[mythtv-users] Migrating RAID

Rudy Zijlstra mythtv at grumpydevil.homelinux.org
Sat Nov 3 22:35:30 UTC 2007


Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:41:13PM -0600, Joe Ripley wrote:
>   
>> On Nov 2, 2007 7:45 PM, Dan Ritter <dsr-myth at tao.merseine.nu> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:18:02PM +0100, Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
>>>       
>>>> in two different houses, about 60m apart with Gig Ethernet in between.....
>>>>
>>>> Will withstand one house burning to the ground. As there is open space
>>>> between them, not likely that both will burn.
>>>>         
>>> A lightning strike might take them both out, especially if the
>>> cable is copper. Can you replace it with a fiber-optic link?
>>>       
>> Or just use a surge protector for the CAT5 cable on each end.
>>     
>
> That's not going to work. 
>
> -dsr-
>
>   
Can you explain why not? installing surge protectors i can, exchanging 
to fiber-optic is much more difficult, as i would have to learn how to 
make the connector on the fiber cable..... Also, i run big risk of 
damaging a fiber cable when pulling it into place :(

Rudy


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