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Title: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Glenn on Aug 24, 2010, 13:56:42
As per title http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Simon on Aug 24, 2010, 13:57:09
 :thumb:
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Steve on Aug 24, 2010, 14:35:35
Seems good :thumb:
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Rik on Aug 24, 2010, 15:32:06
They'll be giving them away with cornflakes soon. :)
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Glenn on Aug 24, 2010, 15:33:38
I don't eat cornflakes  :'(
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Rik on Aug 24, 2010, 15:37:11
Me neither, but I'd buy a box if it came with the drive. ;D
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Glenn on Aug 24, 2010, 15:41:01
I was thinking a couple of them, could replace the 2 80gb drives I have in my WHS box, it would increase the storge to 3.5Tb.
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Rik on Aug 24, 2010, 15:49:20
Just wait till we have a 1TB solid state drive. ;)
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Niall on Aug 24, 2010, 17:19:32
This is why I've held off with my SSD purchase. The way prices are dropping recently, hopefully the same will start with SSDs. I'd like to get a couple for a raid setup, but one will do if they're still a similar price by Christmas :D
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Technical Ben on Aug 24, 2010, 22:28:59
Hmmm. I want to get a load of stuff before the VAT rise, I'll put it in my "to buy" list. However at this rate I might be able to afford a pack of stamps. :(
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: esh on Aug 25, 2010, 21:12:16
With storage becoming almost dangerously cheap, I'd again recommend planning ahead a little before you jump at these, unless you are just using them as scratch disks. With so much data, putting it in one boat is a little short-sighted in case the disc goes south. I'd personally get two and run them in a RAID-1 mirror (you can do this in software mode in Windows) or a couple in an external box like a QNAP or Drobo give you safety.
Title: Re: 1Tb HDU £43 delivered
Post by: Rik on Aug 26, 2010, 09:57:00
Good point - disk failure becomes increasingly risky as disk sizes rise.