[ale] A modest proposal for the times

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of jon.maddog.hall--- via Ale
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 7:57 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Cc: jon.maddog.hall at gmail.com <jonhall80 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [ale] A modest proposal for the times

> > 16TB on one computer is very difficult.

Actually I thought I was more than strange carrying around 4TB on my laptop, since laptops can be stolen,lost, etc.

I just got used to storing that much data on my laptop because I would travel to places were Internet connectivity was only a dream.   Of course having the data backed up removes a lot of "stolen/lost laptop angst".

Today I still do it because I am too lazy to separate out data that I need a lot vs data that I want to have immediately once every ten years.

md


> On 04/09/2025 7:02 PM EDT Solomon Peachy via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 06:39:27PM -0400, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
> > The other thing is that most motherboards I've seen can house a 
> > maximum of 2 NVMes, and if you use both something or other gets 
> > degraded. So 16TB on one computer is very difficult.
> 
> NVMe slots are effectively just PCIe in a very small form-factor; if 
> your motherboard has any spare PCIe slots you can use cheap passive
> PCIe->NVMe adapters until you run out of slots.
> 
> There are also PCIe adapters that can hold 2+ NVMe drives, but they 
> may require motherboard/chipset support to function properly (the 
> cheap ones rely on PCIe bifrucation and the fancier ones use an active 
> PCIe
> switch/router)
> 
> Another option is to use SATA-attached SSDs; they're going to be 
> slower (and cheaper) than NVMe but still vastly faster than spinning 
> rust. A quick perusal of Newegg shows you can get 4TB drives for under 
> $170, which is still over 2x the cost of spinning rust at the 16TB mark.
> 
> ANYWay...
> 
>  - Solomon
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