[vdr] Re: OT: 149 GB Maxtor disks.

[Emil Naepflein <Emil.Naepflein@philosys.de>]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:55:28 +0200, Carsten Koch <Carsten.Koch@icem.de>
wrote:

> Sort of. I have a board with 2 IDE channels plus an extra IDE
> controller PCI card.

I have the GA-7ZXR Rev.3.0 board with onboard Promise raid controller.

> Doesn't that produce a lot of noise and consume a lot of power?

The server is in the basement, noise doesn't matter. The server with 7
disks, DVD, 700 MHz Duron, 128 MB memory, Geforce card, 4 DVB-S cards
uses constantly 132 Watt. Thats a lot, but at the same time I saved
about 100 W with my A/V-equipment, projector, electric screen and other
things by avoiding standby through use of Master-Slave sockets. So there
is not so much change. If everything else works with the server I will
look whether automatic shutdown and restart is an option.

> 
> 
> > You can get the 80 GB models very cheap (5 DM/GB) currently. It will
> > take some time until this disk reaches this price.
> 
> No, it will initially cost 5 DM/GB - including a "free" ATA 133
> controller. See http://www.vv-computer.de

We will see. At the time of availability the price for the standard 80
GB disks will probably have dropped further. ;-) But I agree that this
will the way to go in the future.

Emil