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Weather station with API access
For those looking for a Weather station with an API i found some (not ordered):
Ambient Weather
JSON Formatted Data
Connection secured by key
Lot of weather stations (from $100 to $1000)
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Long Time Storage Solution
This is one of the best examples there are of the problem you will face: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Domesday_Book
It might be better to ask how you can keep the data alive rather than in ...
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Cheap, reasonable 3TB internal HDD
It sounds like the best drive for your circumstances is a 3TB Western Digital Green.
Normally, I'd never recommend a WD Green because of severe performance issues (the firmware prioritizes power ...
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Difference between 3.5" and 2.5" SAS for home office server
Its extremely unlikely that a NAS or home server's going to be faster than local storage. You're better off getting fast local storage first if external disks are slowing you down. Your file server ...
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Smallest PC that can store 3.5-inch HDDs?
TL;DR: An Inwin IW-MS04, Fractal Design Node 304, or Silverstone DS380.
For the purpose of this, I'll be pretty much sticking to 3.5" HDDs–both since that's in the question, and since 3.5" HDDs still ...
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Drive to store very small amount of data
Well, there is an argument to be made here: Which is more important, low cost, or low capacity? I would suggest this: THZY 512M USB
Simply based on low price this would work.
Capacity is 512MB, ...
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What USB to IDE adapter that can send the ATA Secure Erase command?
I stepped on this problem some time ago when I tried arbitrary smartmontools commands and they refused to work on USB hard drive. After investigation of this issue it come out that not all USB to SATA/...
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Does exist a SD card disk array?
You could buy a 4-port SD card hub for ~US$63.
However, you could easily make your own: SD card readers are available for less than $US2, and a 4-port USB hub for ~US$6, so you could assemble a ...
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External drive plugged in for long time
It should not be a problem. These have the same technology as SATA hard drives, and those are plugged into servers for a long time.
Make sure you provide a steady base though, since bumpage on an ...
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SSD storage expansion on B550M but only x1 mode PCIe slots available
NVMe storage is a protocol built on top of PCIe; And PCIe has always been able to negotiate the number of lanes used based on what's physically connected.
You probably already know that a x1 PCIe ...
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Best and cheapest way to store around 30TB of Data
I am looking for the best and cheapest way to store around 30TB of data.
best and cheapest almost never coincide.
cheapest:
lowest cost storage, as in TB per dollar, is 3.5" hard disk drives, ...
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NAS for RAID for professional photographer and graphic designer, min. 4 drive bays
As a Synology user i made some good experiences with Synology-NAS. I am using a DS718+ and it's connected over Gigabit-LAN. My suggestion for you is maybe think twice about adding the m.2 acceleration ...
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Long Time Storage Solution
You want a disk that will hold data for centuries?
OK, let me introduce M-DISC
Unlike other disks, M-DISC data can actually survive up to 1000 years. It looks almost the same as normal CD but it's ...
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Long Time Storage Solution
I think generally you should avoid flash storage and magnetic storage devices, because the chips will loose their information over time (e.g. most EEPROMS keep their data for about 10 to 15 years). ...
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External 2,5" 2-bay RAID USB3 Enclosure with hdparm/udisksctl power-off support
I'm not sure about their software, but being a company specialising in this presumably QNAP has good software support.
One device which I presume will meet your expectations is the TR-002 which has ...
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What is the best support to store data long-term?
I am not sure if you will get all the listed requirements, usually if you want something cheap you will sacrifice elsewhere. That being said, you should look at 'MDisc' as a backup medium, also '...
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How can I use two USB external hard drives by mirroring both like RAID 1
You might look for a 2-Bay USB HDD case, for example the LOGILINK UA0154A.
There are plenty of casings around, see Google Shopping, but this depends on the size of your disks (2,5"; 3,5", ...). I ...
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Smallest PC that can store 3.5-inch HDDs?
A nas is not much different from a media server. It uses all the same parts. I haven't built many myself, so take this advice with a grain of salt. Other users will be more informed.
What you want is ...
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Smallest PC that can store 3.5-inch HDDs?
5 TB you can get in 2.5". Like this one: http://amzn.to/2ArkWGg. And then you can use any of the mini-PC line.
As for your question, there are some ASUS VivoMini PCs that support a 3.5" HDD.
For ...
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15-25 port SATA to USB C or PCIe adapter?
TL;DR: Your motherboard + an LSI 9211-8i, or just a motherboard with more SATA ports.
Motherboard upgrade
If you're willing to manage with a slightly lower amount of ports, just get a motherboard ...
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Persistent Storage for Blender Cycles Rendering for PC
So I shall estimate that 500GB is enough for Windows, your tools (Blender + other installed programs) and the current project. To store these 500GB to which you would want quick access, I recommend ...
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SDHC for the Wii
That card will work, but it's a UHS-II card and the Wii does not support UHS-II, so it can't use the high speeds offered by this card. In fact, the Wii is old enough that even UHS-I cards can't run at ...
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M.2 drive with 200,000 IOps R/W
That PNY SSD is pretty good, but looks like I can just barely beat you out ;)
SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB
$128 @ newegg ships free in the US
250 GB
300,000 IOPS 4K Random Write
330,000 IOPS 4K Random ...
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Weather station with API access
I've used the Crodeon weather station and they offer a Rest API by default. Worked really well for me.
Solar power is optional and your can configure a measurement interval of up to 30 seconds. I don'...
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HDD connector for laptop hardidsk to PC
That's a custom connector, specific to your brand of laptop. It should be possible to pull it off to reveal SATA power and data connectors underneath, which will work with your existing cables.
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System to format at least 10 laptop SATA drives
You're honestly better off just formatting each hard drive individually. It would probably take less time to format them one by one than to search around for a good deal on a 10x hard drive supporting ...
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Large, reliable external HDD for permanent storage
I'd recommend some 3.5-based drive from WDC like Elements Desktop or My Book 6Tb. WDC seems to be a best manufacturer in the terms of reliability nowadays according to this study https://github.com/...
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Fractal Design NODE 804 supports 10 drives. What micro-atx motherboards support this?
As far as boards with 10x SATA III 6GBps, I would go with this board:
EVGA X99 Micro2
Reasoning:
Built in m.2 support, ideal for an OS drive, leaving all SATA devices open for other uses.
DDR4 as ...
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Connecting two HP servers
I guess the most inexpensive, yet high-performing approach is to get a pair of 10G Ethernet NICs like Intel X520 and a DAC to connect them (~100€ used).
You'll need to set up a storage protocol like ...
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