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ohlssonvox.8k.com - 5/22/2009

USB Floppy Disk Drive RAID

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USB Floppy Disk Drive RAID

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everyjoe.com - 5/22/2009

Totally Awesome But Useless Floppy RAID

— everyjoe.com — To recap, RAID is basically a way of linking drives together, either to improve the disk read/write speed of a computer, provide a data backup that immediately kicks in upon failure, or a combination of both. And yes, most RAID setups involve the use ... (more) Totally Awesome But Useless Floppy RAID

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technabob.com - 5/22/2009

3.5-inch floppy disk raid: why? why not?

— technabob.com — Welcome to the latest edition of Why? Why not? , where we look at concepts and creations that exist for no real reason. Yes folks, I’m talking about products of democracy, of free will, and most of all of too much free time. Our forefathers lay ... (more) 3.5-inch floppy disk raid: why? why not?

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dvice.com - 5/23/2009

3.5-inch Floppy Disk RAID Array Is of Questionable Value

— dvice.com — Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should . That didn't stop Daniel Blade Olson, who created a RAID array out of a series of floppy disk drives. Yes, he set up a redundant storage system on a format that hasn't been relevant in over a ... (more) 3.5-inch Floppy Disk RAID Array Is of Questionable Value

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3.5-inch floppy disk raid: why? why not?
technabob — ... Welcome to the latest edition of Why? Why not?, where we look at concepts and creations that exist for no real reason. Yes folks, I’m talking about products of democracy, of free will, and most of all of too much free time. Our forefathers lay down their lives so that we may spend ours coming up with these batshit insane ideas, such as the 3.5-inch USB floppy disk striped RAID setup by Daniel Blade Olson. ...

3.5" Floppy Disk RAID Array Provides Nearly 4MB of Usable Space [Wtf]
Gizmodo — ... Daniel took five USB floppy disk drives and through the magic of RAID managed to create one drive with 4.22MB of space (3.9MB usable space). Testing revealed pretty laughable speed as well, with a 3.6MB song taking about 36 seconds to transfer, but this kind of project clearly isn't about performance. He plans to construct an even bigger array with, he claims, 150 FDDs, which can't possibly be a good use of his energy. [Site via ...

Five-Disk Floppy RAID: 4MB of Blistering Fast Storage
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... a USB port. OS X’s Disk Utility was used to make the RAID in about six minutes, and Daniel was good to go. Why not bigger? “I would have connected more units together, but I ran out of USB ports” says Olson. And he’s still going. Already built are a 2X speed floppy RAID (” It was able to transfer the same awesome DEVO song in just 16 seconds! KICK ASS!!!”) and a Sony Memory Stick RAID. Next up: A RAID made from 127 floppy drives. USB Floppy Disk Striped RAID Under OS X [Ohlssonvox via Every Joe and Oh Gizmo! ...