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<blockquote data-quote="ryan20021982" data-source="post: 399765" data-attributes="member: 78143"><p>I have messed around with this for awhile and am finishing my final setup now. I dont trust raid5 its just me, I wont trust my movies to raid at all unless there is a complete backup somewhere else which is what I am doing. The Clown used windows raid5 but you cannot expand a raid 5 array in windows you have to rebuild it over again so you would need somewhere to store the videos while you rebuild with the new hdd. So my result is 2 seperate servers.</p><p></p><p>Right now I have the main server which feeds 3 mediacenters with 9tb (6x1.5tb hdds) and am building another server just to hold the backup and maybe to feed to more clients if I make anymore in the future. But each one will be in windows raid0 but there is a complete backup on the other server so not a big deal.</p><p></p><p>I am in the process right now of building a full rack for all my components which are in the computer room of the house so no noise is in the livingroom and other rooms with htpc's in them. All the clients have silent video or onboard video with all after market fans to avoid noise.</p><p></p><p>I actually built this new server pretty cheap , here is the list of components for the server</p><p></p><p>JetWay JXBLUE-N78V AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8100 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $59.99</p><p>LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDP118-04 - OEM $17.99</p><p>Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory $10.99</p><p>NORCO RPC-250 Black 2U Rackmount Server Case - Retail $79.99</p><p></p><p>I had the psu, AMD 4200, and IDE laptop drive (for OS and needs ide to save the sata ports for the other hdds)</p><p></p><p>And this part is depending on your needs</p><p>Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $129.99 x 6</p><p></p><p>I am actually going to do a post on the complete setup once I get everything in</p><p>Its going to be composed of</p><p>main server</p><p>backup server</p><p>netgear 16 port Gbit switch</p><p>Tripp Lite surge protector</p><p>Aten 4 port KVM switch</p><p>norco rack mount keyboard with touchpad</p><p>Rack Solutions rack lcd mount</p><p>19" dell monitor</p><p>and some vent panels and a few other things</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ryan20021982, post: 399765, member: 78143"] I have messed around with this for awhile and am finishing my final setup now. I dont trust raid5 its just me, I wont trust my movies to raid at all unless there is a complete backup somewhere else which is what I am doing. The Clown used windows raid5 but you cannot expand a raid 5 array in windows you have to rebuild it over again so you would need somewhere to store the videos while you rebuild with the new hdd. So my result is 2 seperate servers. Right now I have the main server which feeds 3 mediacenters with 9tb (6x1.5tb hdds) and am building another server just to hold the backup and maybe to feed to more clients if I make anymore in the future. But each one will be in windows raid0 but there is a complete backup on the other server so not a big deal. I am in the process right now of building a full rack for all my components which are in the computer room of the house so no noise is in the livingroom and other rooms with htpc's in them. All the clients have silent video or onboard video with all after market fans to avoid noise. I actually built this new server pretty cheap , here is the list of components for the server JetWay JXBLUE-N78V AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8100 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $59.99 LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDP118-04 - OEM $17.99 Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory $10.99 NORCO RPC-250 Black 2U Rackmount Server Case - Retail $79.99 I had the psu, AMD 4200, and IDE laptop drive (for OS and needs ide to save the sata ports for the other hdds) And this part is depending on your needs Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $129.99 x 6 I am actually going to do a post on the complete setup once I get everything in Its going to be composed of main server backup server netgear 16 port Gbit switch Tripp Lite surge protector Aten 4 port KVM switch norco rack mount keyboard with touchpad Rack Solutions rack lcd mount 19" dell monitor and some vent panels and a few other things [/QUOTE]
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