RFC: Server disk slowly failing, I plan to replace it using tip jar.

Andrew Sackville-West ajswest at mindspring.com
Fri Oct 5 12:56:04 EDT 2007


On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 10:40:29AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Josh Sled <jsled at asynchronous.org> writes:
> 
> > Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> writes:
> >> I was planning to use the tip jar for this purchase, which is why I'm
> >> soliciting opinions before I purchase anything.  Note that if I order
> >> from NewEgg I can usually have the item delivered the next day.  On
> >> the other hand I wont have time to work on the hardware until probably
> >> October 27-28, so we have a little time to come to consensus.
> >>
> >> So... Comments?  Suggestions?
> >
> > Sounds good to me.
> >
> > (Are you thinking of doing the other os/software upgrades at the same time?)
> 
> Yes, sorry, I should've made it clear that my plan would be to update
> the hardware and then update to Fedora 7 at the same time, which is
> why I would book a weekend for it.  I can get the disks effectively
> overnight (NewEgg is great that way!) so it's just a question of
> consensus on what disks to obtain and me making the time to actually
> do the work.

I'm partial to seagate drives, especially those 5yr warranty ones but
regardless, I put some $ in the tip jar to help out with this and
thanks as always guys for great work!

A
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