Digital Rants

One of the harddisks in my RAID has developed a bad block. It's from the old My World device. Think I got a bad batch or do these hard disks really die just straight out of warranty? Doing a bad block scan now. Fingers crossed I don't have to RMA this… more »

Yes there really is a price war going on in Perth. Between MSY and Netplus, they are trying to better each other in computer parts - specifically hard disks. MSY is a new comer to the Perth scene -first and only store in Balcatta. Went there twice t… more »

Funny thing about iSCSI. Tried the same commands over and over again and it didn't work, until it did! Strange. :crazy: This is just preliminary, but iSCSI is FAST! First time it hit 72MB/s on a single 10EACS drive. This is over 2xgigabit trunked via… more »

So I have something coming from Melbourne via TNT. And something coming from Singapore via FedEx. Who will win? :D:D Me of course. Silly!:>> When I get the RMA'ed HDD I will finally able to try iSCSI and benchmark its performance. more »

Another group buy for a Australian made 7 channel power amp is starting again.. I have reason to think this will be better than then Rotel 1077. Alas money is something I really don't have right now. :(The NAS has upgraded from a "want" to a "need" a… more »