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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 1 Oct 2009 03:23 On 30 Sep 2009 23:27:33 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >> On 2009-09-30 19:31:59 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh >> <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: >> >> > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:04:19 +0100, thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid >> > (Tim >> > Hodgson) wrote: >> > >> >> Did you mean Scan, rather than Span? I had an idea that one was ok, >> > > the >> >> other not, and that span was the ok one. >> > >> > Yep - I always have to check myself. http://www.span.com/ it is. >> >> Span is short for "worldspan", which is kind of how I remember. That >> and they're the other side of Kingston to me so handy in an emergency. > >I just remember because "scan" looks like they've just rubbed out the >last bridge of the m. "See, not a scam, not at all, don't know where you >got that idea..." Don't read this if you don't want to get confused the same way I do: V pna arire erpnyy jurgure vg'f "Fpna zncf gb Fpnz" be "Fcna zncf gb Fcnz". Cheers - Jaimie -- "Oh drat these computers, they're so naughty and so complex." -- Marvin the Martian
From: J. J. Lodder on 1 Oct 2009 04:01 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > > Tim Hodgson wrote: > > > What's the current opinion on these, other than "stay away from > > > LaCie"? > > > > > > Looking for a 1TB 3.5" drive + enclosure, that spins down and up > > > properly on sleep and wake. Quiet is good. > > > > > > Are the Western Digital Mybooks a safe bet? Any others worth a look? > > > > > > > 2 LaCie here; the first - 80gig - is four years old and trouble free, > > the second - 500gig - 2 years old and also without fault. > > The only problem I have ever had with a LaCie is with a Porsche drive > that had a relatively loud seek. But I'm oversensitive to that stuff; > the friend I sold it to has declared it fine. LaCie has had problems with external power supply reliability. So have others though. > Aside from seek, it was quiet, fast and trouble-free. So was the > recently eBayed LaCie d2. > > I have my suspicions that LaCie's bad rep is out of proportion to its > actual reliability. Just internet folklore, Jan
From: David Kennedy on 2 Oct 2009 08:39 Tim Hodgson wrote: > Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > >> Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>> What's the current opinion on these, other than "stay away from LaCie"? >>> >>> Looking for a 1TB 3.5" drive + enclosure, that spins down and up >>> properly on sleep and wake. Quiet is good. >>> >>> Are the Western Digital Mybooks a safe bet? Any others worth a look? >> Thanks for all the comments folks - off to the span website again. > > - who seem to be out of stock of everything I'm interested in. They > tried to steer me towards the WD MyBooks, which I declined in view of > comments here. > > I've just seen this though: > > <http://www.dabs.com/products/lacie-1tb-network-space--nas--gigabit-ethe > rnet-7200rpm-56D1.html?refs=47120000-396790000-4294955542-4294963789#spe > cifications> > > which seems a bit too good to be true - 1TB NAS storage for �98? Am I > missing some small print about proprietary protocols, or some such? > Why> It's also her <http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php/90859/lacie-1tb-network-space-storage?CAWELAID=345456972> and here <http://www.ebuyer.com/product/171652/show_product_overview> and for similar money there's the Iomega <http://www.tsi-europe.com/productInfo.aspx?catRef=OR335205> <http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase23.4&prodID=B86778> <http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase23.4&prodID=B152214> -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Chris Ridd on 2 Oct 2009 08:48 On 2009-10-02 13:39:35 +0100, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> said: > Tim Hodgson wrote: >> Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> What's the current opinion on these, other than "stay away from LaCie"? >>>> >>>> Looking for a 1TB 3.5" drive + enclosure, that spins down and up >>>> properly on sleep and wake. Quiet is good. >>>> >>>> Are the Western Digital Mybooks a safe bet? Any others worth a look? >>> Thanks for all the comments folks - off to the span website again. >> >> - who seem to be out of stock of everything I'm interested in. They >> tried to steer me towards the WD MyBooks, which I declined in view of >> comments here. >> >> I've just seen this though: >> >> <http://www.dabs.com/products/lacie-1tb-network-space--nas--gigabit-ethe >> rnet-7200rpm-56D1.html?refs=47120000-396790000-4294955542-4294963789#spe >> cifications> >> >> which seems a bit too good to be true - 1TB NAS storage for �98? Am I >> missing some small print about proprietary protocols, or some such? >> > > Why> > > It's also her > > <http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php/90859/lacie-1tb-network-space-storage?CAWELAID=345456972> Oyyy > are dodgy though aren't they? IIRC they sell stuff with French plugs on and stuff, and aren't good at returns/refunds/etc. They've also stolen Panic's icon for Transmit judging by that page :-( I bet they also steal sheep. -- Chris
From: Steve Firth on 2 Oct 2009 09:34
Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > I've just seen this though: > > <http://www.dabs.com/products/lacie-1tb-network-space--nas--gigabit-ethe > rnet-7200rpm-56D1.html?refs=47120000-396790000-4294955542-4294963789#spe > cifications> > > which seems a bit too good to be true - 1TB NAS storage for �98? Am I > missing some small print about proprietary protocols, or some such? It only supports FTP and it only transfers data at 5MB/s. That's woeful. My home-brew SAN transfers data at 30MB/s. |