The "Quick Questions that does not Deserve a Thread"...Thread. V4
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[QUOTE=gparent;39970688]RAID5 would be crap. Stick the 6 400GB drives in RAID10 and backup onto the 1TB drives IMHO.[/QUOTE]
I don't know what ESXi is but if it's not write intensive then RAID 5 is just fine. Not well versed on RAID systems but iirc with RAID 10 he'll only have 1.2gb of storage (3 HDDs) and with RAID 5 he'll have 2gb (5 HDDs).
[editline]19th March 2013[/editline]
Plus the whole point of RAID 10 would be to backup on the other 3 drives so why would he need the 1TB drives?
[QUOTE=HolyCrapAWalrus;39972381]I don't know what ESXi is but if it's not write intensive then RAID 5 is just fine. Not well versed on RAID systems but iirc with RAID 10 he'll only have 1.2gb of storage (3 HDDs) and with RAID 5 he'll have 2gb (5 HDDs).
[editline]19th March 2013[/editline]
Plus the whole point of RAID 10 would be to backup on the other 3 drives so why would he need the 1TB drives?[/QUOTE]
You can't do RAID 10 with three drives. RAID 10 is a RAID 1 of RAID 0s (or vice versa) - four drives is the minimum.
I meant there were 3 "usable" HDDs. Don't know a better term.
[QUOTE=HolyCrapAWalrus;39972381]I don't know what ESXi is[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=HolyCrapAWalrus;39972381]Not well versed on RAID systems[/QUOTE]
I'm all for learning and teaching, feel free to ask questions if you're unsure about something.
[QUOTE=HolyCrapAWalrus;39972381]I don't know what ESXi is[/QUOTE]
ESXi is an hypervisor. It usually is write intensive, which is why a lot of the top end VPS providers use RAID10 rather than RAID5 for hosting.
[QUOTE=HolyCrapAWalrus;39972381]Plus the whole point of RAID 10 would be to backup on the other 3 drives so why would he need the 1TB drives?[/QUOTE]
Because a RAID is not and never will be a backup. They have no relationship at all to each other.
[QUOTE=Period;39967805]Try firefox, I have that problem with chrome.[/QUOTE]
It only seems to happen on my 4670, even programs such as Photoshop act like that so it's not just the browser
[QUOTE=gparent;39973632]I'm all for learning and teaching, feel free to ask questions if you're unsure about something.
ESXi is an hypervisor. It usually is write intensive, which is why a lot of the top end VPS providers use RAID10 rather than RAID5 for hosting.
Because a RAID is not and never will be a backup. They have no relationship at all to each other.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, RAID is meant for increasing performance and/or softening the blow and giving you a little breathing room when a drive eventually fails.
There is no substitute for a backup.
[QUOTE=Forumaster;39974608]Yeah, RAID is meant for increasing performance and/or softening the blow and giving you a little breathing room when a drive eventually fails.
There is no substitute for a backup.[/QUOTE]
In other words, RAID is for redundancy and/or performance.
In need of a larger Hard Drive as my current 500GB drive is far too small for what I do. I'm looking into buying an additional hard drive that will be 2TB. My question is, is a HDD with 7200 RPM 6.0gb/s Sata going for 179.99 worth the price? It's Western Digital.
Link: [url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136792[/url]
Also my motherboard is in need of a replacement, can I just take my CPU from my current motherboard and put it into a new one as long as it's compatible? And if so, will I be required to do a system format/re-install.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;39962788]The monitor does indeed have a way to signal back to the computer.
With a VGA connector, five pins are used for computer->monitor signals, four pins are used for monitor->computer signals, and the remainder are return, ground and power connectors.
When VGA first came out, the four pins simply selected one of seven predefined monitors (of which only three were actually defined - monochrome, color, and "HD color" (1024x768)).
That's obviously completely useless, so it was replaced with something called DDC (Display Data Channel). On a VGA connector, it reuses the old pins, but DVI and HDMI have pins carrying the same signal. It's actually a small serial connection, similar to the one used by computer sensors (like the CPU temperature sensor).
DDC only defines how the monitor can send a signal to the computer, though. It doesn't define what it can say. That's left to a standard called EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). That message lets it specify:
Manufacturer
Serial number and week/year of manufacture
Physical monitor size (in centimeters)
Maximum resolution and refresh rates
Gamma
Color format
Color space
and a couple more things mostly related to analog signaling.
