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<blockquote data-quote="milhouse" data-source="post: 310465" data-attributes="member: 26653">Wimps.My media server has 15 drives, and room for 5 more without cracking the case.&nbsp; I am sitting on 6 TB right now.&nbsp; 160GB system, 160GB for timeshifting, 8x500GB in RAID5 for TV Series and ISOs, 5x640GB RAID5 for ISOs.&nbsp; Just shy of 3TB free since I just added the last five drives a month or so ago.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Here's my build: <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ongoing-htpc-projects-60/milhouse-media-server-34316/?highlight=milhouse" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ongoing-htpc-projects-60/milhouse-media-server-34316/</a>&nbsp; The page lists all the components, and somerationale as to why I went that route.Seriously, though. By building out a big server with lots of open drive bays, when you run out of space you can buy whatever size you get the best $/GB.&nbsp; If it's just storage, it should be a long time before you need to upgrade anything but the drives.I agree with phertiker - software RAID makes a lot of sense for a home user on a media server.&nbsp; Since you tend to write only once, you don't need blazing fast writes.&nbsp; And you can pick up the whole RAID set and move to another computer if you have to, instead of finding the &quot;right&quot; HW RAID card when it breaks.&nbsp; Not to mention that buying a SATA controller is MUCH cheaper than a hardware raid card with a lot of ports.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="milhouse, post: 310465, member: 26653"] [b]Wimps.[/b] My media server has 15 drives, and room for 5 more without cracking the case. I am sitting on 6 TB right now. 160GB system, 160GB for timeshifting, 8x500GB in RAID5 for TV Series and ISOs, 5x640GB RAID5 for ISOs. Just shy of 3TB free since I just added the last five drives a month or so ago. :D Here's my build: [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ongoing-htpc-projects-60/milhouse-media-server-34316/?highlight=milhouse"]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ongoing-htpc-projects-60/milhouse-media-server-34316/[/URL] The page lists all the components, and somerationale as to why I went that route. Seriously, though. By building out a big server with lots of open drive bays, when you run out of space you can buy whatever size you get the best $/GB. If it's just storage, it should be a long time before you need to upgrade anything but the drives. I agree with phertiker - software RAID makes a lot of sense for a home user on a media server. Since you tend to write only once, you don't need blazing fast writes. And you can pick up the whole RAID set and move to another computer if you have to, instead of finding the "right" HW RAID card when it breaks. Not to mention that buying a SATA controller is MUCH cheaper than a hardware raid card with a lot of ports. [/QUOTE]

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