Hard Drive Bargain Watch

[8bitbytes]

Yes. I don't write the s/w but I constantly work on, maintain, & service the h/w at the TV station where I work.

The raid controller and embedded software for handling file services is already in place on the standalone. The DVR is simply going to id the disk/vloume(s), initialize the volume and read/write data. How that gets striped to the drives and parity blocks written is done by the raid controller in the standalone not by the DVR.

[foghorn2]

How much TV are you guys gonna archive and why?

I can't even find enough shows to fill up the drive I already have!

Even P0rn isn't even woth archiving

[whatchel1]

The raid controller and embedded software for handling file services is already in place on the standalone. The DVR is simply going to id the disk/vloume(s), initialize the volume and read/write data. How that gets striped to the drives and parity blocks written is done by the raid controller in the standalone not by the DVR.

You are assuming that E* will allow the system to communicate with a controller card of a RAID. I know that 1 of our servers is only 160 gb and the set-up for it has been a royal "B".

[Smith, P.]

The DVR is not going to run low level raid subroutines.

Check post #91 here !

[8bitbytes]

Check post #91 here !

Uh, yeah, that's what I've been saying all along.

[8bitbytes]

You are assuming that E* will allow the system to communicate with a controller card of a RAID. I know that 1 of our servers is only 160 gb and the set-up for it has been a royal "B".

No, I have said the opposite the whole time. I'm assuming nothing. Your server might not know how to communicate with your raid controller but in a standalone raid device, the attaching device IS TOLD that they are connecting to a single volume. The stand alone raid does all the work. The dvr sees a single volume.

A standalone raid will tell the DVR it is a single volume. The dvr will treat it like a single volume. The standalone will handle all the necessary functions to stripe and parity check.

What OS are you using on the server with the 160gb raid? What raid controller are you using?

[8bitbytes]

How much TV are you guys gonna archive and why?

I can't even find enough shows to fill up the drive I already have!

Even P0rn isn't even woth archiving

HD takes up much space on the one drive Dish gives us. I'd like to be able to keep at least a couple weeks of HD without having to watch everything when it is less convenient.

ALSO: HDDVD and BluRay are temporary solutions - I will not buy either, so I need hard disks to store HD on until a real HD solution is created.

[DanH]

What real solution are you looking for? Blu-ray can give you 7.1 audio, 24 bit master quality audio, and much, much larger video bitrates than satellite or the internet could ever give you in the forseeable future.

Also, original aspect ratio and little to no compression artifacting!!

I would not want a low quality, pay per play system that MS and the studios want. DIVX was bad enough.

[navychop]

YES! I was so glad to see divx go down in flames. Reusing the name today is just confusing.

[KAB]

Anyone know what format will be used for the USB HDs....NFTS or Fat 32? Reason I ask I have seen some Seagate external drives will not go Fat 32.