You may have noticed that I didn't mention anything about DisplayPort. DisplayPort does not use DDC. It still supports EDID, but it transmits that signal in a different way, using a two-way low-speed auxiliary channel. That channel is also used for things like HDCP, error correction and touchscreens - you can even run a USB signal over it, if your monitor has an embedded USB hub.[/QUOTE]
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I have that exact hard drive. Its fast, dependable and awesome. 180 bucks is a good price in my opinion, though I bought mine locally at a Microcenter. It holds all of my Bluray TV Show and movie rips. Going to pick up a second one when I have the time and money for more shows and movies.
Edit: Can you not quote that obnoxiously massive wall of text, and just have some image macro as your response please? That's called spam.
[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;39975832]Edit: Can you not quote that obnoxiously massive wall of text, and just have some image macro as your response please? That's called spam.[/QUOTE]
You call [i]that[/i] a wall of text? It's not a wall of text until you have to scroll down to see the end of it.
[QUOTE=Jurikuer;39974917]In need of a larger Hard Drive as my current 500GB drive is far too small for what I do. I'm looking into buying an additional hard drive that will be 2TB. My question is, is a HDD with 7200 RPM 6.0gb/s Sata going for 179.99 worth the price? It's Western Digital.
Link: [url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136792[/url][/QUOTE]
overpriced as shit, I got my 3TB Seagate for $90 (it was on sale, but still)
just buy this [url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834[/url] it doesn't come with a SATA cable though
[QUOTE=Jurikuer;39974917]Also my motherboard is in need of a replacement, can I just take my CPU from my current motherboard and put it into a new one as long as it's compatible? And if so, will I be required to do a system format/re-install.[/QUOTE]
yes, no
[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;39975832]Can you not quote that obnoxiously massive wall of text, and just have some image macro as your response please? That's called spam.[/QUOTE]
calm down jesus christ
[QUOTE=Barbarian887;39976066]calm down jesus christ[/QUOTE]
what you posted is bannable fyi
So uh, I know that you could use a Nvidia card as a PhysX slave, but would it be possible to use a Nvidia card as a CUDA slave?
[QUOTE=DuCT;39976160]So uh, I know that you could use a Nvidia card as a PhysX slave, but would it be possible to use a Nvidia card as a CUDA slave?[/QUOTE]
nvidia control panel -> manage 3d settings -> CUDA - GPUs
[QUOTE=Odellus;39976039]overpriced as shit, I got my 3TB Seagate for $90 (it was on sale, but still)
just buy this [url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834[/url] it doesn't come with a SATA cable though
yes, no[/QUOTE]
Thank you very much :)
I've had a poor experience with Seagates however, I've used 3 and all 3 died within about 5 or 6 months, one of them in a month.
[QUOTE=Odellus;39976207]nvidia control panel -> manage 3d settings -> CUDA - GPUs[/QUOTE]
Okay. Now here's the real kicker. What if I want to use an AMD GPU as my main card?
[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;39976456]I've had a poor experience with Seagates however, I've used 3 and all 3 died within about 5 or 6 months, one of them in a month.[/QUOTE]
Just bad luck, mate.
EDIT: statistics from "a large French etailer", compiled by [URL="http://www.behardware.com/articles/843-6/components-returns-rates-5.html"]BeHardware[/URL], show that WD actually has a slightly higher return rate than Seagate for the time period "between October 1st 2010 and April 1st 2011 for returns made before October 2011". I can't find a better statistic right now. Samsung drives do have the lowest return rate, but it's a small margin of difference anyway, and this is just counting returns, not actual failures. Failure studies are harder to find.
