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I should have said: ...have problems with the SP2 firewall,....

Seems some VPN clients have problems with SP2, so having it installed with Automatic Updates might be very annoying for support personell...

Spoken like a true cruncher! ;) I'm glad about the move, the speed increase is good. The old one was starting to feel very slow. I wondered why suddenly I couldn't find more recent posts than 6th of August.... Unforgivable lack of communication.

Heads up! Sp2 will be pulled to clients by Automatic Updates starting Monday 16! http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2aumng.mspx

:mrgrn:

Isn't the upcoming X15.4 able to push about 90+MB/s on it's outer tracks? STR. Burst speeds are then limited by PCI bus etc... Compared to that it's not bad, if we're talking about STR.

Atto gives me weird results on my Atlas 10k3 (14MB/s max). Try out the latest HDtach : http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach and post the results you get from that.

You said you the tried a cheetach? What Cheetach? 73MB/s is very good in my opinion. For large data amounts, that's pretty much the STR of the drive, not too much interference from cache. Perhaps you should try some other benchmarks also?

Ah, you're talking about the speed of the BUS, not the actual drive here. That's the speed of the Ultra Wide (UW) 40MB/s bus it uses. U2W would be the 80MB/s and so on, but what the drive can push out onto the bus is another matter.

18XL, was that a 9GB model? 7.2k rpm. Get a Seagate X15* ;)

Excellent! :mrgrn:

Section 4.2.3, the above figures seemed to have been for one 512-byte track.

Here: http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/manuals/scsi/67535b.pdf

Check out the product manual, min to max is from 24.7-39MB/s. One moment, I've got the link here somewhere...

5.1 Hmmm, maybe I should try 5.05?

I've been on vacation for a week, so this is a bit late, but just in case someone hasn't checked it out yet: http://www.theregister.com/2004/07/29/bofh_2004_episode_24/

I'll second that.

First thing that struck me was the FSB, any possibility of memory problem or something similar? Have to check, but isn't the 2800 a 333FSB, the 3000 can be had as 333 and 400, and the 3200 as 400FSB?

V5 beta client available, clients will expire August 30. Check here: http://vspx27.stanford.edu/beta/beta.html Here's a copy/paste of the changelog: Changes in F@H Client v. 5.00 -------------------------------------- - Collection server support. If a client finishes a work unit from a...

Thanks for the drink! ;) You continue to have excellent sigs, Tony!

:eekers: Editing of posts....NEVER! That's the worst thing one can do to threads! I hate reading EDITED posts in a thread 10 pages long! After the fifts post you have no idea what everyone is talking about, because someone just edited their post! Argh, I hate that. And once again, not...

ping -t david

Nowadays, if a drive gets bad sectors, it's an immediate RMA for that drive when I'm dealing with them. IF the drive is recently new, let's say larger than 40GB. No idea to wait for it to break totally. It usually happens at the worst possible moment.

According to one experiment I just read about, drinking small quantities of coffee (or similar drink) quite often vs. large quantities seldom, the small and often wins. In the test people we're subjected to a shift from 24h to 42h day, and those that drank often we're more alert and got better...

Yeah, I've come to the conlcusion that almost all fans are too noisy, unless run at <12V. Even the papst 12db model.

Thanks, I'll look into it. The fan's are attached to the case with some plastic holders, which aren't that good for silence. :(

What's your advice regarding these two questions? I've used the X15 in my main computer for some time, and the sound from it really started to bug me. I then tried to remove the drive from the drive cage (Antec 1240 case, Nexus 300W PS) and put it on top of some sound absorbing pieces at the...

Has anyone read about the possible release date of X15.4 to the retail channel?

An ending I like, but with a beginning I dislike very much. Thanks for the update.

Please try to get a nap before you drive. What you're about to do sounds VERY risky to me.

Doh, tried the game, and couldn't play with anything fancy on, seemed my GPU couldn't handle it (or more precisely, I think having only 64MB was the culprit). Couldn't up the resolution too much, or the texture settings without getting a low fps count :( This on a Barton 3000 with 1gig memory...

Hmm, something like 36+ hours is my best. Starting at about 7am testing, then the next morning at about 4am home for change of clothing and then directly to give some training so some intructors about the software I had tested the whole night.

Interested yes, but after trying Far Cry, I'm thinking about upgrading this GF 4200 64MB first.

LSI or Adaptec 160 for controller, in my opinion. This way you'd have some expansion room, bus wise, if you decide to put another drive in there. I'm assuming one drive in the beginning. How many drives are you planning on attaching? As for a drive, go for Seagate X15.3, so you'll feel some...

Over here: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/21hdd-160.html For Tony, me and other Samsung users: "Samsung’s devices can be characterized as “universal” – they don’t seem to have any obvious weaknesses."

Over at Hardocp: http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQy

As there normally isn't any problems with the power "quality" here, I'll deffinitely go for the cheaper ones. Thanks again.

Heads up: http://www.theregister.com/2004/07/19/bofh_2004_episode_23/

Hmmm, no wonder the small ones are cheaper, the architecture is "off-line" , compared to "line-interactive" on the RS series. What do you think about the need for the better architecture?

Yay, let's party! Everyone to the bar! Bartender, I hope you'll supply with some drinks on the house?!

I'll go for three units, instead of one. Using one unit only would have satisifed my mind from a "neatness" point of view. Thanks!

Keep on folding people! And to all you new guys and gal's, how about joining the Team? Team number 10047, start crunching!!!

Bloody marvellous! :) Thanks for sharing!

Argh, I tried to say: Sounds good...!!!

Sounds goo Merc, I'm happy for you! I think we've all been waiting a long time to hear you this happy. Hope it stays that way.

Thanks everyone. About the 1 to many issue, the Back-ups CS 350Va can be had for about 70€, while the CS 500Va is about 85€. It might be enough to get one 350 and 2*500, which would total about 240€. Then again, I'll end up with a lot more cables and boxes, and I'm not overly thrilled with this...

The 1000Va is about 260€, the 1500Va is about 330€ and the 800Va is about 170€. Not many other choices for me at the moment, i.e. any less expensive models/manufacturers.

I think Powerchute comes with the RS series UPSs. Is this functionality present in that program also?

Hmmm, I'm beginning to think I should get at a minimum the 1000Va unit, or the Back-ups RS 1500Va unit. The wattage might not be enough otherwise.

Lightning struck on saturday again, and my computers rebooted. So I think it is now time for me to get a UPS home. The brand will be APC (easy for me to get), but I'm not quite sure on the modell. It will support my 3 computers. I've been thinking about the 1000va RS or the 800va RS models. Any...