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<blockquote data-quote="elliottmc" data-source="post: 589037" data-attributes="member: 14268"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>A couple of comments based on personal experience.</p><p></p><p>Initially I went down the whole server route, with RAID arrays for storage, thinking that this was the most secure. Then one of the drives failed :-( Fortunately I had another backup.</p><p></p><p>Now I have one TV server and two clients, each with a dedicated media drive, and file synchronisation software to keep everything up to date. For me, the advantage of this is that for each computer, its media is local, so it is fast. Also, in the event of a hardware problem, it is less likely that all computer are affected, so the risk of data loss is less.</p><p></p><p>As a secondary advantage, I only have the clients running when they are in use, so that is fewer hard drives in constant use which leads to lower electricity bills and I guess a lower chance of the drives failing.</p><p></p><p>You mentioned 2.5" drives, which run slower/cooler. For my living room system, where noise is more of a problem, I have a 2.5" system drive (320 GB I think) which was relatively inexpensive. I then mounted it in one of these: <a href="http://quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/harddrivesolutions/quiet-drive-2" target="_blank">Quiet Drive 2.5 Internal HDD Silencer</a> - the result: it is pretty much silent. You can also get these for 3.5" drives. Personally for a value-for-money perspective, this seems better at the moment than going down the SSD route, although of course that will change pretty soon.</p><p></p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elliottmc, post: 589037, member: 14268"] Hi, A couple of comments based on personal experience. Initially I went down the whole server route, with RAID arrays for storage, thinking that this was the most secure. Then one of the drives failed :-( Fortunately I had another backup. Now I have one TV server and two clients, each with a dedicated media drive, and file synchronisation software to keep everything up to date. For me, the advantage of this is that for each computer, its media is local, so it is fast. Also, in the event of a hardware problem, it is less likely that all computer are affected, so the risk of data loss is less. As a secondary advantage, I only have the clients running when they are in use, so that is fewer hard drives in constant use which leads to lower electricity bills and I guess a lower chance of the drives failing. You mentioned 2.5" drives, which run slower/cooler. For my living room system, where noise is more of a problem, I have a 2.5" system drive (320 GB I think) which was relatively inexpensive. I then mounted it in one of these: [url=http://quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/harddrivesolutions/quiet-drive-2]Quiet Drive 2.5 Internal HDD Silencer[/url] - the result: it is pretty much silent. You can also get these for 3.5" drives. Personally for a value-for-money perspective, this seems better at the moment than going down the SSD route, although of course that will change pretty soon. Mark [/QUOTE]
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