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Ripping 700 CD's to HD using FLAC-How much space?

Hello all,

Currently, I am in the process of transferring my cd's to an external hard drive using FLAC lossless, EAC for transfer and WinAmp for a media player. I would like a HD with enough space for future downloads but am unsure as to what size to purchase? Memory seems reasonably priced these days and 1TB external HD's are plentiful. Also, I may let go of cd's that I no longer listen to after I have them on the HD which leaves me with another dilemma - how many HD's would suffice for backups? Everyone's advice is appreciated. Thanks, Chris

Currently using:
Windows XP Home
Dell XPS 400
Room for 2 internal HD's (using only (1) currently)
chris74
neutron
28 posts
 
Rakuennow hits it on the head. Every HD eventually fails.

I've rippped about 2k cd's lossless to a 1TB drive, with a bit more than 350GB left. They are all backed up to an older drive.

A RAID is a great idea, and Drobo makes a nice product (no affiliation).

Again all drives fail, so in addition to backing up to a drive, you may consider a low tech inexpensive contingency. I've disposed of all liner notes and jewel cases, and placed all cd's in binders. They take up less than 2 cubic ft. and will not fail. Though I imagine there will be some degredation due to oxidation over long periods of time.

Just don't forget to enjoy the music.
bigbucks5
184 posts
 
Buy a Netgear NAS Duo 2150, on sale at Newegg for $360 with a $75 rebate. Comes with a single 500GB HD and at the same time buy a 1TB drive and install in the NAS.

Now, when you rip, everything will be automatically mirrored. When you fill the 500GB drive, buy another 1TB drive (or 1.5TB) and remove/replace the 500GB drive (it's all hot swappable) then your NAS will have a capacity of 1TB.
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almarg
9,670 posts
 
See the following thread for some things to think about before opting for RAID as your backup solution:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?icomp&1243817965

Regards,
-- Al
starcon
98 posts
 
of course the new way is a static player. You use flash memory instead of a reg.
hard drive which eliminates the jitter (in theory) check out the blacknote dss
at blacknote.eu
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ozzy
7,574 posts
 
I havent a clue what you guys are jabbering about.
Do you like 2 channel Audio quality?
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