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Storage options (comments on your choice are appreciated)  

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  1. 1. What setup among the following would be your personal preference?

    • Large single drive for everything
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    • RAID or other disk array setup for everything
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    • Large (ex. 1TB) SSD or NVMe M.2 drive for OS/Boot/Productivity programs/Games and separate mechanical drives for storage
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    • Smaller (ex. 256GB) SSD or NVMe M.2 drive for OS/Boot/Productivity programs, separate SSD or mechanical drive for games, separate mechanical drives for storage
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    • None of the Above (comments appreciated)
      3
    • SSDs for all internal drives, external storage for static files (ex. docs) and/or backup (added after multiple mentions in comments)
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No, the way I typed it is proper, only use "an" when the next word begins with a vowel, basic english there

 

Just now, twoSalty said:

an*

 

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Just now, yathis said:

No, the way I typed it is proper, only use "an" when the next word begins with a vowel, basic english there

 

 

"an" sounds more... normal, if you know what i mean?

Main PC
CPU: i3-4160. RAM: 2x4GB Kingston ValueRam. GPU: Asus GTX750Ti OC 2GB (Palit StormOC 750Ti Bios). CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212X.
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3. Storage: 1x Samsung 840 Evo. RAID 0: WD Scorpio Blue 500GB, WD Caviar Blue 500GB. PSU: Corsair CX500M.
Network: some TP-Link card that doesnt support 5.0Ghz. Case: Casecom Neptune CP-626 (the cooler doesnt fit so the side panel stays off).
Mouse: Logitech G430. Headphones: Sennheiser RS195. Keyboard: Lenovo KU0225. OS: Windows 10 Pro

stuff that isnt my main pc
Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E531 - Ubuntu 17.04 (Gnome Desktop)
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B - Not in Use
Raspberry Pi 3 - RetroPie

Phones/Tablets
Samsung Galaxy S3 - Lineage 14.1 (Android 7.1.1)
HTC One M7 - Dead Charging Port - Lineage 14.1 (Android 7.1.1)
HTC One M8 - Dead Sim Port -  Lineage 15 (Android 8.0.0)
Telstra 4GX Plus (ZTE Blade A462) - Android M Stock
iPhone 4S - Dead Battery Sensor (Stuck on too hot warning) - Latest iOS 9
iPhone 5 - MAIN PHONE - iOS 10.3.3

Consoles
Xbox One
Xbox 360 S
PlayStation 2 Fat

Headset: Plantronics RIG400HX 

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Just now, twoSalty said:

"an" sounds more... normal, if you know what i mean?

Not at all

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Just now, yathis said:

Not at all

yes at all

Main PC
CPU: i3-4160. RAM: 2x4GB Kingston ValueRam. GPU: Asus GTX750Ti OC 2GB (Palit StormOC 750Ti Bios). CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212X.
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3. Storage: 1x Samsung 840 Evo. RAID 0: WD Scorpio Blue 500GB, WD Caviar Blue 500GB. PSU: Corsair CX500M.
Network: some TP-Link card that doesnt support 5.0Ghz. Case: Casecom Neptune CP-626 (the cooler doesnt fit so the side panel stays off).
Mouse: Logitech G430. Headphones: Sennheiser RS195. Keyboard: Lenovo KU0225. OS: Windows 10 Pro

stuff that isnt my main pc
Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E531 - Ubuntu 17.04 (Gnome Desktop)
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B - Not in Use
Raspberry Pi 3 - RetroPie

Phones/Tablets
Samsung Galaxy S3 - Lineage 14.1 (Android 7.1.1)
HTC One M7 - Dead Charging Port - Lineage 14.1 (Android 7.1.1)
HTC One M8 - Dead Sim Port -  Lineage 15 (Android 8.0.0)
Telstra 4GX Plus (ZTE Blade A462) - Android M Stock
iPhone 4S - Dead Battery Sensor (Stuck on too hot warning) - Latest iOS 9
iPhone 5 - MAIN PHONE - iOS 10.3.3

Consoles
Xbox One
Xbox 360 S
PlayStation 2 Fat

Headset: Plantronics RIG400HX 

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1 minute ago, twoSalty said:

yes at all

Maybe at the Outback, I do love their steaks with a side of Vegemite Sandwich.

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Just now, yathis said:

Maybe at the Outback, I do love their steaks

im not in the outback, ive never actually been there

 

Main PC
CPU: i3-4160. RAM: 2x4GB Kingston ValueRam. GPU: Asus GTX750Ti OC 2GB (Palit StormOC 750Ti Bios). CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212X.
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3. Storage: 1x Samsung 840 Evo. RAID 0: WD Scorpio Blue 500GB, WD Caviar Blue 500GB. PSU: Corsair CX500M.
Network: some TP-Link card that doesnt support 5.0Ghz. Case: Casecom Neptune CP-626 (the cooler doesnt fit so the side panel stays off).
Mouse: Logitech G430. Headphones: Sennheiser RS195. Keyboard: Lenovo KU0225. OS: Windows 10 Pro

stuff that isnt my main pc
Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E531 - Ubuntu 17.04 (Gnome Desktop)
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B - Not in Use
Raspberry Pi 3 - RetroPie

