[volunteergrid2-l] 5 nodes!

[Jody Harris]

While it violates the purpose of having a minimum node size (
http://goo.gl/w2B1P), I think that it's worth having on that grid at this
time.

You can either remove it from the grid later (when node usage exceeds ~230
GB), OR you can grab a large USB drive and reconfigure it at that point.

I know that I plan to take one of my nodes offline in the future when the
grid has matured. That particular node is on a slow DSL line which is
unlikely to ever see a speed increase. Once the grid reaches 20 nodes, that
node will be retired because of the speed limitations, and I'll probably
upgrade the 500GB of my other node at that point.

So, my take is, "250GB is acceptable as an interim node as long as you are
aware that it may need to be removed or upgraded at a later date."

Other thoughts?
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- Think carefully.


On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Steve Dodson <steve.dodson at gmail.com>wrote:

> This deal on drives inspired me to fill a cart at Newegg...I should have
> 4TB (RAID 5) of new space in a few weeks (still spec'ing the box).  I also
> decided that I could volunteer 250GB of space on a PC I just delivered to my
> folks - but probably not much more given the size of the drive is only 500GB
> to begin with.  Initially I thought 500GB was the perfect size for a
> beginning node - but since we're having difficulty recruiting, I thought I
> would add the possibility of a 250GB node to come online in the next week.
>  Is this something which the board might approve?  All in favor say aye...
>
> On 01/25/2011 07:51 AM, Shawn Willden wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Billy Earney <billy.earney at gmail.com
>> <mailto:billy.earney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    My node is at home as well.  Its pretty cheap hardware.  I bought a
>>    barebones system last year for $200, and moved a few components from
>>    my old
>>    machine.  A new 1TB harddrive costs < $100 (sata), and you can still
>> get
>>    500GB IDE drives cheaply as well, if your hardware is quite a few
>>    years old.
>>
>>
>> Just yesterday I ordered a new 2TB SATA drive from Newegg -- $79, free
>> shipping.  It will replace a 500 GB drive which should soon be providing
>> storage for another node.
>> --
>> Shawn
>>
>>
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