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<blockquote data-quote="AIstudio" data-source="post: 415907" data-attributes="member: 63135"><p>Many thanks for your thoughts here guys.</p><p></p><p>Yes you are right. Quad core is a little to much for this. At first it looked like this was going to be a workstation/ server but my brother has confirmed today that he will build a workstation for the horsepower needed for his FEA work. It is going to be just a server so a good fast dual core would be good.</p><p></p><p>@ jsimo01 </p><p></p><p>I hadn't actually thought about that option at all. It could be an option but I think my brother wants it to be local to him. The data is sensitive in the field he works. Not MI5 or anything but security sensitive all the same. Many thanks for that thought though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>@ Joz Sorry about the typo My spelling is terrible <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>[USER=55121]Gixxer[/USER] </p><p></p><p>I was wondering if to do that. I had a lot of trouble with a motherboard raid controller on my HTPC so I wont go there again lol.</p><p>I was thinking of using <a href="http://www.openegg.org/FlexRAID.curi" target="_blank">Flexraid</a> (software raid to an external hard drive located somewhere else. It would be on the network so not next to the server itself. It can run through a web GUI and also do scheduled backups where specified.</p><p></p><p>As for hard drives , there is around 1.2TB of data now with quite a bit more building all the time.</p><p>I was thinking of say 4 1Tb drives in a Raid5. (what usable space will that actually give?) </p><p>Can all the drives go in the array or do you need 1 of the 4 to be the redundant drive for swapping to in case of failure?</p><p>The external would be a 1Tb drive as it only needs to be as big as the largest partition for the Flexraid parity data.</p><p></p><p>I am going to do a little more reading now and hopefully get a spec together. I will post it here so that if I pick something useless please shout <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Many thanks for the input so far</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p></p><p>Kev</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AIstudio, post: 415907, member: 63135"] Many thanks for your thoughts here guys. Yes you are right. Quad core is a little to much for this. At first it looked like this was going to be a workstation/ server but my brother has confirmed today that he will build a workstation for the horsepower needed for his FEA work. It is going to be just a server so a good fast dual core would be good. @ jsimo01 I hadn't actually thought about that option at all. It could be an option but I think my brother wants it to be local to him. The data is sensitive in the field he works. Not MI5 or anything but security sensitive all the same. Many thanks for that thought though :) @ Joz Sorry about the typo My spelling is terrible :( [USER=55121]Gixxer[/USER] I was wondering if to do that. I had a lot of trouble with a motherboard raid controller on my HTPC so I wont go there again lol. I was thinking of using [URL="http://www.openegg.org/FlexRAID.curi"]Flexraid[/URL] (software raid to an external hard drive located somewhere else. It would be on the network so not next to the server itself. It can run through a web GUI and also do scheduled backups where specified. As for hard drives , there is around 1.2TB of data now with quite a bit more building all the time. I was thinking of say 4 1Tb drives in a Raid5. (what usable space will that actually give?) Can all the drives go in the array or do you need 1 of the 4 to be the redundant drive for swapping to in case of failure? The external would be a 1Tb drive as it only needs to be as big as the largest partition for the Flexraid parity data. I am going to do a little more reading now and hopefully get a spec together. I will post it here so that if I pick something useless please shout :D Many thanks for the input so far Regards Kev [/QUOTE]
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