[ExeterLUG] Alphington LTSP Update

[Rob Beard]

On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:37:22 +0000, Paul Sutton <zleap at zleap.net> wrote:
> On 06/03/14 22:16, Daniel Smith wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I spoke with Shelley tonight regarding the Alphington LTSP Project and
>> they now have their internet line installed and all the kit me and Rob
>> requested them to get. We just need another 320GB Hard Drive to go
>> into the Server along with a few Gigabit Ethernet PCI Cards and then
>> it is all systems go! (I think!)
>>
>> I understand The Ark is our main focus at the minute which I totally
>> understand, this is just an update on the project.
>>
>> If anybody has a 320GB Hard Drive to spare. Let me know as it will be
>> greatly appreciated otherwise I will ask if they can order one for us.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Dan
>>

> I would buy a new one,  it is then under warranty, if you put an old one
> in and it dies, you lose a lot of data then there is no compensation if
> a brand new one dies within a month and you lose data at least you can
> get it replaced,  under warranty.
> 
> Data loss is not an issue as you will have backups, surely. 
> 
> Paul

I'd agree with Paul on this, drives are cheap, a 320GB one shouldn't be
any more than about 40 quid (if that).  Heck I picked up a couple of 2TB
drives for work the other day and they were just over 50 quid each.

I would suggest avoiding Seagate though (I read that some of their drives
have issues, and what did I find afterwards... our Seagate 2TB drives in
our servers have issues after only a year!) :-/

Rob