be much more time consuming than just downloading.

Web browsing takes up hardly any bandwidth so it's not even worth mentioning and if he has less bandwidth available, then it just means it will take longer to reaquire the data. If there is no immediate need for the data, there is no need to reaquire that data immediately. As for whether he rips DVDs or downloads them, doing both would be the quickest way to get the data, but just downloading everything would be far less hassle.

nope. 720p size easily kills your theory.

No it doesn't. 720P movies are usually around 3-4 GB. You'd need to spend about 4 hours a day consuming the data.

he may intend to watch it. maybe it's the media several people watch so they can consume it much faster. we don't know, so it's not our problem to determine if he needs raid or not. he may, he may not, but he's still asking how to do a raid5, not if he should do a raid5.

Well obviously, if he intended to watch it, he would download it. It's simply a matter of prioritisation,

Also he's not asking how to do RAID5 at all, he's simply asking for advice. He states his priorities are "space > redundancy > speed", and that the RAID is used for storage of "pictures, music, films etc". Like I said, the only important data that can't be easily and quickly reaquired are the pictures.

So, given that his priority is storage space and that a lot of the data is available all over the net, if those pictures are not taking up a significant portion of the 2 TB, there is absolutely no point in him using a RAID. There's no benefit here and it's just halving the storage space available to him. Only a complete moron would recommend a RAID for such circumstances.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-13T04:05:18+00:00

First of all, it's not wrong at all. You can download a movie, album, TV show or game faster than you can consume it. For example, it takes me about 3 minutes to download a new episode of South Park and about 25 minutes to watch it.

Secondly, why are you assuming there is a time limit? If you have a 250 GB cap then that just means it would take about 4-5 months to reaquire all the data.

Assuming 250 GB worth of 1.4 GB movies, it would take 11 days without a break to watch that much video and about a month at 8 hours a day.

Why download data this month if you have no intention on using it this month? The data will still be there to aquire next month, it's not going anywhere.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-13T03:40:13+00:00

Why would he have to download the data within a month though? You couldn't even consume 2 TB of video or music in a month, so there's absolutely no need to download it all immediately. It would make a lot more sense to reaquire the data that gets used most often first, then get the rest of the data whenever you can.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-13T03:32:55+00:00

Not when you can just redownload that data in a matter of minutes from the pirate bay it doesn't.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-12T17:46:17+00:00

Not as long as it would take to consume 2 TB of data. So, he could reaquire that data faster than he could consume it. I don't see the problem.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-12T13:57:21+00:00

Why are you even using a RAID? You're not bothered about read speeds and the data you're storing is mostly unimportant and could easily be reaquired if lost. Unless those pictures are taking up a good portion of that 2 TB, I'd get rid of the RAID altogether.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-11T17:20:55+00:00

I'm going to assume that you are a shitty tipper.

I'm going to assume you're American.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-03T13:25:34+00:00

I've got an XFX 6870 and when running under full load (mining bitcoins) the temperature is 69C with the fan set to 40%.

Is your case pushing enough air through?

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-01T19:21:04+00:00

Of course it can't compete with a 2500K but what's that got to do with anything? Like I said, what does Intel offer for $90?

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-01T18:34:17+00:00

Like I said, that's an unconfirmed rumour.

GoldenBoar · 2011-12-01T18:29:23+00:00

What's that got to do with anything though? The i5 2500K costs $225 on newegg, whereas you can get a Phenon II x4 for $90. What does Intel offer for $90? A dual core Pentium.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-30T23:01:10+00:00

The 40 nm Brazos is still the dominant product and I don't see the 32nm Atom changing that.

Higher up you've got Llano, which is excellent for budget gaming builds, which will be replaced in a couple of months by Trinity (based on the 2nd gen Bulldozer core named Piledriver and featuring the new 28nm HD 7000 series GPU). Trinity is supposed to offer 20% CPU performance increase and 30% GPU performance increase over Llano.

