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<blockquote data-quote="porky996t" data-source="post: 804018" data-attributes="member: 75318"><p>Thanks Pilehave & Billy The Fish,</p><p></p><p>I have been doing a lot of reading and getting more and more confused, but this is helping me establish what I want to do.</p><p></p><p>I won't be moving the TV Tuner cards to the server; it will be for the file storage only. Although, I may use it to recode my movies and TV series to .mkv for efficient storage use. I guess that knocks FreeNAS out of the picture. If I use Win7 as the OS can I simply control the server remotely from another PC and see what is happening as I don't want to permanently add a monitor or keyboard.</p><p></p><p>I have been looking at this mobo - <a href="http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2758#sp" target="_blank">GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H</a> and a AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor. They seem relatively cheap on eBay and that Mobo has built in graphics and a Gigabit LAN. It has 5 SATA connectors and 1 x IDE. I would use the SATA connectors for storage and the IDE for the OS as I already have an IDE drive - erm, set aside for future use. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ...and if I need any more storage I could easily get a SATA expansion card.</p><p></p><p>That particular Mobo also has a built in RAID support - although I have read that just setting up a simple backup procdure is easier should the RAID controller fail.</p><p></p><p>Is it practical to have media servers such as this go into S3 sleep mode and use WOL to bring back it back to life??</p><p></p><p>I am going to be installing a 1Gb LAN throughout the house in the next couple of weeks and this will feed to the basement - the GF doesn't know yet. I wish I had done this when I built the house. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mant thanks for the response so far. All food for thought.</p><p></p><p>This is a very interesting read >>> <a href="http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2010/07/23/how-to-build-a-nas-box/1" target="_blank">here</a> <<<</p><p></p><p>M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="porky996t, post: 804018, member: 75318"] Thanks Pilehave & Billy The Fish, I have been doing a lot of reading and getting more and more confused, but this is helping me establish what I want to do. I won't be moving the TV Tuner cards to the server; it will be for the file storage only. Although, I may use it to recode my movies and TV series to .mkv for efficient storage use. I guess that knocks FreeNAS out of the picture. If I use Win7 as the OS can I simply control the server remotely from another PC and see what is happening as I don't want to permanently add a monitor or keyboard. I have been looking at this mobo - [URL="http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2758#sp"]GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H[/URL] and a AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor. They seem relatively cheap on eBay and that Mobo has built in graphics and a Gigabit LAN. It has 5 SATA connectors and 1 x IDE. I would use the SATA connectors for storage and the IDE for the OS as I already have an IDE drive - erm, set aside for future use. ;) ...and if I need any more storage I could easily get a SATA expansion card. That particular Mobo also has a built in RAID support - although I have read that just setting up a simple backup procdure is easier should the RAID controller fail. Is it practical to have media servers such as this go into S3 sleep mode and use WOL to bring back it back to life?? I am going to be installing a 1Gb LAN throughout the house in the next couple of weeks and this will feed to the basement - the GF doesn't know yet. I wish I had done this when I built the house. :mad: Mant thanks for the response so far. All food for thought. This is a very interesting read >>> [URL="http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2010/07/23/how-to-build-a-nas-box/1"]here[/URL] <<< M [/QUOTE]
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