Never Enough Storage for Media Center

Posted on Friday, November 02 2007 @ 7:40 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

I, like many Home Theater PC owners, simply don't have enough storage. Even though Terabyte hard drives are available (and somewhat affordable), I still don't have enough. I have a dedicated seperate drive for music, one for Recorded TV, another one for movies, another for photos, and another for High-Definition content... and that's just ONE of my Media Centers!

The physical limitations of the drive also makes organizing difficult. I could mix my high-definition movies with my normal Divx and X-vid movies, but I don't have a drive large enough to accomodate both. Sure, I could make a simple JBOD array to make them a logical letter, but this will be a never-ending process of adding more drives to my box until it is as noisy as a construction site.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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