On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 15:12 +0200, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote: >> >> On Sat, 11 Sep 2010, rosea grammostola wrote: >> >> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Kjetil S. Matheussen >> > <k.s.matheussen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> >> rosea grammostola: >> >>> >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> Thanks for all the info so far. >> >>> I have gathered some components: >> >>> >> >>> Processor: i5 750 >> >>> Heatsink: ? >> >>> MB: Asus P7P55D >> >>> Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB(2x2GB) PC3-10666 >> >>> HDD: 2 x Western Digital WD5000AADS (Bulk, Caviar Green) (500GB) >> >>> Case: Antec SOLO >> >>> Fan: Nexus 120mm Real Silent case fan >> >>> DVD: Lite-On iHAS124 24xDVDRW >> >>> PSU: Seasonic S12II, 380Watt, ATX >> >>> Screen: Lenovo L1951p 19" or ThinkVision L197 19inch (1440x900) Wide >> >>> Flat Panel LCD (Analog/Digital) HDCP TCO 03,MPR-II >> >>> >> >> >> >> That cabinet has the PSU placed at the top. >> >> If you want a silent case, but one which is cheaper >> >> than antec p183, maybe fractal design could >> >> be an alternative? >> > >> >> >> >> Also, I would buy one harddrive at 1GB instead of two at 500GB. >> >> Harddrives these days are so fast anyway, that you probably don't >> >> need to run RAID or anything for multitracking. (Even the >> >> slowest HD should be more than fast enough.) >> >> In your setup, the harddrive is also likely to make the most >> >> noise. (not because the ones you have picked is noisy, quite >> >> the contrary, but because the other parts should be quite silent) >> > >> > True, but how do you backup your stuff? >> >> Oh, I don't. :-) When using plain ext2/3/4 file systems you >> receive hints (strange pauses, eventually a random file is >> corrupted) that something is wrong long before everything is lost. >> I've never lost anything important, but have replaced >> my HD many times. > > It depends on your luck, in my experience it is not always like that. I > have seen drives that develop bad sectors and you can migrate from them > (minus the bad sectors, of course). > > In other instances the warning is just minutes away from complete > failure[*]. "smartctl" is not useful in those (most) cases. I have also > had drives fail on power up - everything is fine until you turn them > off, and then it they are just dead with a periodic click of death. > > So, backup backup and backup, and if the data is really important > (think: what would I do if it is gone?) keep an up to date copy > off-site. > > -- Fernando > > [*] for example: "oh, that's odd, firefox just segfaulted ... and a > minute later nothing works and then your are puzzled and then you > realize the hard disk is gone". > > > Hmm a other way might be a backup via network? Having some data storing device in the home network... We have several pc's running here, so it might be a good thing. On the other hand... the energy bill was pretty dissapointing this year... I don't know what is better in respect to energy usage. \r _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
