00:52:20 -!- CharonCaori has joined #Cochineal 00:53:10 Hey Nathan, I was hoping for some computer advice... You there? D= 00:53:18 Hi 00:53:20 Yep 00:54:15 So I want some new HDs, and I want a set of backups for the HDs (preferably stored somewhere else) so I don't have to worry about losing data 00:54:32 I was wondering if I should look into getting a server or something 00:56:01 One of the guys I play WoW with is uploading all his data to some cloud backup service 00:56:34 Do you mean a server locally or a remote server somewhere? 00:56:44 I guess that's also an option... But I still need some new HDs 00:57:20 I meant buy a server or something (a small one) and set it up here 00:58:01 What are you using to store/remotely access your media files? 00:59:00 I don't have more than one hard drive worth of stuff 00:59:15 I just upgraded the storage drive in my desktop from a 1.5 TB drive to a 3 TB drive 00:59:24 Ah 00:59:25 and all my stuff fits on there 00:59:41 and then I'm running a linux VM that I can ssh into remotely to access it remotely 01:00:03 I should probably back up the stuff on that drive, although it's mostly just anime anyways >_> 01:00:13 would be somewhat annoying if I lost it 01:00:15 I have maybe between 3 and 5 TBs of stuff, but sam has stuff he wants to store too 01:00:50 You can get SAN boxes with several drives that support some kind of remote access I think 01:01:31 And none of it is backed up anywhere, so I've been thinking of just getting a few identical HDs and backing them up periodically, but i was wondering if I should just get a server or something for the future... 01:01:36 or NAS I guess is actually the right term... 01:02:05 Ah, I was wondering what a San box was, haha 01:02:36 I was thinking of maybe a raid enclosure or a nas box, but the nas boxes seem pretty expensive 01:02:56 So I was wondering if you were familiar with them. D= 01:06:07 I've seen people talk about them, but I'm not really familiar with them 01:06:10 I wonder if it would be better to get a nas or just really cheap computer 01:06:44 I guess I'll have to think about it some more. D= thanks though 01:06:44 I considered getting a NAS when I got that 3 TB harddrive 01:06:53 but I didn't think it was worth bothering with 01:07:01 I'd be inclined to get the NAS... 01:07:01 Well I guess you're just using it for animr 01:07:50 I have a TON of jrock rips and stuff and I'll probably be getting more bluray and flac quality stuff in the future 01:08:27 So what have you been up to today? 01:10:27 wow, mozy wants $380/month to back up 1 TB 01:11:14 Work... 01:11:18 Yikes, no, if I end up getting a NAS I'll just get a cheap enclosure and back the HDs up to it by hand 01:11:40 Work is better than nothing, I suppose 01:12:33 and shortly I'm going to watch a bunch of Precure Max Heart probably >_>;;; 01:12:57 One of the guys I play wow with has been backing up tons of stuff on line some where... 01:13:00 I'll have to find out where 01:13:14 That'd be cool, thanks 01:13:27 Still guessing it'd be cheaper to do it myself though 01:13:41 I still don't really trust cloud storage services 01:14:02 Yeah, I dunno. He's been uploading all his pirated stuff there too 01:14:14 which doesn't seem like a great idea to me... 01:14:28 I forsee problems with getting that back if he ever has to 01:14:49 I'd guess he's going to try random restores after he finally finishes uploading everything... 01:15:34 I mean it may work for now but I'm guessing not in 5 years or something 01:16:08 If cloud storage gets popular they might decide to go after it megaupload-stylr 01:16:26 I'm probably too paranoid about it. =p 01:17:25 Yeah it doesn't seem like a great idea 01:44:21 crashplan is apparently $60/year for unlimited storage 01:44:27 not sure how that can possibly work 01:58:24 -!- Puyopuyo has joined #Cochineal 01:58:24 -!- ChanServ set mode +o on Puyopuyo 02:00:14 That is waaay too cheap to believe 02:19:04 he says: nathan: the downside is there are horror stories of people losing data permanently, and their customer support is fairly poor, but I think they were mostly idiots, and there's a decent amount of community info out there for esoteric builds/installs etc, so support isn't all that necessary most of the time 02:19:18 also: but I think there are enough people who -don't- back up 5+ tb to make up for those of us who do ;) 02:21:20 Heh 02:26:25 he says he's actually gotten some data back out of it 02:26:30 so it's not a total black hole 02:26:47 for that cheap, why not use it? 02:38:25 -!- Cassian has joined #Cochineal 02:49:03 Hello. 02:49:28 So Nathan, what DO you use your solid state Hard drive for? 02:52:01 OS/Programs/Games 02:52:19 Mostly loading wow quickly 02:57:16 Ah 02:58:01 Even for non game stuff it's amazing how much faster everything goes with an SSD 02:58:14 Except windows updates, those still take forever for some reason 02:58:45 So I'm 8 episodes into Max Heart and Porun doesn't seem too annoying so far...I guess there's still 39 episodes to go >_>;; 02:59:03 >_> 03:00:51 Don't worry, he gets more annoying soon. 03:02:16 But he's been so quiet so far :( 03:07:04 Did you watch the first Max Heart tie-in movie? 03:08:37 No 03:08:42 Not yet 03:09:59 Are any of the tie in movies good? 03:11:05 I've only seen the first Max Heart movie, it was pretty bad. D: 03:13:52 The All Stars movies are only good in how ridiculous they are... 03:16:08 If it had that, it would have been better. D: 03:21:07 hmm, Ask Slashdot on "Most underappreciated Sci-Fi writer?" I might never catch up on manga if I start getting all these out of the library... 03:23:12 Heh 08:31:56 -!- Cassian has left #Cochineal [Quit] 08:35:38 -!- Puyopuyo has left #Cochineal [Ping timeout: 240 seconds]