Hi Eric I was wondering if you could share your vision of where SPCR is heading. Speaking personally, I used to come here to look for measured data, stuff that can't be found in typical product reviews. That I think was a core element of what differentiated SPCR from other websites. There literally ...

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You've mentioned reliability which I assume is about hardware - I'll just mention that you should also consider backup and recovery of any irreplaceable data on the disks.

Hi all Reporting back after 8 years :P I installed a couple of spinning HDs into a HDPlex case around 9 years ago (I think), using a couple of flexible freezer packs for acoustic isolation. I opened the case today for my... regular 9 yearly maintenance.... and found that all the content of the freez...

I just picked up a dual HDD dock - "SATA quick clone dock" from Manhattan. Its got a USB3 interface with an external plugpack. The construction felt pretty solid (I've seen some pretty flimsy docks / enclosures). The plugpack is rated at 12V 4A, so it can handle motor current surges. The plugpack fe...

Klusu might have a point there. I'll grab just an Eaton POD for now.

Gonna look up some application notes for MOVs - then maybe its just a matter of getting a few digikey parts (and I can replace after storms).

Line conditioners have some smarts in them to adapt to changes in line voltage. Would think that a "pure" line conditioning function does not have surge protection and vice versa. That being said, I'd doubt there's any commercially available piece of kit that only does line conditioning. At the mini...

Bit of an unusual case here - I've got a UPS that's already in use - but its a battery charger. Not sure how much protection was built into the charger itself.

Looking to enhance system protection by preventing overvoltages from getting into the battery charger (UPS).

Doing research on surge protectors, would like any comments / experience please: * Novaris plug in series - uses a 3 stage MOV / LC filter / MOV scheme; relatively expensive, not easily available to everyday consumers * Eaton POD - uses a 3 stage MOV/ LC filter / MOV scheme; around $40 ish, seems de...

My current system uses a battery charger to power the PCs and a battery in parallel (DC bus). Problem is, the battery charger is turning out to be using 20W in idle and the fan seems always :( Has anybody explored the idea of using a high power silent PSU (eg like the Seasonic I got sitting in stora...

The switch itself apparently respond to pings as if its a device itself http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=49571 There is an apparent FW patch that fixes it: http://support.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14304#GS105E%20firmware%20v1.00.10 Brief search indicated its limited to the 5 port...

Spent a bit of time pondering about this for my build. The issue *may* be exacerbated for SSDs, but its by no means absent in HDDs. There's three mitigation paths (which can be used concurrently) - * Use of ZFS with RAID-Z (admittedly a small audience). There's a few other esoteric file systems that...

A Watts Clever plug-in meter. Granted, when I measured it, there was a piece of kit on the same circuit that had a very poor power factor, so it might have affected it. I will say that I have seen it through a few stinking hot days, and neither the switch nor its plugpack felt hotter than ambient. I...

Can't resist necro'ing this thread... There's a product in Australia that works on 220-240V range - "Watts Clever", distributed by http://www.steplight.com.au. $30 ea I'm using it at the moment, and it measures the power factor as well. That said, I haven't attempted to measure it against a calibrat...

If you're looking for a cheap low power + silent 5 port GbE switch

Measured ~1W during operation

Got 84MB/s transfer rate from fileserver on a large OTA recording; W7 on both systems.

Finally did another build. Its actually two PCs in the same setup, with a single AC/DC supply and battery backup. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/337/dscf0470su.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/dscf0471k.jpg/ The small boxes at the top are the KVM switch, a gigabit switch and a ref...

Wanted to share this in case someone wanted confirmation in SPCR. Clean install on a blank HDD is possible from the W7 3-license family pack. That being said, the 64bit installer did not play nice with my Asus AliveNF7G MB, and just wouldn't format. I had to hook up the HDD to a working computer and...

Warning: unsightly hack photos follow! 12V "distribution" for both motherboards. The white socket is a so-called LV socket. The socket openings don't match standard 240v plugs so there's no confusion. Sitting on the floor is a DA-2 with a LV plug installed. I had to take the clamp on ferrite off to ...

Thanks xan for the help, will put that to good use for future photos. ntavlas - Yes, that's the intended arrangement. Looking to put a large (200mm+) low RPM fan at the bottom to enhance convection. I'm looking at putting in a video card on the main PC, so unassisted convection might be problematic....

The bare frame constructed from aluminium RHS' and Qubelok corners. http://s3.postimage.org/1y6zT9.jpg With the mATX drilled aluminium plates. The bolts are locked into place with fasteners & red loctite. http://s2.postimage.org/gp8b0.jpg Need to get some shorter bolts for fixing the plates to the f...

Hi all, Thought I'd share my current build - made from some Qubelok pieces, aluminium rectangular cross sections and aluminium plates. Cross sections form a cube, and motherboards are mounted on the aluminium plates drilled with mATX hole pattern. It'll have two motherboards located in the same cube...

Yeah, it's pretty expensive compared with commercial products. I'm tempted to ebay one of those SPI220LE myself, I didn't know it was available in Aust (well, someone willing to ship it here anyway) till you mentioned it. Thanks :) I got a feeling that whatever I end up with it'll perform within 5% ...

Here's a little insight into the lovvin' that ATX supply manufacturers get from the silicon suppliers :) http://www.onsemi.com/pub_link/Collateral/TND313-D.PDF Standard application designs FTW. I'd love to see a design note that says "You need to upgrade this, this, and this component in the 12V sup...

FWIW, I found some 12v supplies while hunting parts for my next system. www.mpja.com: "SKSP500"- 12v 40A (need 10% derating @ 25 deg C?!), 84% eff, $120US "PS1-150W-12"- 12v 12.5A, 82% eff, $40.75 No MTBF data 2nd one not so interesting. the 40A one could be, for a few niche applications. www.powers...

Hi everyone, Long time lurker & first post! Been following hybridpower for a bit now and saw these two articles recently: www.legitreviews.com/article/708/1/ Legit reviews- Dated 7 May 2008 forums.slizone.com/index.php?s=9c34119d081cadf21c257c97db8ea5a9&showtopic=21521&pid=166551&st=0 SLIzone forums...