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In calgary.general 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.   80GB extra is useless to me... but 240GB
or more can be used as a backup pool.   As 80GB drives get cheaper and
cheaper, it will be pennies to extend my existing raid 5 set.


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