Hell I wouldn't mind having a 'simple' 3 or 4 10-G drives and go for mirroring, speak RAID - even for (maybe especially for) std Windoze non-LAN stuff. Best learn such stuff on non-critical systems, I say.

(Having worked with many types of tape recs - from 10" digital thru 10" audio RtoR yada) - I know it stretches, flakes, is serial not random and otherwise: sucx, even though you Can be careful and all that. It's a random world.)

Now whether my first *nix foray oughtta be with an MP box stolen - why not? 200 MHz bus - OK; 128M of video for text - OK too :-\ufffd

(But anything that draws more than 200W average? - won't cut it either. Burns too much oil and coal. For non-industrial, that is..)


Ashton
Enlightened Luddites R' Us