What is the last thing(s) you bought?

[Smithcraft]

Something you find out when you decide to add everymovie you just about can when you set up a HTcomputer, is that you will need storage.

I figured I\'d start with a WD MyBook, which was nice enough to come with Firewire and USB2, and at Costco I picked up three 1TB models over a few months, for a nice price.

Then came the realization that 3TB(or 2.6TB formatted) just isn\'t enough. So, then the search for something I could load with drives, and hook up via Firewire to my system was started. If I wanted RAID and USB, my life would be easy. However, I seem to never do things the easy way!

I looked at [URL=\"http://www.drobo.com/\"]Drobo[/URL] but I wasn\'t sure about them, and their support forums are only viewable if you have purchased one. Also, after asking around, I found out many people thought that they were too loud for HTcomputer use. So I kept looking, and I found plenty of items that I almost wanted.

Finally I found the [URL=\"http://www.caloptic.com/store/\"]CalOptic[/URL] site, and they have a 8 PATA drive enclosure that I was looking at, and it comes with PATA to SATA adapters. I ended up waiting, and waiting, and waiting and then they came out with a four SATA drive FireWire JBoD case! Oh the joy!

Then I saw the price, and figured I\'d wait till the tax return came in.

In the mean time, Frys, wonderful people that they are, had Hitachi 2TB hard drives on sale twice, and I picked up four of them! They format out to around 1.82TB, so I\'m looking at 7.28TB of storage!

So, now I\'m copying over files from the MyBooks to the qBOX. Then I\'ll have to re-scrape my [URL=\"http://www.plexapp.com/\"]Plex[/URL] libraries. I expect to be transferring files through out the weekend... :???:













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