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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #825 on: May 07, 2011, 06:08:33 pm »
Never but I understand it has lots run off so ideal for me  :laugh: :laugh:

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #826 on: May 07, 2011, 06:24:21 pm »
Lee... How are those pads shaping up?

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #827 on: May 07, 2011, 06:28:21 pm »
Never but I understand it has lots run off so ideal for me  :laugh: :laugh:

It does have lots of run off just don't understeer into the bank on the back straight!!!

I'm gonna book the day off and join u I think

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #828 on: May 07, 2011, 06:29:23 pm »
^^^ I will start a new thread in the track days bit  :happy2:

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #829 on: May 07, 2011, 06:30:03 pm »
Lee... How are those pads shaping up?

Not driven car much since I've had them fitted really but seem better! But proof is on how they hold up on track

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #830 on: May 07, 2011, 09:25:53 pm »


+ OEM GPS triplex antenna thanks to vRStu.  :happy2:

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #831 on: May 07, 2011, 09:44:10 pm »
Very nice Mr Hedge!

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #832 on: May 10, 2011, 03:50:11 pm »


5x2TB HDDs for my NAS....... :happy2:

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #833 on: May 10, 2011, 05:14:00 pm »
whats a NAS ?
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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #834 on: May 10, 2011, 05:46:13 pm »
Network attached Storage  :happy2: Hey Ifti I've just purchased a nice new SAN, alas for work  :signLOL:

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #835 on: May 10, 2011, 06:00:31 pm »


5x2TB HDDs for my NAS....... :happy2:

raid 5?

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #836 on: May 10, 2011, 06:04:15 pm »


5x2TB HDDs for my NAS....... :happy2:

raid 5?

Im going for Synology Hybrid RAID.
Basically its RAID 5 - so 1 disk redundancy - but if I upgrade 1 of the discs in the future it can make use of the extra space straight away, rather then having to upgrade all 5 disks to use the extra space.
Was just going to go with 3TB disks to start with - but it was costing far too much. 5x2TB will give me around 7.5GB of useable space - which will keep me going for years!

This is my NAS -

Want to use the iTunes server and put all my movies on it for now, so I can stream to my PS3. Then I'll set up an IP camera at some point over the driveway and get the video saved straight to the NAS. Oh and download torrents straight to the NAS without my computer having to be on at all!
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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #837 on: May 10, 2011, 06:19:13 pm »
fair does mate!

I used to stream to my PS3 But im using my Apple TV on now with XBMC and Plex on ;)

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #838 on: May 10, 2011, 06:26:12 pm »
can i just ask some advice from anyone with regards to "raiding"??

I think i wanna have 1tb storage over two drives via raid 1. is that a pretty good way of safely storing 1tb of data?

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Re: Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!
« Reply #839 on: May 10, 2011, 06:32:08 pm »
can i just ask some advice from anyone with regards to "raiding"??

I think i wanna have 1tb storage over two drives via raid 1. is that a pretty good way of safely storing 1tb of data?

RAID is good for keeping data safe in case you have a drive failure. It is never a true backup in itself.

If the data is also stored elsewhere - backing up your laptop for example, then thats fine. If not, you still need another backup of the data on your NAS, just in case the NAS should be in a fire, or be stolen, or even if the RAID controller decides to play up.

Always remember to backup any data on your NAS onto a re-moveable storage media if you can - external HDDs, and so on.

For example, I will use my NAS to store my movies, images, documents, home movie clips, and so on. I also have an external 4TB drive which I will connect directly to the NAS via eSATA to backup my most important data, and then keep this external disk round my parents house.
On the other hand, if you backup the files on your laptop, via Time Machine for example, if the NAS fails at least you still have a copy of the data on your laptop to use, so creating a backup of the NAS itself isnt as important.

Although RAID covers you should a drive fail, it shouldnt be seen as a complete backup solution. In most cases, it is a single drive that fails, so you can continue to access your data and just replace the drive itself, but always cover yourself with your most important data, just in case!

So:
1. 1 disc fails - covered by RAID so can be replaced without losing data.
2. 2 disks fail - data lost (unless you use RAID 6)
3. RAID controller fails - data lost
4. Drive stolen/destroyed - data lost

Have another backup to hand just in case you are unlucky!
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