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d0kt0r_$73v3@salmahayeksknockers.edu wrote:
> In calgary.general Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> h1dd3n_h4m$73r@salmahayeksknockers.edu wrote:
>>> dg <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> I started to reply with another option, but you know what, it seems
>>>> silly to put money into using those old drives.  I mean, $12 each
>>>> adapter, a USB hub, cables, PC case, that adds up to a fair bit of
>>>> money just to use the old drives.  Sure you may have some of the
>>>> stuff lying around, but you could put the money towards a 250GB or
>>>> larger drive for so cheap its crazy, and it will have a warranty!
>
>>>> Then after you get the big 250GB+ drive maybe use one of the
>>>> 80GB drives in a portable USB enclosure for convenience, if one
>>>> 80GB drive dies in the enclosure you have 3 more to replace it
>>>> with!
>
>>> I already have several higher-capacity drives.   I'm
>>> looking to create a poor man's JBOD, and raid-5 it.
>
>> Then the USB route is a fucked approach for that.
>
>>> 80GB extra is useless to me... but 240GB
>>> or more can be used as a backup pool.
>
>> So can a 250G drive.
>
> A single 250GB drive lacks the resiliency of a 80GBxN raid5 set.   A
> raid5 set can tolerate an inevitable drive failure - A single 250GB
> drive can't.

Duh.