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  • it says on that mediasonic link

    Important Note: • For eSata connection: Make sure your eSata port Support port multiplier. Most onboard eSata and some eSata PCI-E card only Support up to 5 drives. To see all 8 hard drives in eSata you need a eSata PCIe card that supports 8 drives.

    I'm assuming the enclosure doesn't do any of the raid/array configuration, it just passes data through.

    as far as I know only USB and eSata can do port multiplying. I think if you want to get access to all the drives you'll have to get a pcie card to handle the eSata or just use USB3. eSata (6gb/s) is faster than USB3 (5gb/s) and you might actually manage to saturate the connection trying to read or write to 8 drives though one cable.

    in your use case both options are less than desirable but esata (if done correctly) could be faster. USB3 will probably be fine unless you really need that extra gb/s of speed

    Edit: It looks like sata port multiplying can exist but its not really supported by manufacturers nor required by the standard so hit and miss as to whether a board can handle it.

  • But do antivirus really help with that? Is it going to check for open ports and see if the service listening has a strong password?

    You can’t program against social engineering or missconfiguration, and because those are the only real vulnerabilities in Linux there’s no need for antivirus.

  • I think you’re about to find out that the “belief” that Linux doesn’t need antivirus isn’t just held by everyone in this community, it’s held by the whole Linux community. Hence there being no active projects in the space.

    Heck you almost don’t need any antivirus in windows anymore. Just windows defender and half a brain when it comes to what you download.

  • IRC as in Internet relay chat? I haven't used it but how would it help me get around my loe data cap? I'm trying Robinhood some data not find obscure downloads. Even if someone provided me with some direct download links I still need to spend the data getting it onto my system.

  • Yeah that is true but we've grandfathered into a plan that is faster than it should be for the money but is limited to 500gb a month. I could get unlimited but it'd cost an extra $20 a month. This has never been a problem until I started building a plex library rather than just streaming. I managed to blow though that in two weeks just messing around.

  • Yeah I just looked up the policy and they specifically list downloading cars as something you shouldn't do. I feel like they're big enough that even if I downloaded 50gb a week it would be a drop in the ocean in their network. I've only got a 500gb limit at home right now so any amount helps. I just suppose it depends if they have alerts on for excess data usage by individuals.... which they probably do.

  • There’s a difference between what is fair and what is common sense. If I had a daughter I would love to tell her she should go wherever she wants, whenever she wants, alone or drunk.

    In practice I’m sure I’ll temper that message with some sad but realistic advice about having a friend on the phone while in the cab and never accepting drinks from strangers.

    Motorcycle riders choose to put themselves in a much much more vulnerable state, so they have to be more aware and more vigilant. In an ideal world everyone is paying attention and awake and sober on the road, reality is different and I won’t be betting my life on everyone around me driving correctly while riding a petrol tank strapped to a motor.