[QUOTE=DuCT;39976496]Okay. Now here's the real kicker. What if I want to use an AMD GPU as my main card?[/QUOTE]
not worth the hassle
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[quote]Summing up, an order of hardware/driver installation that enables CUDA on an ATI/AMD and Nvidia hybrid machine is, ATI/AMD card installation, with its driver, then the Nvidia card, with the developer driver then CUDA toolkit and then the Nvidia computing SDK. With all (1 or more) displays attached to the ATI card CUDA works whenever data held by the Nvidia GPU is not meant to be directly output from the card itself. To have that, one has to attach at least one display to the Nvidia card, and disable the ATI one, essentially making the system Nvidia only (and not a hybrid), else the setup cripples the system, and CUDA does not work. No worries then if OpenGL,DirectC/CUDA interoperability is not of interest.[/quote]
[url]https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/486729/cuda-programming-and-performance/ati-amd-card-along-an-nvidia-card-how-to-setup-an-ati-card-for-display-and-nvidia-card-for-cuda-/post/3492320/#3492320[/url]
try it out, if you fuck it up expect to have to reformat though, happened to one of the guys that posted in that thread
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[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;39976456]I've had a poor experience with Seagates however, I've used 3 and all 3 died within about 5 or 6 months, one of them in a month.[/QUOTE]
sucks but the same could be said for any brand
[QUOTE=Odellus;39976997]not worth the hassle
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[url]https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/486729/cuda-programming-and-performance/ati-amd-card-along-an-nvidia-card-how-to-setup-an-ati-card-for-display-and-nvidia-card-for-cuda-/post/3492320/#3492320[/url]
try it out, if you fuck it up expect to have to reformat though, happened to one of the guys that posted in that thread
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Hmm. Well I still got some time before I actually try it. I'm planning this summer to rebuild my system, and I was going to get an AMD GPU for gaming and then the newly introduced Quadro K600 and use it for CUDA calculations for CS6/3D Stuff.
worst case scenario you can just dual boot and have separate drivers on each partition
[QUOTE=Odellus;39977418]worst case scenario you can just dual boot and have separate drivers on each partition[/QUOTE]
Haven't thought about that.
[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;39976456]I've had a poor experience with Seagates however, I've used 3 and all 3 died within about 5 or 6 months, one of them in a month.[/QUOTE]
Just backup often and you should be fine because the majority of hard drives come with long ass warranties now.
[QUOTE=gparent;39973632]I'm all for learning and teaching, feel free to ask questions if you're unsure about something.
ESXi is an hypervisor. It usually is write intensive, which is why a lot of the top end VPS providers use RAID10 rather than RAID5 for hosting.
Because a RAID is not and never will be a backup. They have no relationship at all to each other.[/QUOTE]
I thought either 1 or 0 was mirroring the same data across two different drives, and then the other one was splitting the information in half so you're writing less to each drive and improving speeds. So wouldn't you have two sets of 3 drives with the exact same information on them? Just like a backup?
Are there any programs I can get which can scan through videos for onscreen text such as titles and credits? Like an OCR program for video frames.
[QUOTE=HolyCrapAWalrus;39978659]I thought either 1 or 0 was mirroring the same data across two different drives, and then the other one was splitting the information in half so you're writing less to each drive and improving speeds. So wouldn't you have two sets of 3 drives with the exact same information on them? Just like a backup?[/QUOTE]
RAID 0 splits the data between two drives. It speeds up reads and writes, but it provides no safety. It's actually less safe than a single drive, because if one drive fails, all the data on the other drives is useless.
RAID 1 is "put the exact same data on all drives". Speeds up reads, slows down writes, and it provides safety against hard drive failure (as long as one drive survives, the data does). But it is NOT a backup, because it does not protect against accidental data deletion. Say a bug in Windows starts writing corrupt data to the disk. RAID 1 will happily overwrite *every* copy with that corrupt data. Or a virus could do the same. Or just you accidentally deleting something you needed.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;39979381]RAID 0 splits the data between two drives. It speeds up reads and writes, but it provides no safety. It's actually less safe than a single drive, because if one drive fails, all the data on the other drives is useless.
RAID 1 is "put the exact same data on all drives". Speeds up reads, slows down writes, and it provides safety against hard drive failure (as long as one drive survives, the data does). But it is NOT a backup, because it does not protect against accidental data deletion. Say a bug in Windows starts writing corrupt data to the disk. RAID 1 will happily overwrite *every* copy with that corrupt data. Or a virus could do the same. Or just you accidentally deleting something you needed.[/QUOTE]
Oh that makes sense then, a virus never crossed my mind because I don't think I've ever had one. I was more thinking along the lines of drive failure, not any of those other alternatives.
RAID should be seen as uptime enhancements, not so much for safety.
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