 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | reply to elwoodblues
Re: [Rant] Holy Hard Drive rip offI put in the third hotswap bay now, hooked it up to the two RAID cards, and tested each slot with a drive.
The bottom unit is empty at the moment (only 10 drives out of the 15 bays), but it'll make adding another 5 drives a snap when the time comes. Just have to screw the drievs into the empty trays, stick them in, and add the new vdev to the pool.
capacity
pool alloc free
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tank 6.52T 11.6T
raidz1 6.49T 2.57T
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA602**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA602**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA602**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA604**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA606**** - -
raidz1 22.4G 9.04T
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY135**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY135**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY133**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY136**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY136**** - -
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The vdevs in the pool are currently rather unbalanced, as you can see.
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Prices to remain high until the fallHere's why....
»www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/busin···business |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
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| In otherwords, we are making so much money producing so much less product, we're going to gouge the market a tad longer.
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Re: [Rant] Holy Hard Drive rip off Came out nice. |
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Tech items that could cost you more in 2012
»ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/right-cl···243.html
Last year's historic flooding in Thailand had severely constrained the global supply of hard drives, an effect that has lingered for several quarters. More than a dozen hard drive factories were damaged in a country that accounts for nearly 50 per cent of global hard drive production."
"Some retailers have actually been rationing hard drive—based products," reveals Laura Heller in a Deal News blog. "As a result, we've seen fewer hard drive discounts. Expect continued shortages throughout the first quarter of 2012, which is when experts predict that production will begin to catch up to demand." |
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 TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | reply to elwoodblues
Man prices need to come down already I need me a new HD too. |
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| As above, won't get back to pre-flood pricing until September... so hang in there... |
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 GonePremium
join:2011-01-24
Fort Erie, ON
kudos:3
·Start Communicat..
| said by urbanriot:As above, won't get back to pre-flood pricing until September... so hang in there... It looks like they've kind of dropped from obscenely expensive to merely slightly more expensive recently, but they are certainly nowhere near pre-flood prices, that's for sure. |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand Reviews:
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Bestbuy has a 2TB external drive , Hitachi Touo for $99.
Pretty damn cheap (these days) if you ask me. Older model I suspect, the have USB 3.0 models these days.
»www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/id/···L-120124 |
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 FaxCap
join:2002-05-25
Surrey, BC
 ·Shaw
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Prices starting to creep down....WD 1.5TB $89.
»www.ncix.ca/products/index.php?s···oid=1141
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DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
START&Cogeco
kudos:6 | reply to elwoodblues
I saw that too.
Not the same make and model, but the 2TB externals at 2010 (yes 2010) Boxing sales never got below that price (Seagates, though).
I take it that Hitchi has ramped up production to take advantage of the current pricing curve.
Where are THEIR drives made ?
BTW, WD 2.5GB externals were either $140 or $150 at BB just before this Hitachi.
However, someone said that those were kinda soggy.  
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand Reviews:
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Not bad, you used to be able to buy 2TB for 10 bucks less even 20 when on sale. By now the price for 2TB should have been in the sub 60 range, on a regular basis.
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TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | reply to Guspaz
said by Guspaz:I put in the third hotswap bay now, hooked it up to the two RAID cards, and tested each slot with a drive.
The bottom unit is empty at the moment (only 10 drives out of the 15 bays), but it'll make adding another 5 drives a snap when the time comes. Just have to screw the drievs into the empty trays, stick them in, and add the new vdev to the pool.
capacity
pool alloc free
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tank 6.52T 11.6T
raidz1 6.49T 2.57T
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA602**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA602**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA602**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA604**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EARX-00PASB0_WD-WMAZA606**** - -
raidz1 22.4G 9.04T
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY135**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY135**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY133**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY136**** - -
ata-WDC_WD20EADS-00R6B0_WD-WCAVY136**** - -
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The vdevs in the pool are currently rather unbalanced, as you can see. Hey can you give some info how you did all that and the parts you got I'd like to do a set-up like that myself. |
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | I did. On the previous page. |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand Reviews:
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BB has a 3TB Seagate External USB 3 drive right now for $159, that's only 20 bucks more then I paid in the fall for the same unit.
»www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/id/···L-120131 |
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TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | reply to elwoodblues
»www.computerworld.com/s/article/···_edpicks
AH damn it looks like HD prices will stay up for a good while. |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand Reviews:
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| said by TOPDAWG:http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224221/Hard_drive_prices_to_remain_high_through_2014?source=rss_keyword_edpicks
AH damn it looks like HD prices will stay up for a good while.
No competition in the marketplace, who didn't see this coming when all these mergers were allowed. Hey but unfettered capitalism is good right? It creates jobs.. in Thailand. --
No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake....... |
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 TLS2000Crazy CanuckPremium
join:2004-02-24
Mississauga, ON
·TekSavvy Cable
·Rogers Hi-Speed
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I really see a shot for the SSD industry to step in here if they can get capacity up while getting the prices down.
I'm already running an SSD on my boot drive. I may end up getting another SSD for my short term storage drive as well, rather than another HDD.
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand | But you are not going to get 3tb capacity, that's just not in the cards *YET*, and as a consequence you are stuck with mechanical or hybrid drives.
On the good news front, that article noted that they plan 12tb drives by 2016.
WOW! |
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