Kommentare zu: Storage, an issue for Otakus?

Von: 6pack

6pack — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:27:33 +0000

neat cable management!
i dont delete stuff from my hdd. never know when the backup might fail. so usually end up having 2 copies of everything and three of more important data.
hdds becoming more cheaper so its cheaper to add an hdd than look at other devices for backups.

Von: Tami

Tami — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:09:38 +0000

@battlecamel, Well said and very true.
I felt a lot like “uhh geting that one was a waste of time” since a while with the one or other show.

Now, all we can do and hope for is pray for a better future… i guess, just why do i have the feeling that this certain stuff called money will prevent it… :/

Von: battlecamel

battlecamel — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:54:46 +0000

@Tami,
I agree with you considering the “try out first” issue. Especially since I have a feeling that anime quality is somehow failing for the last few years? Macross F being a nice exception (most of the time, that is).

The comment was just an answer to your bullet point · Do you just delete everything you have seen and might buy the DVD releases?
So: Yes, more often than never I do.

Same goes for music. I can safely say that my CD collection (no, I’m not a HiFi geezer who thinks Vinyl LPs provide warmer and overall better sound) would be only 30% of its current size if it weren’t for some “discovieres” I made through the net.

If only the media mafia would recognize this. And the fact that charging 20 EUR for a CD release is robbery!

Von: Tami

Tami — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:33:35 +0000

@battlecamel, hehe been roughly 2 days of fun and it still is somehow.

Of course buying the DVDs of the stuff which is worth (!) it should be a given.
My point on this however is, while japanese have the chance to evaluate the shows on TV pre buying, we don’t.
Considering that TV stations (at least german ones) hardly show any quality shows, the time issue between releases there and here, language, etc. pp. … well yea, it’s all pretty much obvious and the topic is as old as Santas beard.

And even if it may seem like it a bit from the post, my storage holds a load of different things – documents, backup of my MacBook Pro and Windows 7 machines, Virtual Machines and so on…
All together, 2TB don’t cut it for me.

Von: battlecamel

battlecamel — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:13:39 +0000

My laziness just made me buy the Drobo + DroboShare solution.
Also, I use a 750 GB FW800 external HDD for TimeMachine on OSX. That way – I hope – my data is quite safe.

My data mainly consists of documents and disk images. I am no photo geek, so I do not have billions of pictures I “might use some day”. So about 2 TB is easily enough to work with in my case.

I do not utilize any special means in order not to lose some anime files, however.
First – just as you said – one would never have the time to watch all releases (even restricted to interesting ones like Bakemonogatari). Second, I do end up buying DVDs of series I really like. Although the optical medium is a bit annoying (seek times / DVD menus), it is a valid way to store away your favorite series. And, of course, it is “nice” to pay the studios and producers for their effort to create something entertaining.

In the end, I agree with your last statement: Pre-built NAS systems are expensive and not as flexible as your box. And the fiddling around and building the system must have been *some* fun, right?