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parksgm · 01-18-2007, 08:22 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Outsider787

Yikes!
I can just see someone who REALLY wants all the zoom levels available in their car, with a trunk full of HDs... (that would be 36 500gig drives. well 37 to have a RAID 5 array)

To me, it's still amazing it's possible with *only* 37 drives...while it would be unwieldly, expensive, and difficult to power, such an array is certainly feasible.

I remember thinking the 160MB drive in my Mac Performa 475 (33mhz 68040 with 8MB of RAM!) was big in 1992!

01-18-2007, 08:22 AM	#10
parksgm FLAC is for flaccid Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 1,117	Quote: Originally Posted by Outsider787 Yikes! I can just see someone who REALLY wants all the zoom levels available in their car, with a trunk full of HDs... (that would be 36 500gig drives. well 37 to have a RAID 5 array) To me, it's still amazing it's possible with only 37 drives...while it would be unwieldly, expensive, and difficult to power, such an array is certainly feasible. I remember thinking the 160MB drive in my Mac Performa 475 (33mhz 68040 with 8MB of RAM!) was big in 1992! __________________ Monthly North Texas Meet thread My worklog gDrive Install pics How to add your CarPC specs to your username An amateur built the Ark. The Titanic was built by professionals.