Go Real RAID Hardware if you are serious about RAID. I have used several RAID variants. I started with a Software RAID5 in one of the Linux flavors with 8x250GB IDE drives. I moved to a Highpoint hardware RAID card that ran solidly for about 8 years (12 channel, running two separate RAID5's 4-drive and 8-drive). I work through upgrading the Arrays. That RAID card still runs, but a couple years ago I switch to an ASR-51644, this gives me 16 ports internal. I have spent the last month with some problems on the RAID card, but I just got a replacement on ebay (less than $50) and once I plugged the drives in it knew that they belonged to a RAID5 (8x4TB) and a RAID6 (8x3TB).

On my workstation I have used a variety of FRAID and Software RAID, but that has primarily been for convenience, a little extra speed, and cost (the server arrays above have been the first level of backup). I don't hate software RAID, but it does not seem to be as reliable or nearly as fast as a true HW RAID card.

I replaced drives throughout the life of the array (two 3TB drives since the first of this year). It is time to upgrade the array again, once one drive goes down from a batch they all start to reach the end of their life. Hardware RAID card will rebuild your array in 4-12 hours, software 2-4 times as long.

The bandwidth of HW RAID is so awesome. My cards are old, but they easily saturate gigabit network and if I am doing transfers from within the arrays 3x that can be achieved with the 8x drive arrays. I am sure the newer $$$$ cards will perform even better.

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The Rankled Engineer

The best normalizing statistic for this is the number of deaths per million miles driven (there are variants: per vehicle, per person). But this number has (for the most part) steadily declined in the last hundred years of US automobile history.

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The Rankled Engineer

Same Here; but I wish it were that simple.

While I don't personally buy from Amazon; I recognize that other entities whom I do business with purchase things (or host websites) from Amazon, and while I am removed from the process I am still feeding into that machine. I do what I can, though, I have been duped by other marketplaces on websites that I typically trust (like Newegg). Order something from a seller and it shows up in Amazon packaging. Very frustrating.

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I contend that a more even way to determine the significant height of a mountain is to measure from the top of the mountain to the lowest surrounding point (once the slop starts to point upward you are now looking at another object/mountain). This would make Mauna Kea the tallest mountain.

It does not seem appropriate to award additional height to a mountain that sits on top of a highly elevated continental plate, just like we would not say that buildings in Denver, CO are taller than Burj Khalifa simply because there roofs sit 5000+ feet above sea level.

Everest can remain as the highest point on the surface of the earth, but I think we should re-evaluate height of mountains and not base it simply on elevation above sea level.
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It would actually be a reduction of 812:1; given that the ratio between the area of two circles is ratio bewteen their diameters squared.

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MGB

Back in 2003 or 2004 I ordered a product from Amazon and they shipped the wrong version of the product (CD instead of DVD installation). There was no phone number listed on their website and the return process did not have an option for "sent the incorrect product". I could not get a response from their customer service and was charge $5 to return the item. I have not been back to Amazon since. Newegg has worked for me. When I search for products I rarely see things that I would buy on Amazon for more then a few dollars cheaper then I can get from other sources.

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MGB

Mod parent WAY up.

The first thing I thought when I looked at the graphs, what service plan are these people on. Most I know have the cheapest package they can find with connection speed upper bound at 1.5-5mbs. At those speeds the throughput Netflix is reporting look pretty good. I have a 20mbs connection (from an ISP not listed in the report) and over the summer I routinely streamed MLB.com (@ 8mbs), the wife would have a Netflix movie on her laptop, and the kids watching some show from Netflix as well. Aggregate bandwidth requirements were roughly 15mbs.

It fits: you get what you pay for, though I don't defend the prices or lack of sustained rate one typically finds with ISP's. I just found that good hardware, a decent home network configuration, and staying away from the cheapest bottom rung plan tend to go a long way.>/p>

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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?

Certainly needs to be asked.

Link Please

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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?

Yes, this is a plain Jane SAS connector, as a comment above eludes, don't mix and match this drive with your RAID card.

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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?

Question: 60fps, why?

Answer: Stereoscopic or 30fps x 2 streams

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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?

I am an engineering for a large utility in the US, granted Civil not Electrical, but the principal for generation is:

You produce a little spare power that is grounded to handle increases (your buffer)
There are voltage regulators and capacitor banks at substations to handle small variations in load
Utilize peaking stations when the load on the grid is particularly high
The key for generation: RPM of the turbine, as load on the grid decreases it take less energy to maintain the speed of the turbine; so while a turbine may still be spinning at the same speed during high and low demand it is certainly not consuming as much fuel

With that being said, there is certainly a lag between the consumption of fuel and the utilization of that energy (steam to mechanical motion) that may produce a delay of an hour as load decreases. Utility companies have a great deal of data and they can generally predict when usage will change and adjust the fuel consumption accordingly.

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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?

I define almost any tatoo as pointless. Besides how stupid were you 10 years ago?

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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?

Dictionary.com

Paddock
3. Australian: any enclosed field or pasture

I also think you have Australia confused with Austria.

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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?

Short Answer: For the kids that are not a pain in the butt.

Long Answer (sans explanation): Out of a moral and religious obligation (not that I would expect most slashdotters to comprehend)

Additional Note: Recently started working with this group of kids, and parents are being notified of the behavior and that it will not be tolerated; I hardly think I am part of the problem.

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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?

I totally agree with this sentiment. I work with a youth group at my church, mainly the teenage boys, and some are forced to attend by their parents, and they are impossible to control. Growing up I attended the same group and participated as I wished but did not actively cause problems at risk of punishment that may be doled out even though my parents could not really do anything (I just didn't really realize it). The kids today know that their parents and leaders can't do anything. A very dangerous line has been crossed in the American Society. Just my thoughts

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Who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?