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<blockquote data-quote="Dubyahjay" data-source="post: 223231" data-attributes="member: 57468"><p>So I have a copy of Server 2003 and have contemplated the linux route, but I just stumbled on what I see as the holy grail for media storage.</p><p></p><p>Have any of you heard of unRaid? <a href="http://www.lime-technology.com/wordpress/" target="_blank">http://www.lime-technology.com/wordpress/</a></p><p></p><p>Security of raid 5, with fault tolerance in case two drives go down at once. Plus, if you remove a drive from the array you can load it into a linux comp or a windows machine with some freeware soft on it to recognize reiserFS.</p><p></p><p>Here is my build:</p><p></p><p>Case <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154</a></p><p></p><p>PSU <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153028" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153028</a></p><p></p><p>CPU <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819104005" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819104005</a></p><p></p><p>Memory <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211064" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211064</a></p><p></p><p>Mobo <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128056" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128056</a> *I love this board, its also in my HTPC*</p><p></p><p>HDs x2 <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178</a></p><p></p><p>HD cage <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999169&Tpk=COOLER%2bMASTER%2bSTB-3T4-E1%2b-in-3%2bDevice" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999169&Tpk=COOLER%2bMASTER%2bSTB-3T4-E1%2b-in-3%2bDevice</a> since unRaid doesnt support hotswap anyway.</p><p></p><p>Plus another 500 gig drive that I already have, so that gives me one more sata slot before I have to buy a controller card. Plus, I can run the free version of unRaid first to make sure it is going to fit my needs as I expect. That is a 1tb (usable) NAS with awesome expansion capability (up to 16 drives) for less than 500 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>Any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dubyahjay, post: 223231, member: 57468"] So I have a copy of Server 2003 and have contemplated the linux route, but I just stumbled on what I see as the holy grail for media storage. Have any of you heard of unRaid? [URL="http://www.lime-technology.com/wordpress/"]http://www.lime-technology.com/wordpress/[/URL] Security of raid 5, with fault tolerance in case two drives go down at once. Plus, if you remove a drive from the array you can load it into a linux comp or a windows machine with some freeware soft on it to recognize reiserFS. Here is my build: Case [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154[/URL] PSU [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153028"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153028[/URL] CPU [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819104005"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819104005[/URL] Memory [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211064"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211064[/URL] Mobo [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128056"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128056[/URL] *I love this board, its also in my HTPC* HDs x2 [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178[/URL] HD cage [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999169&Tpk=COOLER%2bMASTER%2bSTB-3T4-E1%2b-in-3%2bDevice"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999169&Tpk=COOLER%2bMASTER%2bSTB-3T4-E1%2b-in-3%2bDevice[/URL] since unRaid doesnt support hotswap anyway. Plus another 500 gig drive that I already have, so that gives me one more sata slot before I have to buy a controller card. Plus, I can run the free version of unRaid first to make sure it is going to fit my needs as I expect. That is a 1tb (usable) NAS with awesome expansion capability (up to 16 drives) for less than 500 :o Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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