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h1dd3n_h4m$73r@salmahayeksknockers.edu wrote
> J. Clarke <jclarke.usenet@snet.net.invalid> wrote
>> j4m4l_$1xp4ck@salmahayeksknockers.edu wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote

>>>> I think another PC for those 4 drives makes more sense.

>>> Thus unnecessarily adding another OS,
>>> and additional hardware for me to maintain.

>> How much maintenance do you think a server _needs_?
>> A good server is something that you turn on and forget about.

> Gross oversimlification.

Nope.

> You're not an IT manager, are you?

Hope you have a rather large towel handy for the egg on your face.

> Any unnecessary complexity introduces more points of failure

Thats what YOU are doing with multiple USB external enclosures.

> Which inevitably increases the amount of time
> I will spend maintaining it down the road.

Thats what YOU are doing with multiple USB external enclosures.

They are notorious for hassles over time compared with the MUCH
more robust technology of a standalone server with the drives in that.

And it makes a lot more sense to not be farting around with discarded
80G drives at all and to replace them all with a 400G drive instead.