Re: Argosy HD-363N -- UPDATE

I don't see and technical reason why you cannot do RAID 5 over USB with
3x or 4x USB connected drives. I'm not aware that anyone has actually
*done* it, though. :) In fact, in some ways it's a natural, since USB is
inherently hot-swappable.

--Tim


Matt Turley wrote:

>Wow.  Silly me for assuming the device you vaguely referred to was the same
>device that got all the press from them at CES a month ago.
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>And if I was yelling, I would have used CAPS.
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>The RAID 5 conversation started when I mentioned this device, which is NAS
>just like what you are talking about but in a different class.  Maybe some
>of us want media servers that can hold not just music, but DVDs, vidcaps of
>TV shows, pictures, and CD images of games.  And with that much data RAID 5
>is a necessity in my book.
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>Matt Turley
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Turtle Beach Audiotron User Forum
>>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:07 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Argosy HD-363N -- UPDATE
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>>Relax Matt, If you want to yell at me fine but I made no
>>reference to that
>>crappy product. I said " buffalo technologies japan device"
>>and I found the
>>reference I was reading.
>>http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-171-ProdID-KUROBOX.php.
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>>Raid 5 is kinda hard to do when these devices only have 1 hd
>>in them and
>>raid cant be done over usb that I know of.
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>>You want raid 5 pony up the money (like I did) and go buy a
>>snap 4100 or
>>better. Or build your own server (in the process of) where
>>disk space and
>>raid cards can be endless. And where did the raid 5
>>conversation even start?
>>It wasn't in this thread regarding the Argosy HD-363N.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Turtle Beach Audiotron User Forum
>>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Turley
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:17 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Argosy HD-363N -- UPDATE
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>>http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?product
>>id=97&category
>>id=19
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>>And how do you know it is "totally hackable" when it isn't
>>even out yet.  It
>>looks great but I don't like the idea of having to buy it with drives
>>already in it and they say they don't support anything except
>>their own
>>drives.
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>>If I bought this unit I'd want to do RAID 5 with at least
>>400GB drives,
>>which isn't even a supported option.
>>
>>Matt Turley
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Turtle Beach Audiotron User Forum
>>>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony
>>>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:36 PM
>>>To: [email protected]
>>>Subject: Re: [AT] Argosy HD-363N -- UPDATE
>>>
>>>
>>>Im now looking into the buffalo technologies japan device
>>>dam'd if I can
>>>remember the name of it though. It runs linux and is
>>>
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>>totally hackable.
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