time to get another I guess.

wow, how much do they cost

I RAID'd 250GB drives.
I want to get a 400GB ($199), but I'm probably just going to RAID 300GB ($92) since I only have IDE ATA and not SATA or PATA

Go for a 1TB.

I have 2 320GB external drives (which I store someplace not my house).
1 for mp3s/backups
1 for pictures backups

when I back things up, I copy them to my desktop and then to the 320GB drive. and then once every few months, I burn DVDs.

Man I work with Hard Drives all day and now they are on RTTP am I really going nuking futs?

i need to buy a new HD too, i think i have a 40GB heh
i didnt know they were so cheap

stop downloading porn!

or are you making your own now?

when I turn everything on my home server, it's got more that 1tb.
there arent any single 1TB hd's out there yet or I would.

when I turn everything on my home server it has
120GB primary
500GB storage
200GB tivo storage
320GB external back up
320GB photobackup
3x60GB no reason to turn on old drives
100GB no reason to turn on old drive
40GB portable storage

I think that is it... I need to get 2 more 300GB drives or something for it.

one problem is when ever I get a bigger drive, I copy the old drives necesary content to the newer drive.. and then I forget to re-sort it.

I looked in my 500GB drive and there is an "old_drive" folder. most of the contents in there have their own "old_drive" folder inside them. one of which, I found a 3rd "old_drive" layer.

looks like I have 214GB of pictures... geezum.

by the way, skip the 500GB drive...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101446

why would I get that?
you can get 500GB drives that have 16MB buffers for $250.
I would get a SATA card for that.

but if you're just using it for storage, you don't need a huge buffer, you can index the whole drive, and it will be searchable that way, insted of perusing through the drive for weeks on end.

and it's an ATA100 drive, not an SATA

ok, 16MB buffer you say?
SATA2
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101447

or

ATA100
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101449

what does a buffer have to do with drive indexing?

I never said buffer had anythign to do with indexing

750GB? damn.. are those that PIV?

time to decide on storage again..

500GB IDE drive is $179
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4551327
2.77 GB/$

300's are $99 which is over 3GB/$

or I can get a SATA drive and and card, 400GB for $222 which is 1.8GB/$

got a 300 off craigs list about a week ago off craigs list for all my music, video files, and protools projects.

only paid 60 bucks for it.