Don't be a fg, Defrag.
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Syrup Beaver
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Same here, but I usually don't install/uninstall a lot of stuff after I get everthing I want on there initiallyApril23 said:
are you serious? I've got 400GB in my server and there's only 100GB free. It's filled with music and movies galore. I've never defragged it though, even after 2 years, it's reiserfs and doesn't need it.fly said:
ChikkenNoodul said:
I'm installing and uninstalling crap quite frequently. I just like to play around with stuff and see what it does
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Stuff, lots of stuff. Mostly movies and TV-eps I would say. I need moar spacefly said:
Thinking about building a fileserver but that's $$$$ *sigh*
naaa, it's not big dollars to build a fileserver. I did mine for like $400. I borrowed an old PC from work (celery 500 with 512 mb ram) and picked up 2 200GB IDE drives. I then installed linux on it and setup all the samba/nfs stuff that I'd need to be able to access the files from either windows or linux. it's pretty sweet, and it was a breeze to configure. It runs slackware 10 and at the moment has been up 192 days. It would be up longer but I lost power about that many days ago.I Robert I said:Stuff, lots of stuff. Mostly movies and TV-eps I would say. I need moar space
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Needs moar RAID and that means more drives. I want redundancy! Having lost 3-4 drives in the past I'm getting kinda paranoid about my data... And I don't have any putars to steal from work and I gave my old one to my mom. Bleh. Some day, some day.CletusJones said:naaa, it's not big dollars to build a fileserver. I did mine for like $400. I borrowed an old PC from work (celery 500 with 512 mb ram) and picked up 2 200GB IDE drives. I then installed linux on it and setup all the samba/nfs stuff that I'd need to be able to access the files from either windows or linux. it's pretty sweet, and it was a breeze to configure. It runs slackware 10 and at the moment has been up 192 days. It would be up longer but I lost power about that many days ago.
holy crap dude. i have old pcs like that just sitting around, too bad shipping would be a bitch.I Robert I said:
I backup to tapes, I picked up one of the old DDS3 tape drives from work for cheap when they upgraded to something that would hold way more. It's got 6 tapes in the cartridge that you put in it, and each tape holds 25GB compressed. Granted it may take a long time, but it gets the job done. Plus, I only paid $50 for the drive.I Robert I said:
If you are going to use Raid5 then use the hardware version. I have seen too many people with the software version lose almost everthing when it goes down completely.I Robert I said:
I refuse to spend $500+ dollars or whatever it costs for a true RAID card. If your data at home is that important, then you have problems.Findakáno said:
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i bought a dell server for a little over $400 a month ago. i keep all my truly important data on both my main pc and server so it would take something pretty catastrophic to really lose everything.
i've got about 3/4 of a terabyte right now, and that'll probably go up when i sell and make a new main system.
as for the main topic: i format every six months or so out of habit, so defragging the system drive isn't a big deal. i don't like to degrag my games drive because some of the executables don't like being defragged, and i'm too protective of my media to do it. i haven't noticed a performance problem.
i've got about 3/4 of a terabyte right now, and that'll probably go up when i sell and make a new main system.
as for the main topic: i format every six months or so out of habit, so defragging the system drive isn't a big deal. i don't like to degrag my games drive because some of the executables don't like being defragged, and i'm too protective of my media to do it. i haven't noticed a performance problem.