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[AtW]

Actually, that's interesting. Whose did you choose? What parameters did you feel most important? Which interface?

2 TB disks, I got all models: WD 2 TBs as soon as they came out, Seagate 2 TBs recently, now buying mainly Hitachi 2 TB since they are real 7200 RPM. All disks are SATA.

[TimberWolf]

What sort of maniac 'boils' their pens?

Weren't much of an experimentalist as a kid were you?

[AtW]

Wot?

Not SATA2?

Or is there SATA3 by now?

Top end disks are all SATA 2 now, I used SATA in a generic way to indicate that they are not SAS disks

[DimPrawn]

2 TB disks, I got all models: WD 2 TBs as soon as they came out, Seagate 2 TBs recently, now buying mainly Hitachi 2 TB since they are real 7200 RPM. All disks are SATA.

How much did you pay for the Hitachi 2TB disks (ex vat)?

[AtW]

How much did you pay for the Hitachi 2TB disks (ex vat)?

£117, bargain - usually top capacity disks start from £200+ range, I had to pay that for 10 x 2 TB from Western Digital in March, now they are half price

[ThomasSoerensen]

2 TB disks, I got all models: WD 2 TBs as soon as they came out, Seagate 2 TBs recently, now buying mainly Hitachi 2 TB since they are real 7200 RPM. All disks are SATA.

I thought you would use SAS disks, not SATA.

[AtW]

I thought you would use SAS disks, not SATA.

Is there a SAS disk that can hold 2 TB in the first place? Even if there was it would cost too much.

[AtW]

Well, that's the pr0n collection covered - now tell us about your work.

Soon - that will be in imminent Real Big SKA News (tm) thread: stay tuned!

[ThomasSoerensen]

Is there a SAS disk that can hold 2 TB in the first place? Even if there was it would cost too much.

you can use more than 1 disk - please google "RAID"

[RichardCranium]

the sound quality is far superior to the last one which recently died.

Well it would be, then, wouldn't it?