codswallop
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Yeah, I didn't realise until after I'd posted that there were even a different on-ear set of those. I thought they were the over-ear ones. Ah well, still seems a decent price, but I've passed.
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AusGAF 10 - Node Country for Old Men
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5 points to Griffyndor.
roosters93
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saxamaphone
reptilescorpio
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Just ran HD Tune Pro on it, Error Scan shows nothing. Not sure what it could be, no more crap running than usual >_<
Might just be Chrome being a prick. Hard to know if something is conflicting in it.
1700 PS4s sold through Dick Smith ebay so far today. $399 with code CDICKSMITH20.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/156984
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/156984
reptilescorpio
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dishwasherlove
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Can someone recommend me a decent SSD. I don't need a huge one. Not sure what brands are good these days. My Crucial that was 3 years old died hard but I imagine the technology is heaps better now.
SSD brands? Samsung, Samsung, and Samsung. Pretty much the only brand out there that hasn't suffered from catastrophic firmware issues (Intel, goddamn Crucial, Sandforce based solutions) or use of poor quality flash memory (OCZ).
If you they're too expensive and have to compromise, the really cheap SanDisks are reputed to be OK. But the Samsung's are very, very price competitive on the market.
If you they're too expensive and have to compromise, the really cheap SanDisks are reputed to be OK. But the Samsung's are very, very price competitive on the market.
reptilescorpio
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Sandisk are generally the cheapest and have great reviews, they pop up pretty regularly. I linked a 1TB one the other day from Crucial I think that had great reviews too.
dishwasherlove
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Yeah I saw the 1TB and it was a bit much to roll the dice with the same brand that just died on me.
Planet_JASE
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Nevermind
Jables Swan
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Those bloody snipers.
I dunno. I have several 2TB drives in my pc just to hold media. They've chugged along fine. Not had any catastrophic hdd fails. The time to rerip everything if such a thing happens though would have me screaming.
dishwasherlove
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Just spent $55 to get 6 pieces of metal shipped from the UK for this arcade cabinet restoration project Manax and I are doing. Shit is expensive.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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3 seconds for me last time. I barely ever bid anymore, most of the time it is pointless. Shadow bidders just waiting to bump up the bids.
FormallyMegadrive
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I'm gonna play with you guys tomorrow night probably! Pretty keen.
My Logitech G230s got processed in Sunshine at 5:05 on a Sunday? Is that common? Hopefully they'll be here tomorrow and I can ditch my broken Krakens
My Logitech G230s got processed in Sunshine at 5:05 on a Sunday? Is that common? Hopefully they'll be here tomorrow and I can ditch my broken Krakens
Darren870
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Why not just avoid the hassle and set up redundancy? I have 2 3TB drives in mine with a mirroring RAID set up. Saves me any hassle.
I'll upgrade in a year or two once they become closer to getting filled. Least I never have to worry.
Anyway.
Went to true south brewery over the weekend. Was impressed with the beer and the food.
What's your recovery plan if the NAS/controller dies rather than the disks?
Legend, Why not just go 3 bay and add a form of redundancy? It's not like HDDs are expensive these days, They are damn cheap.
Buy some of the WD Reds, which are "designed" for NASs and go from there.
You could of course build your own raid setup, Instead of buying say a synology, get a HP micro and go from there.
There's plenty of options around. Just all depends on what you want. Redundancy in some form is at least a must in my opinion.
Buy some of the WD Reds, which are "designed" for NASs and go from there.
You could of course build your own raid setup, Instead of buying say a synology, get a HP micro and go from there.
There's plenty of options around. Just all depends on what you want. Redundancy in some form is at least a must in my opinion.
Sorry, I should have answered the original question too.
I think your idea is fine since you have your important stuff in two places. Consider cloud backups as a third "offsite storage" option.
Darren870
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Do what I did a month or two ago, bought a new one. Least my media was still there once it came.
Fair enough. As long as your RAID is hardware independent. Personally I think not having RAID at all is better for home use, but I've ranted about that in this thread a lot so it's probably getting a bit tiring.
codswallop
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It's a nice place, definitely. A bit disappointed that they're moving the brewery offsite (so they can expand the restaurant).
Many NAS devices now have 'hybrid RAID', which is really just software 'RAID' (quotes because it doesn't need to rebuild the array should it fail as it's not actually RAID), and the disks are formatted as ext3 or similar. So, if the NAS dies, you can use anything that can read ext3 to recover your data.
Ah, that's handy.
Darren870
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Yes it is.
Why do you feel that though? I am interested.
Once I get a place of my own I plan on doing a bigger setup, but what I have now is fine enough for me
codswallop
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We've discussed it a bit before and Fred and I share a similar opinion on it. In an enterprise environment, RAID makes a lot of sense, because you not only want the performance (or redundancy, or both) but you also have the hardware to back it up, and if things fail catastrophically you'll have a backup elsewhere if you're at all sensible and replacing the controller card is no big deal as it'll be under a support agreement or you'll just pay for it.
