Re: question about storage
> IIRC, the OP said he's currently "storing some huge historical data to
> mysql database" on a combination of his internal laptop drive and two
> 320GB external USB drives. Let's see, that's
>
> 320 + 320 + 250?? = 890 GB _IF_ they're full, which they probably
> aren't, and he's probably holding duplicated copies on the 320 GB drives
> for redundancy. So 2 TB mirrored, 1 TB net, would fit his needs, easily.
sorry for the confusion. the size of data I _plan_ to use is on the
4T level so 8T is needed.. and that's why I really need a desktop right
now.
Jim
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