Malachai Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Hey all, I was wondering what do you guys think about this 1 TD drive that costco is selling... http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?...g=en-US&s=1 I was thinking of buy.... Can't believe they are selling those now... Can you image how many movies, sounds, and other hack stuff I could keep on there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 It's a device that houses 2 500gig harddisks. If either one of those two develops a problem (and remember that it's WD we're talking about here) you're royally fucked. You're better off with a device that uses 3 or more disks and employs RAID5 over them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 How does raid 5 compare to raid z? I'm thinking about some form of NAS using ZFS pools for a storage solution myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetelectric Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Be careful of these things. A lot of them have DRM built in. It makes it difficult to get at your files using multiple users. So if you have a store for your mates to use, you may not be able to use the built in software. Easy to get around, but it's the principle of the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalito Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I herd that model has some weird DRM that doesn't let you move certain files around. I hear it has to do with the software that western digital packs it with. It also worries me that there are two drives in there. I would rather use a raid set up like cooper mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Without a network port it doesn't really do much for me. Regardless of whether you buy from Newegg, the reviews and sorting options make this a good place to start: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.as...ame=NAS-Storage Oh, and I hear they have good deals on evil servers.. then again I wouldn't trust me data to one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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