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| 00:53:10 [CharonCaori] | Hey Nathan, I was hoping for some computer advice... You there? D= |
| 00:53:18 [nathanbp] | Hi |
| 00:53:20 [nathanbp] | Yep |
| 00:54:15 [CharonCaori] | So I want some new HDs, and I want a set of backups for the HDs (preferably stored somewhere else) so I don't have to worry about losing data |
| 00:54:32 [CharonCaori] | I was wondering if I should look into getting a server or something |
| 00:56:01 [nathanbp] | One of the guys I play WoW with is uploading all his data to some cloud backup service |
| 00:56:34 [nathanbp] | Do you mean a server locally or a remote server somewhere? |
| 00:56:44 [CharonCaori] | I guess that's also an option... But I still need some new HDs |
| 00:57:20 [CharonCaori] | I meant buy a server or something (a small one) and set it up here |
| 00:58:01 [CharonCaori] | What are you using to store/remotely access your media files? |
| 00:59:00 [nathanbp] | I don't have more than one hard drive worth of stuff |
| 00:59:15 [nathanbp] | I just upgraded the storage drive in my desktop from a 1.5 TB drive to a 3 TB drive |
| 00:59:24 [CharonCaori] | Ah |
| 00:59:25 [nathanbp] | and all my stuff fits on there |
| 00:59:41 [nathanbp] | and then I'm running a linux VM that I can ssh into remotely to access it remotely |
| 01:00:03 [nathanbp] | I should probably back up the stuff on that drive, although it's mostly just anime anyways >_> |
| 01:00:13 [nathanbp] | would be somewhat annoying if I lost it |
| 01:00:15 [CharonCaori] | I have maybe between 3 and 5 TBs of stuff, but sam has stuff he wants to store too |
| 01:00:50 [nathanbp] | You can get SAN boxes with several drives that support some kind of remote access I think |
| 01:01:31 [CharonCaori] | And none of it is backed up anywhere, so I've been thinking of just getting a few identical HDs and backing them up periodically, but i was wondering if I should just get a server or something for the future... |
| 01:01:36 [nathanbp] | or NAS I guess is actually the right term... |
| 01:02:05 [CharonCaori] | Ah, I was wondering what a San box was, haha |
| 01:02:36 [CharonCaori] | I was thinking of maybe a raid enclosure or a nas box, but the nas boxes seem pretty expensive |
| 01:02:56 [CharonCaori] | So I was wondering if you were familiar with them. D= |
| 01:06:07 [nathanbp] | I've seen people talk about them, but I'm not really familiar with them |
| 01:06:10 [CharonCaori] | I wonder if it would be better to get a nas or just really cheap computer |
| 01:06:44 [CharonCaori] | I guess I'll have to think about it some more. D= thanks though |
| 01:06:44 [nathanbp] | I considered getting a NAS when I got that 3 TB harddrive |
| 01:06:53 [nathanbp] | but I didn't think it was worth bothering with |
| 01:07:01 [nathanbp] | I'd be inclined to get the NAS... |
| 01:07:01 [CharonCaori] | Well I guess you're just using it for animr |
| 01:07:50 [CharonCaori] | I have a TON of jrock rips and stuff and I'll probably be getting more bluray and flac quality stuff in the future |
| 01:08:27 [CharonCaori] | So what have you been up to today? |
| 01:10:27 [nathanbp] | wow, mozy wants $380/month to back up 1 TB |
| 01:11:14 [nathanbp] | Work... |
| 01:11:18 [CharonCaori] | Yikes, no, if I end up getting a NAS I'll just get a cheap enclosure and back the HDs up to it by hand |
| 01:11:40 [CharonCaori] | Work is better than nothing, I suppose |
| 01:12:33 [nathanbp] | and shortly I'm going to watch a bunch of Precure Max Heart probably >_>;;; |
| 01:12:57 [nathanbp] | One of the guys I play wow with has been backing up tons of stuff on line some where... |
| 01:13:00 [nathanbp] | I'll have to find out where |
| 01:13:14 [CharonCaori] | That'd be cool, thanks |
| 01:13:27 [CharonCaori] | Still guessing it'd be cheaper to do it myself though |
| 01:13:41 [CharonCaori] | I still don't really trust cloud storage services |
| 01:14:02 [nathanbp] | Yeah, I dunno. He's been uploading all his pirated stuff there too |
| 01:14:14 [nathanbp] | which doesn't seem like a great idea to me... |
| 01:14:28 [CharonCaori] | I forsee problems with getting that back if he ever has to |
| 01:14:49 [nathanbp] | I'd guess he's going to try random restores after he finally finishes uploading everything... |
| 01:15:34 [CharonCaori] | I mean it may work for now but I'm guessing not in 5 years or something |
| 01:16:08 [CharonCaori] | If cloud storage gets popular they might decide to go after it megaupload-stylr |
| 01:16:26 [CharonCaori] | I'm probably too paranoid about it. =p |
| 01:17:25 [nathanbp] | Yeah it doesn't seem like a great idea |
| 01:44:22 [nathanbp] | crashplan is apparently $60/year for unlimited storage |
| 01:44:27 [nathanbp] | not sure how that can possibly work |
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| 02:00:14 [CharonCaori] | That is waaay too cheap to believe |
| 02:19:04 [nathanbp] | he says: nathan: the downside is there are horror stories of people losing data permanently, and their customer support is fairly poor, but I think they were mostly idiots, and there's a decent amount of community info out there for esoteric builds/installs etc, so support isn't all that necessary most of the time |
| 02:19:18 [nathanbp] | also: but I think there are enough people who -don't- back up 5+ tb to make up for those of us who do ;) |
| 02:21:20 [Puyopuyo] | Heh |
| 02:26:25 [nathanbp] | he says he's actually gotten some data back out of it |
| 02:26:30 [nathanbp] | so it's not a total black hole |
| 02:26:47 [nathanbp] | for that cheap, why not use it? |
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| 02:49:03 [Puyopuyo] | Hello. |
| 02:49:28 [Puyopuyo] | So Nathan, what DO you use your solid state Hard drive for? |
| 02:52:01 [nathanbp] | OS/Programs/Games |
| 02:52:19 [nathanbp] | Mostly loading wow quickly |
| 02:57:16 [Puyopuyo] | Ah |
| 02:58:01 [nathanbp] | Even for non game stuff it's amazing how much faster everything goes with an SSD |
| 02:58:14 [nathanbp] | Except windows updates, those still take forever for some reason |
| 02:58:45 [nathanbp] | So I'm 8 episodes into Max Heart and Porun doesn't seem too annoying so far...I guess there's still 39 episodes to go >_>;; |
| 02:59:03 [Puyopuyo] | >_> |
| 03:00:51 [Cassian] | Don't worry, he gets more annoying soon. |
| 03:02:16 [nathanbp] | But he's been so quiet so far :( |
| 03:07:05 [Cassian] | Did you watch the first Max Heart tie-in movie? |
| 03:08:37 [nathanbp] | No |
| 03:08:42 [nathanbp] | Not yet |
| 03:09:59 [nathanbp] | Are any of the tie in movies good? |
| 03:11:05 [Cassian] | I've only seen the first Max Heart movie, it was pretty bad. D: |
| 03:13:52 [nathanbp] | The All Stars movies are only good in how ridiculous they are... |
| 03:16:08 [Cassian] | If it had that, it would have been better. D: |
| 03:21:08 [nathanbp] | hmm, Ask Slashdot on "Most underappreciated Sci-Fi writer?" I might never catch up on manga if I start getting all these out of the library... |
| 03:23:12 [Puyopuyo] | Heh |
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