Phones/Tablets
Samsung Galaxy S3 - Lineage 14.1 (Android 7.1.1)
HTC One M7 - Dead Charging Port - Lineage 14.1 (Android 7.1.1)
HTC One M8 - Dead Sim Port -  Lineage 15 (Android 8.0.0)
Telstra 4GX Plus (ZTE Blade A462) - Android M Stock
iPhone 4S - Dead Battery Sensor (Stuck on too hot warning) - Latest iOS 9
iPhone 5 - MAIN PHONE - iOS 10.3.3

Consoles
Xbox One
Xbox 360 S
PlayStation 2 Fat

Headset: Plantronics RIG400HX 

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3 minutes ago, twoSalty said:

"an" sounds more... normal, if you know what i mean?

@yathisYou use 'an' before a vowel SOUND, so using 'an' before SSD is ok.  Ex. ess-ess-dee.  @twoSalty is right. Now let's get the topic back on track :)

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1 minute ago, PineyCreek said:

@yathisYou use 'an' before a vowel SOUND, so using 'an' before SSD is ok.  Ex. ess-ess-dee.  @twoSalty is right. Now let's get the topic back on track :)

Yeah thats what I typed. No 2salts aint right. A "S" is not a vowel, sorry. AEIOU and sometimes Y is what I learned in kindergarten.

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6 minutes ago, yathis said:

only use "an" when the next word begins with a vowel

see

 

Anyways Im done here, lets move on. I gotta hit the AN SHEETS

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7 minutes ago, yathis said:

No, the way I typed it is proper, only use "an" when the next word begins with a vowel, basic english there

 

 

You said vowel.  I said vowel sound.  Either way, wrap up tight.  Living under a bridge waiting for those billy goats is hard work.

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Just now, PineyCreek said:

You said vowel.  I said vowel sound.

Perhaps we are both right. Where is Mr. Google when you need "it"

What are the keywords to use?

 

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12 hours ago, PineyCreek said:

My long-term end goal is to have a rackmount NAS for personal storage and shared backups (encrypted backups synced via torrent between friends so everyone has multiple offsite backups).  I just have the money for one or the other right now :)  That much spinning rust adds up.

I sorta have that, I have a NAS, just anit rack mounted, I could but no point, as for torrent shit, no point for me at the moment, mind you I do need to work out how to VPN into my home network, so I can connect to the PCs there over LAN so I can do more shit like that, as I need to be able to do that

The owner of "too many" computers, called

The Lord of all Toasters (1920X 1080ti 32GB)

The Toasted Controller (i5 4670, R9 380, 24GB)

The Semi Portable Toastie machine (i7 3612QM (was an i3) intel HD 4000 16GB)'

Bread and Butter Pudding (i7 7700HQ, 1050ti, 16GB)

Pinoutbutter Sandwhich (raspberry pi 3 B)

The Portable Slice of Bread (N270, HAHAHA, 2GB)

Muffinator (C2D E6600, Geforce 8400, 6GB, 8X2TB HDD)

Toastbuster (WIP, should be cool)

loaf and let dough (A printer that doesn't print black ink)

The Cheese Toastie (C2D (of some sort), GTX 760, 3GB, win XP gaming machine)

The Toaster (C2D, intel HD, 4GB, 2X1TB NAS)

Matter of Loaf and death (some old shitty AMD laptop)

windybread (4X E5470, intel HD, 32GB ECC) (use coming soon, maybe)

And more, several more

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I'm also REVISING MY BACKUP STRATEGIES.  And I also appreciate advice added to this topic.

 

MY SETUP.

3 different PCs in my house. Running (meh) Windows 10 Pro. 2 at 64-bit. 1 at 32-bit. I take lots of photos (and use OneDrive's photo feature to back up my iDevices). I use the (nasty) iTunes app to sync my iDevices to a PC (thus having a backup whenever Apple goes rotten).

 

MY CURRENT BACKUP.

1 rickety 3TB Buffalo external drive that I move from PC to PC and use either Win10 file history or Win7 backup. That external drives then moved to a separate location (offsite, locked up).

 

I try to adhere to the 3-2-1 philosophy TekThing proposed (3 backups per machine = 2 in different formats + 1 backup offsite).

 

MY OPPORTUNITY.

My brother-in-law can help me get "good" prices on Seagate Expansion portable external hard drives (3.0 USB interface [STEA2000400]).  2TB, 3TB, or 4TB options.

I'm assuming the Seagate drives are more reliable & less fragile than my Buffalo 3TB drive.

 

MY OPTIONS.

a. Buy 3, 2TB drives (I might snag larger capacities).  Each Seagate's reserved for its own PC.  Do the backups.  Physically move the 3 external drives to that separate location I was talking about.  If a drive starts failing, I can double-up backups on the remaining Seagate drives.

...or...

b. Buy 1, 4TB drive.  Do all the backups to one drive and move it to that separate location.

...or...

c. Use the Windows 10 Storage Spaces as a way to mirror & combine drives. HowToGeek Mirroring and Combining Drives?!

 

What are people's opinions?

 

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