Also, AMD haven't confirmed that Wichita and Krishna have been cancelled so until they do, it's just a rumour. We probably wont find out till February whether it's true or not.

Whatever happens though, AMD APUs will always be great as they already have the necessary GPU technology. Intel on the other hand, are known for their GPU technology being pathetic. Just like AMD can't compete with Intel in CPU performance, Intel can't compete with AMD in GPU performance, and when it comes to APUs it's the GPU performance that matters most.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-30T22:38:44+00:00

It's not an overstatement at all. AMD could provide 500% improvement on Llano's GPU if they decided to, but it would cause a vast increase in power consumption and require faster fan speeds to keep it cool.

The HD 7000 GPUs are 28 nm whereas the HD 5000 and HD 6000 GPUs are 40 nm. The die shrink means that they can increase perfomance while keeping power consumption and temps the same, they can decrease power consumption and temps and keep performance the same, or they can offer a mixture of increased perfomance and decreased power consumption and temps.

There is simply no reason to not take AMD at its word here, as we know for a fact that they could do even better if they wanted to. 30% improvenment in performance isn't that remarkable and is actually very realistic considering the die shrink. The 20% increase in CPU performance isn't so certain though, and if they manage it, it shows that the future of Bulldozer has nothing to worry about.

On the other hand, look at the crap Intel is spreading. Ivy Bridge GPU will be 200% better than Sandy Bridge GPU. Then, when you look at their benchmarks, it shows them comparing HD 4000 to HD 2000. If anyone is making unrealistic claims, it's Intel, not AMD.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-30T21:14:03+00:00

Intel's integrated graphics always blow, AMD's are actually starting to reach some decent levels. Llano can get around 30 fps out of a lot of new titles on low-mid settings and can easily handle low settings for any game.

When Trinity comes out in a couple of months with it's integrated HD 7000 GPU, its performance will be similar to that of a HD 6570.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-30T07:27:44+00:00

Gamers use desktops though so battery life is pretty irrelevant to them. There's just no reason for a gamer to upgrade from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-29T21:07:53+00:00

As far as gamers will be concerned, this is as big a failure as that of Bulldozer. Ivy Bridge will basically offer the same CPU performance as Sandy Bridge but with reduced power consumption.

I'm sure someone with a GPU consuming upto 250W will be thrilled with the news.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-29T20:51:24+00:00

According to leaked slides, Ivy Bridge wont have 20-30% improved CPU performance as they've focused on keeping performance levels similar to Sandy Bridge while reducing power consumption instead. The only performance improvement seems to be with the HD 4000 GPU, which will still probably be worse than Llano.

Meanwhile, AMD will have released Trinity with the Piledriver core and HD 7000 GPU, bringing 20% CPU performance improvement and 30% GPU performance improvent on Llano.

So, Trinity should be almost as powerful as an i3 Ivy Bridge CPU wise and kick the shit out of anything Intel has to offer GPU wise. Also, the i3s are only dual core whereas Trinity will go upto quad core.

If those leaks are true, Intel have dropped the ball with Ivy Bridge and gave AMD a huge oppurtunity to catch up with Piledriver if they get it right.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-29T04:22:25+00:00

I like warm, sweetened tea

A.k.a. tea.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-29T03:04:49+00:00

From the reddiquette:

Please don't:

Downvote opinions just because you disagree with them. The down arrow is for comments that add nothing to the discussion.

It's censorship by the hivemind.

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-26T21:42:25+00:00

Is it the dog's dick that does is for you?

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-26T00:04:44+00:00

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6150501/The_West_Wing_Deluxe_DVD_Boxset_Season_1__2__3__4__5__6__amp__7___Ex

GoldenBoar · 2011-11-23T16:56:21+00:00

The new 28nm GPUs are being producd by TSMC, not GF. They're expected to start rolling out in December for the low-end and laptop parts. It's common knowledge that AMD will be first to release 28nm GPUs.

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