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

[Trevor Farlow]

On 10/5/07, Andrew Sackville-West <ajswest at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>

I'd say go for it with the 16MB cache Seagates, too.
Pulling myself out of the temporary poverty that is college, I couldn't add
much to the tip jar.  But I appreciate a software project that has been
solid for me for a couple of years now.