Am Montag 31 Oktober 2011, 17:21:23 schrieb Alex Schuster:
> Michael Mol writes:
> > My point is that the numbers aren't what mattered here. My point is
> > that SAMSUNG sold me a shoddy product, replaced it with another
> > instance of the the same shoddy product, wouldn't replace it again,
> > an
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Alex Schuster wrote:
> Michael Mol writes:
>
>> My point is that the numbers aren't what mattered here. My point is
>> that SAMSUNG sold me a shoddy product, replaced it with another
>> instance of the the same shoddy product, wouldn't replace it again,
>> and nev
Michael Mol writes:
> My point is that the numbers aren't what mattered here. My point is
> that SAMSUNG sold me a shoddy product, replaced it with another
> instance of the the same shoddy product, wouldn't replace it again,
> and never addressed a detailed technical report of a systemic problem
Lots of HDD RPMs and company suggestions, but to the point...
My two cents are: ESATA. I have multi TB external disks which I have
physics data stored on and needs to be analyzed. USB might be as fast
(in the best case), but it uses processor overhead.
Not that a lot of machines support that ki
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
wrote:
> Am Freitag 28 Oktober 2011, 08:53:40 schrieb Mark Knecht:
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Paul Hartman
>>
>> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> >> Amazon streams now but I haven't tried them yet.
Am Freitag 28 Oktober 2011, 11:19:37 schrieb Michael Mol:
> (oi, it's getting harder and harder to snip this thing properly)
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>
> wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 16:00:09 schrieb Michael Mol:
> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:41 PM
Am Freitag 28 Oktober 2011, 08:53:40 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Paul Hartman
>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> Amazon streams now but I haven't tried them yet. (Watch out for 'One
> >> Touch' and accidentally spending money...)
>
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Paul Hartman
wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> Amazon streams now but I haven't tried them yet. (Watch out for 'One
>> Touch' and accidentally spending money...)
>
> Amazon streaming works fine in Linux (I've tried it), it just uses t
(oi, it's getting harder and harder to snip this thing properly)
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 16:00:09 schrieb Michael Mol:
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>> wrote:
>> > Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 15:
Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 16:00:09 schrieb Michael Mol:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>
> wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 15:17:45 schrieb Michael Mol:
> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Am Donnerstag 27 Ok
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Amazon streams now but I haven't tried them yet. (Watch out for 'One
> Touch' and accidentally spending money...)
Amazon streaming works fine in Linux (I've tried it), it just uses the
plain old Adobe Flash plug-in.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Dale wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
> I have to say this. I worked at a computer place in the late 80's. Back
> then a 25Mhz CPU was fast as lightening. Hard drives were maybe 100MBs.
> Memory, lucky if you have a 1 or 2Mbs. Now look where we are. I'm still
>
Mark Knecht wrote:
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Dale wrote:
Florian Philipp wrote:
Am 27.10.2011 19:30, schrieb Dale:
I just wonder how much data they will be able to pack into a 3.5" drive
tho. Hm. Surely they will run out of room at some point. I mean,
the heads have got to have a
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Dale wrote:
> Florian Philipp wrote:
>>
>> Am 27.10.2011 19:30, schrieb Dale:
>> I just wonder how much data they will be able to pack into a 3.5" drive
>> tho. Hm. Surely they will run out of room at some point. I mean,
>> the heads have got to have a littl
Florian Philipp wrote:
Am 27.10.2011 19:30, schrieb Dale:
I just wonder how much data they will be able to pack into a 3.5" drive
tho. Hm. Surely they will run out of room at some point. I mean,
the heads have got to have a little room to work with.
Dale
:-) :-)
Well, then this story m
On 10/27/2011 12:41 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> and I had 5 death stars failing on me.
Darth Vader's death star failed, too.
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
> Just don't buy a SAMSUNG drive. I know, I know, everyone has their pet
> "Don't Buy Hard Drives Made By $x" experience.
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Dale wrote:
> I seem to have good luck with WD and Maxtor myself.
Seagate and Western D
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 15:17:45 schrieb Michael Mol:
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>>
>> wrote:
>> > Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:51:47 schrieb Michael Mol:
>> >> Just don't buy a SAMSUNG drive.
Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 15:17:45 schrieb Michael Mol:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>
> wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:51:47 schrieb Michael Mol:
> >> Just don't buy a SAMSUNG drive. I know, I know, everyone has their pet
> >> "Don't Buy Hard Drives
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:51:47 schrieb Michael Mol:
>> Just don't buy a SAMSUNG drive. I know, I know, everyone has their pet
>> "Don't Buy Hard Drives Made By $x" experience.
>>
>> Here's mine.
>>
>> I bought a 1TB SAMSUNG dr
Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:51:47 schrieb Michael Mol:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Dale wrote:
> > Looks like some good info. I just need a GOOD sale and some extra money
> > to spend. Maybe in a couple weeks or so. Hopefully. ;-)
> >
> > As for heat in my case, I have a Cooler Ma
Am 27.10.2011 19:30, schrieb Dale:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>> Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:09:17 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
>>> On 10/27/2011 11:15 AM, Dale wrote:
Howdy,
I'm wanting to get a hard drive that is pretty good size. I'm looking
for about 1 to 2TBs or so.
Michael Mol wrote:
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Dale wrote:
Looks like some good info. I just need a GOOD sale and some extra money to
spend. Maybe in a couple weeks or so. Hopefully. ;-)
As for heat in my case, I have a Cooler Master HAF-932 case. It has those
huge 230mm fans. Heat
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Dale wrote:
>
>
> Looks like some good info. I just need a GOOD sale and some extra money to
> spend. Maybe in a couple weeks or so. Hopefully. ;-)
>
> As for heat in my case, I have a Cooler Master HAF-932 case. It has those
> huge 230mm fans. Heat is not a p
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:09:17 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
On 10/27/2011 11:15 AM, Dale wrote:
Howdy,
I'm wanting to get a hard drive that is pretty good size. I'm looking
for about 1 to 2TBs or so. Thing is, a lot of them seem to be 5900 or
even 5400 rpm dr
Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:09:17 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
> On 10/27/2011 11:15 AM, Dale wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I'm wanting to get a hard drive that is pretty good size. I'm looking
> > for about 1 to 2TBs or so. Thing is, a lot of them seem to be 5900 or
> > even 5400 rpm drives. I re
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Oh, and one other thing; hdparm is only meant to get you the continuous I/O
> transfer rate. It's an awful benchmark for anything else, like what happens
> if a file is fragmented or how fast it can copy/write data spread around the
> di
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