[mythtv-users] USB Harddrives

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jul 22, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Mitch Gore wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com 
> > wrote:
> It's more cost-effective to buy a big new hard drive and replace
> what's there than to run another machine. Newegg had a 500GB drive for
> $69 this morning.
>
>
> Except for this sentence that wrote  last post
> "I do have one other 120gb drive i would like to
> > put in my Mythbox but there is no room in the backend box."
>
> I dont want to have a tower machine in my theater.  I have a mATX  
> Home Theater case that can only hold 3 drives. If i remove the  
> myBook that has 2x250 drives and if i add the 120gb thats a total on  
> 6 disks....
>
> If i use a old machine how long would it take to cost me ~130 in  
> Power?  Considering its a AMD 1800+.

I don't pay your electric bill, so I don't know. :)

I do know that if you buy 2 750GB drives and put them in your Home  
theater box that holds 3 hard drives, (saving 1 drive for your OS/ 
mysql, etc.) you'd end up with 1.5TB of storage and no noticeable  
extra energy costs. I also know that you will notice running an extra  
machine 24/7 on your monthly electric bill.

See if you can spot when I bought larger hard drives to consolidate  
machines...
Bill Date        kWh
5/28/2008         909
4/28/2008         960
3/28/2008         890
2/27/2008       1,052
1/28/2008       1,435
12/28/2007      1,397
11/29/2007      1,414

I didn't include what I pay for electric, but I'm saving between $150- 
$175/month.

-Brad