Jeff's mail only went to me...replying to put it back in the list... On 10 March 2011 10:22, Jefrrey Moncrieff <jeffrey [ dot ] moncrieff [ at ] yahoo [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Hi Rob, > The worry I would have with 2 TB drives is read/write speeds. I used to like > the bigger drives but, with more research that I am doing I would suggest > 4 500gb then 1 2TB. > > Jeff > > > ________________________________ > From: "C.T. Paterson" <i [ dot ] adore [ dot ] my [ dot ] 64 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> > To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> > Cc: "Ottawa Linux Users Group" <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:58:56 AM > Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to *start* computerizing several hundred CDs? > > If my math has not failed me (it's early yet), a 2TB drive will store > over 2,500 700 MB ISOs...so perhaps you could opt to simply take > images of the discs to keep a full range of options on the table. > Unless yours is a collection that would put ten of mine to shame, you > may even have enough space left on the drive for when/how you intend > to encode them...and then should you change your mind post-encode > (FLAC sucks, MP3 all the way! ... I kid, I kid) it's purely a data > matter to re-encode your entire collection. > > > I'll also give a shameless plug for our local computer retailers > (Feda, Canada Computers, PC Cyber, RB Computers)...you can often do > better than $100 for a 2TB drive if you watch the flyers. > > > Good luck! > > On 10 March 2011 08:47, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: >> >> when i make the final move to ottawa, i'll be in a condo that will >> have noticeably less space than where i am now so i don't want to >> waste any of that with CDs out on display in CD racks. ergo, and >> predictably, i want to start the process of computerizing the entire >> collection, then deciding how i want to set things up to play them. >> (always wanted to do this, just never had sufficient incentive.) >> >> i haven't decided on the final selection and playing technology but >> i would like to start just encoding them, little by little, to a >> massive external hard drive (a couple terabytes is $100 these days at >> best buy). what's a safe strategy i can use to start copying them to >> disk so that, no matter what i choose to do later, i won't have to >> redo all that work? >> >> my first thought is to simply use something like rhythmbox and save >> everything in FLAC format (yes, that will take way more room but, what >> the heck, hard drives are cheap these days). and later, if i want, i >> can always use a script or some other utility to encode them all to >> ogg format. >> >> also, since it would be nice to be able to play tunes from any >> laptop in the place, i was thinking of dropping the hard drive on the >> USB port of the wireless router, and making it accessible both from my >> linux systems and from my girlfriend's powerbook. >> >> suggestions? in short, i just want to start the tedious process of >> copying all that music to a hard drive, while not having to decide >> just yet how i'm going to finish the setup later. >> >> rday >> >> -- >> >> ======================================================================== >> Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA >> http://crashcourse.ca >> >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday >> LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday >> ======================================================================== >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux mailing list >> Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >> > > > > -- > "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good." > -- Thomas Paine > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > -- "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good." -- Thomas Paine