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<blockquote data-quote="cheeseman" data-source="post: 355344" data-attributes="member: 84979"><p>Ok, so after a bit more research I think i've settled on a few options, if anyone could tell me if this is good/stable enough to build and depend on as a movie/music media storage server, that would be great:</p><p></p><p>I think I am going to go with a software based RAID, and read a few articles on WinXP Professional being capable, is this a bad option? I would like to use the media storage system as a daily use PC and do not have much experience with Linux or UnRaid (if i'm correct in those 2 other choices), and figured, since I understand WinXP the most, to use it.</p><p></p><p>After review of the cases, I was stuck between the one Milhouse posted:</p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119158" target="_blank">Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Stacker 810 RC-810-KWN1-GP Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases</a></p><p>and this one:</p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16811112176" target="_blank">Customer Reviews Of LIAN LI PC-A77B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail</a></p><p>It only has a few reviews on newegg, but they are all 4/5 eggs, and I've never had a bad Lian-Li case, the quality is usually pretty good, but it is a bit more expensive. Any advice on which I should go for, any advantages?</p><p></p><p>I was thinking of putting a few 3x5 brackets in them, such as in Milhouse's Media Server Thread:</p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405" target="_blank">Newegg.com - SUPERMICRO CSE-M35T-1B Black 5 Bay Hot-Swapable SATA HDD Enclosure - Server Accessories</a></p><p></p><p>And finally for drives, I was thinking of getting either these</p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337" target="_blank">Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) - Internal Hard Drives</a></p><p>-read that this one had some firmware issues, that seem to be cleared up, but i'm still worried about it</p><p>and this one:</p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284" target="_blank">Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives</a></p><p></p><p>So thats what I got so far, still need a motherboard, any ideas on that and RAM - Already have a 650W PSU, but may get a more powerful one if necessary.</p><p></p><p>One last thing, this is directed mostly at milhouse, I was confused when you said you use software raid, and taht after you set the array up, you cannot add capacity afterward? I'm a little confused on that...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></p><p></p><p>EDIT, just read abit on OCE, and it makes a little more sense, so let me get this right...If I set an array up, add data to it, then want to add another hdd, I'd have to erase the array, rebuild it, and then add the data back on? Hm, if i'm getting it right, that seems like it would be difficult and time consuming to re-rip all my movies back to these drives after wanting to add more space/HDD. Does this mean I'm stuck using hardware raid or linux, as milhouse stated? Fun Stuff! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks for all the help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheeseman, post: 355344, member: 84979"] Ok, so after a bit more research I think i've settled on a few options, if anyone could tell me if this is good/stable enough to build and depend on as a movie/music media storage server, that would be great: I think I am going to go with a software based RAID, and read a few articles on WinXP Professional being capable, is this a bad option? I would like to use the media storage system as a daily use PC and do not have much experience with Linux or UnRaid (if i'm correct in those 2 other choices), and figured, since I understand WinXP the most, to use it. After review of the cases, I was stuck between the one Milhouse posted: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119158]Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Stacker 810 RC-810-KWN1-GP Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases[/url] and this one: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16811112176]Customer Reviews Of LIAN LI PC-A77B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail[/url] It only has a few reviews on newegg, but they are all 4/5 eggs, and I've never had a bad Lian-Li case, the quality is usually pretty good, but it is a bit more expensive. Any advice on which I should go for, any advantages? I was thinking of putting a few 3x5 brackets in them, such as in Milhouse's Media Server Thread: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405]Newegg.com - SUPERMICRO CSE-M35T-1B Black 5 Bay Hot-Swapable SATA HDD Enclosure - Server Accessories[/url] And finally for drives, I was thinking of getting either these [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337]Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) - Internal Hard Drives[/url] -read that this one had some firmware issues, that seem to be cleared up, but i'm still worried about it and this one: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284]Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives[/url] So thats what I got so far, still need a motherboard, any ideas on that and RAM - Already have a 650W PSU, but may get a more powerful one if necessary. One last thing, this is directed mostly at milhouse, I was confused when you said you use software raid, and taht after you set the array up, you cannot add capacity afterward? I'm a little confused on that...:S EDIT, just read abit on OCE, and it makes a little more sense, so let me get this right...If I set an array up, add data to it, then want to add another hdd, I'd have to erase the array, rebuild it, and then add the data back on? Hm, if i'm getting it right, that seems like it would be difficult and time consuming to re-rip all my movies back to these drives after wanting to add more space/HDD. Does this mean I'm stuck using hardware raid or linux, as milhouse stated? Fun Stuff! :P Thanks for all the help! [/QUOTE]
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