At home, you don't have all these advantages unless you're extremely committed, so a more flexible setup (like the Hybrid RAID I mentioned above) is a better option.
In the server world, RAID is awesome because you don't have to bring your system down to replace a dead disk. In a business, server down time is money. In order for RAID to work well, you really need easy access to common parts like RAID controllers and backplanes. Server gear has (much) longer lifecycles and is made to higher standards, so it is much more expensive. It's worth it though because the business depends on it.
For the home user, uptime isn't nearly as important as keeping your data. If you can't access your photos for a few days, you're not losing any money. You also don't have people on your payroll to look after your home data. So the for the home user, low cost, simplicity and ease of recovery are much higher priorities than uptime.
Low cost means that your home NAS might have some limited run RAID chip in it. If you're running hardware RAID and the NAS dies and you can't source an exact replacement, goodbye data.
Ease of recovery in the case of a home RAID array is difficult too. Even if you manage to source a replacement NAS, that was harder than it should have been. The home user is much better served by having their data stored in a format that can be read by as high a number of devices as possible, like a disk formatted in ext3 or NTFS. For this reason, I wouldn't choose software RAID either, although the kind of fake RAID that cods talks about sounds ok.
For some home users, RAID offers a false sense of security. I mentioned the expense to a business of server based RAID, but they also have expensive daily backups too. A lot of home users treat their NAS as a single backup source, which only ends in tears. That's not really a fault of RAID itself, just something to keep in mind. The redundancy in RAID is primarily for uptime, it is not a backup solution.
Poimandres
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So I was kind of thinking about selling off some of my old gaming shit. I just have too much stuff and my shoe box apartment is bursting.
I've got a Dreamcast with a bunch of games, Gamecube, NES games, hell I'm pretty sure I have 2 Saturns hanging about somewhere. Got some good import Japanese stuff too like a Wonderswan and DC Sea Man etc. If there's anything specific anyone here is seeking let me know because I'd be prepared to part with this stuff for very reasonable prices!
I've got a Dreamcast with a bunch of games, Gamecube, NES games, hell I'm pretty sure I have 2 Saturns hanging about somewhere. Got some good import Japanese stuff too like a Wonderswan and DC Sea Man etc. If there's anything specific anyone here is seeking let me know because I'd be prepared to part with this stuff for very reasonable prices!
Dropbox is probably the last place I'd go given how expensive it is.
In any case its going to be a while before I could use a cloud provider to store multiple terabytes. I'd need fibre with 100 meg or a gigabit up.
Yeah, that's a totally fair assessment. I've only got 60-80GB of data I *need* to keep safe, everything else is safely archived or can be reacquired.
By the way have I mentioned I have a new hobby? It's called publicly tempting fate. It's awesome! And the best part is, I can keep doing it all the time and nothing bad will ever happen to me!
By the way have I mentioned I have a new hobby? It's called publicly tempting fate. It's awesome! And the best part is, I can keep doing it all the time and nothing bad will ever happen to me!
I'd be keen to have a look at your gcn collection! Do you have any 64 games?
And wonderswan crystal or colour?
Aww yeah, Youtube GIF.
Was just about to post that.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=877100
Looks pretty awesome.
Also, bonus thread link: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=877037
Apparently it is immoral to drive after having a single beer.
Poimandres
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My Cube collection is pretty dire. I've got Viewtiful Joe 2, Killer 7, MK Double Dash... and a copy of F-Zero GX that I'm not parting with. hehe.
The Wonderswan is at my parents place in a box, so I need to check what I actually have with it!
I also have wayyyyy too many PSP UMD games, including some Japanese games I picked up on my travels.
Site seems too busy :/ Either that, or it doesn't like me trying to .gif something from a 5 hour video.Aww yeah, Youtube GIF.
roosters93
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Aww yeah, Youtube GIF.
Is that Shane Warne? Is there a full ad of that online?
And I like how you use a tumblr gif to celebrate youtubegif
bodyboarder
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Cut sugars and wheat and you're golden. With that said, unless you stick with it going forward you'll just pile on the kilos again once you fall back into you're old ways.
Maybe have a read of this http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=869633
reptilescorpio
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No. Its pretty much the only brand I buy. Now WD, thats a brand I've had trouble with.
Is that Shane Warne? Is there a full ad of that online?
And I like how you use a tumblr gif to celebrate youtubegif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzskeE7JQqw
It's a video I uploaded years ago after going through all these old VCR tapes I had from stuff I did as a kid.
roosters93
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wow best advertisement ever
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Hey rep, any idea what's the best (i mean the cheapest) place to pick up Diablo 3 UE tomorrow in-store?
Made up my mind at the last minute and now I want it to keep me busy till Destiny releases.
Made up my mind at the last minute and now I want it to keep me busy till Destiny releases.
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