Ongoing Multiseat setup Media Server / Mini-iTX Client (1 Viewer)

[JiRo]

The one year of the experiments and mistakes with Media Portal and here is final solution:

• Media Portal (MP) Multiseat concept
• MP Server running on the Home Server, with two Tv receivers and the other functions
• MP Client running on the Mini-iTX configuration

The configurations:

Home Server

Case: Sharkoon Rebel 9 Economy
PSU: Chieftec Green Angel 350W
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2
Proc: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4450e 2300 MHz
RAM: Kingstone DDR II 800MHz 2x1GB
HDD: System WD 1x500GB, Data: WD 3x1TB
TV Receivers: 1x Hauppauge NOVA-T Stick - DVB-T, 1x WinFast DTV Dongle - DVB-T
DVD-RW: Asus

Client

Case: Aopen S120
PSU: Zotac Brick + integrated DC PS on the MoBo
MoBo: Mini-iTX Zotac ION A
Proc: Atom 330 + GPU ION
RAM: Kingstone DDR II 800MHz 2x1GB
HDD: System WD 1x160GB
DVD-RW: 1x Sony Optiarc, Slim + slot-in

 

[khael]

no bad idea!
On client which os do you use?
You can think also to change the client hd with a small ssd (like mtron 16gb)!
on client you don't need space and with this the system it's Extremely reactive

bye

 

[JiRo]

On client which os do you use?

OS Server/Client: Windows XP Pro/XP Home. But currently I'm testing Windows 7 on the client because I expected better ION utilization.

You can think also to change the client hd with a small ssd (like mtron 16gb)!
on client you don't need space and with this the system it's Extremely reactive

Of course, SSD will be better solution, but 2.5" 160GB WD I found in my drawer. I want to try some SSD. I think, 16GB will do. Now I've filled up at the HDD 10GB only.

 

[elliottmc]

Hi,

What caddies are you using for your hard drives?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[JiRo]

HDD trayless rack

What caddies are you using for your hard drives?

I've used Welland ME751 trayless rack - 3,5" hard disk into 5,25" possition.

 

[RedeviL]

A 16GB SSD should be more than enough, since it is only a client - even for Windows 7.
Space is only really consumed with additional software, not only the space consumed by the program but Windows 7's shared files expand.

My build of 7 is sitting at 9.8GB, with everything but remote software installed.
I see yours is also about the same.

Regarding the ION on Windows 7, I've found it to be extremely well performing!
My server is a P4 3.4Ghz, 2GB DDR - it's running 7 also and the ION board out performs it.

I'm glad I went with 7 over XP, not only with the ease of install but the nicer look and the nicer response to the Dual-core Atom is worth the extra space.