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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to *start* computerizing several hundred CDs?

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to *start* computerizing several hundred CDs?
  • From: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan [ at ] highrise [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:37:41 +0000
> 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.

1) How fast does it need to be to stream music (or even video).
2) He's planning on accessing it through USB

So, sure, if you were building a general purpose file server where
much random access is important, I can see that argument, but for this
specific case (music, big, cheap, portable), a single big drive (I'ld
get a second and rsync it occasionally) is easily more convenient.

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