From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 23 23:01:40 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACF7916A4CE for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:01:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from addr14.addr.com (addr14.addr.com [209.249.147.92]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8A1943D2D for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:01:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markzero@logik.ath.cx) Received: from logik.ath.cx (localhost [127.0.0.1])j0NN1YtV067704 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:01:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by logik.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 947756142; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:59:00 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:59:00 +0000 From: markzero To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050123225900.GA17863@logik.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF" Content-Disposition: inline X-OS: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p3 i386 LOGIK004 X-GPG-Key: http://darklogik.org/pub/pgp/pgp.txt X-Fingerprint: B776 43DC 8A5D EAF9 2126 9A67 A7DA 390F DEFF 9DD1 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-ADDRSpamFilter: Passed, probability (0%) X-ADDRSignature: 256408A1 Subject: Cheap, reliable mass storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:01:40 -0000 --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, this is possibly the most open question posted here to date. :) I'm looking to build/buy a large, low-access, long term storage solution for my home. I'm a musician primarily so my files mostly consist of lumps of audio. Ideally, I would like to be able to rsync files to it, so I think I'd probably be looking at a cheap old box with a stack of large hard disks and some kind of RAID controller, but can anybody suggest anything better? To clarify, I'm looking for long-term reliability, low cost and large space rather than high performance. I have a budget of around $600-900 to spend but I would not have to buy a PC as I have plenty of old machines (average spec: Intel P3 700mhz) laying around that would=20 probably be up to the job. Obviously, I'd like it to be running FreeBSD... All suggestions welcome! Mark --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iQIVAwUBQfQsM6faOQ/e/53RAQKk1Q/7BZ+aVcBf/0o+w4CsmiNzLVUepb1fAsTJ kANH/hXqrQCYvSItw/majO76IuJHNYGkcIQU5HB62+aB0XqddgU5uhcmelkzxA9Y G8iL0KKobe6u5pG9PdOf+E8x7xfufKf7dQVvvr+1JBYfQTd69R6nh/t9rAx3jkcb kLu3emzSssEIWWoGXXY4ggt9akYVUISv8FGsZLt5uV9Lh4J7HAvq58v4M+j6VC++ +VCtTzLnfEfqI33JK3iXCX/Vc+0czwORSWSQMtOPiDWbJtycFKJ0wuA9jRPNw2tH ozWzxnziyn90ZAdum27NfnhSdBPXj3AL72o44QRzpFuQkYxBT5NvGWShpMlUfUNs AIV3t/kGUIBkfTI0ImCpDxB9p9Y/3jxz8PrkOK7zS1iq7e7KDARZSpE/KOeEAEDh hQ0FOp3qZMBzVAxJVnhlt3XHz5NziZzaCXvwUB/++KTSMlMAxDrmAx1Cb8tD4dS7 Uao9T+4IjbSxXDdDdorwr93vF/lwR5oLaDo3QmvSqdWo94NdcXAEkV3Z20+NBq7q 2PfbpjI1LYR3Q2GqSBFwOn4Y/3aFHiP/OOqlyqf+7JfDsJoYkpnYsCaVKpGdqtB9 5AG64tsaRE3PL33GKwZqts3rQD0mn68kixKrPDYKiFNF7x1w6dxj973d5CEiBjj/ SKevqnS2pFo= =PZjV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF--