[LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

[Jim Thompson]

On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Michael Bishop wrote:

> Vince Hoang wrote:
>> I am rather allergic to RAID5 unless it is on a _seriously_ fast
>> SCSI controller, but we can certainly run a 600GB RAID1 + 500GB
>> single-disk to get over 1TB of space for the public file mirror
>> until the second pair can be completed. Are there any other
>> businesses that want to do any end of the year write offs? :)
>>
> I'll buy one for the mirror. How about:
>
> Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641A 500GB PATA 7200RPM Hard Drive w/ 
> 16MB Buffer ***Free Shipping***
> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101547
>
> $198.99 each
> $795.96 for 4 HDs
> $11.99 S&H to Hawaii
> $807.95 grand total
>
> I'd personally like to see mirrored:
>    -   Ubuntu repository
>    -   CentOS 4.4 repository
>    -   FreeBSD CVSup tree

Perhaps we should let Vince propose which drive(s) to purchase, @ <  
$200 each.

I think we have "three" hands up to buy one and donate.

>> Thanks folks. Thank you all very much.
>>
> Thank you for keeping the HOSEF server running and managed well.

Yes, thank you.

jim