FS: 2 400gb hard drives

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I mean, with the data still on them...

nG

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

I mean, with the data still on them...
nG

ah i get ya

since they were used in raid0 the data is spanned across the drives so you need to run them in raid0 to keep the data intact

i think a pci raid card only costs about $15 though

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Good to know... I'll keep my eye on this...

nG

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

I thought the Barracuda's were SATA not IDE. I would be fairly interested if these are the 7200.10 Barracuda's.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

these are the 7200.10 16mb cache perpendicular drives and they are IDE/PATA

they both have warranty until Oct 2011

if you want to check here is the info:

Model: ST3400632A

S/N: 5QH04919

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

Sorry again noob question, what are advantages to IDE/PATA over SATA and disadvantages also. Assuming both would be compatable with my dell dimension 8400. Sorry im really interested but I have no clue the difference, I know about cars not computers.

 

[Bloodstalker999 10+ year member]

Sorry again noob question, what are advantages to IDE/PATA over SATA and disadvantages also. Assuming both would be compatable with my dell dimension 8400. Sorry im really interested but I have no clue the difference, I know about cars not computers.

IDE/PATA is an older interface than SATA the difference being different transfer rates. SATA is newer technology and has up to a 3.0 gb/s transfer rate. I don't remember the transfer rate of IDE/PATA but its significantly less. Based on This Review of a dell dimension 8400 your computer is capable of handling another RAID configuration.

hope that helps

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

LOL cant even begin to compute how long it took me to back up my movie collection on these.
I started with the ISO format thinking I would never run out of space, but I did, Then I started converting to AVI and that took about 1.5 hours per movie on my dual core pc.

Lets just say it took a long time, but it is worth it not to have to get up, look for a particular movie and put it in the dvd player. Now I just click a few buttons on my modded xbox and the movie streams right to my tv

I just had to increase my storage capacity recently too. Just put 4 320GB drive in Raid 5. I need redudancy for piece of mind. it only totals out to 900GB after the parity takes up its share. Good enough for now, but I am looking to get another RAID 5 going here soon in the server.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

I just had to increase my storage capacity recently too. Just put 4 320GB drive in Raid 5. I need redudancy for piece of mind. it only totals out to 900GB after the parity takes up its share. Good enough for now, but I am looking to get another RAID 5 going here soon in the server.

Enough space today is never enough tommorrow

When I started AVI resolution was plenty for my 40" Mitsu tv and each movie took up 700-1400mbs of space. Then I switched from an analog TV to a HDTV and thats when I started replacing the AVI files with the higer res DVD ISO files which take up about 4-5gb of space.

I am now switching over to HD-DVD and Blueray and the x264 versions take up 5-10gb depending on if they are 720p or 1080p, DD5.1 or DTS.

Right now I have way to many random size drives, 2 500gb, 2 400gb, 1 320gb, 1 250gb, 1 160gb, 1 74gb Raptor

I am trying to switch to 4 identical 750gb drives in my external case and 1 150gb Raptor in my pc, but funds are limted on that right now.

I just watched 300 in 720p with DTS sound and it was amazing!