Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:56:01 -0500 From: "Simon" <simon@optinet.com> To: "Dag-Erling Smørgrav" <des@des.no>, "Ragnar Lonn" <ragnar@gatorhole.se> Cc: Alexandre DELAY <alexandre.delay@free.fr>, "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HDD Message-ID: <20051220175441.A41A643D5A@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <43A81994.9030006@gatorhole.se>
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No=20moving=20parts=20would=20be=20nice=20but=20what=20about=20all=20the=20= fans=20used=20for=20cooling? are=20you=20going=20to=20use=20something=20like=20water=20cooling? -Simon On=20Tue,=2020=20Dec=202005=2015:47:48=20+0100,=20Ragnar=20Lonn=20wrote: >Dag-Erling=20Sm=F8rgrav=20wrote: > >>Ragnar=20Lonn=20<ragnar@gatorhole.se>=20writes: >>=20=20 >> >>>Sorry,=20didn't=20see=20the=20"today"=20in=20your=20sentence=20above...= =20But=20it's >>>still=20a=20bit=20of=20a=20strange=20comment.=207=20years=20from=20now,= =20I=20don't=20think >>>people=20will=20be=20very=20interested=20to=20pay=20as=20much=20for=20a= =20flash=20disk=20as >>>they=20did=20for=20an=20HDD=20*today*. >>>=20=20=20=20 >>> >> >>Why=20not?=20=20People=20are=20happily=20paying=20as=20much=20today=20fo= r=20a=204=20GB=20flash >>chip=20as=20they=20did=20for=20a=204=20GB=20hard=20disk=20seven=20or=20t= en=20years=20ago.=20=20If >>they're=20affordable=20and=20provide=20clear=20advantages=20over=20the=20= cheaper >>alternatives,=20people=20will=20buy=20them. >>=20=20 >> > >Maybe=20you=20missed=20the=20start=20of=20this=20thread=20but=20we=20were= =20discussing=20how=20 >expensive=20flash >drives=20were=20and=20when,=20if=20ever,=20they'd=20be=20a=20reasonably=20= priced=20alternative=20 >to=20HDD's,=20so >I=20don't=20think=20people=20on=20this=20list=20at=20least=20would=20"hap= pily"=20pay=20today's=20 >prices. > >I'd=20like=20that=2096GB=20drive=20from=20memtech=20but=20they=20don't=20= even=20have=20a=20quote=20 >for=20it=20so=20I'd >guess=20it's=20not=20very=20cheap... > >No,=20today=20you=20have=20to=20buy=20a=20small=20drive.=204=20or=208GB,=20= which=20doesn't=20allow=20 >you=20to >install=20a=20lot=20of=20stuff=20before=20it's=20full,=20and=20use=20it=20= as=20boot=20disk=20while=20 >keeping=20the=20rest >of=20your=20data=20on=20a=20conventional=20HDD=20somewhere.=20I=20want=20= a=20PC=20with=20no=20moving >parts=20and=20as=20few=20cables=20as=20possible=20so=20I'm=20going=20to=20= go=20for=20that,=20and=20 >some=20kind=20of >network=20disk=20mounted=20over=20WLAN=20I=20guess=20-=20does=20anyone=20= have=20any=20experience=20 >with >that=20and=20could=20recommend=20me=20some=20hardware?=20=20Netgear=20(or= =20was=20it=20D-link?) >has=20an=20AP=20to=20which=20you=20can=20connect=20USB=20harddrives=20and= =20it=20will=20then=20act=20as=20a >fileserver=20(SMB)=20but=20I've=20heard=20it's=20not=20so=20reliable. > >=20=20/Ragnar > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org=20mailing=20list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >To=20unsubscribe,=20send=20any=20mail=20to=20"freebsd-hardware-unsubscrib= e@freebsd.org" > >
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