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<blockquote data-quote="MrBobC" data-source="post: 376513" data-attributes="member: 88162">Hello All,&nbsp;&nbsp; I am currently engaged in my first foray into home networking.&nbsp; I have a case that will hold 23 HDDs, of which I already have 5 (6TB), 7 more will arrive tomorrow (10.5TB).&nbsp; This is of course my server, and I have used basically the same parts as the Milhouse Media Server but with a different case.&nbsp; My question to the community is what OS should I use?&nbsp; I tried using WHS but found I cannot get fault tolerance on it as all it has is &quot;Folder Duplication&quot; which is not what I want, I believe I want RAID 5 which is not possible with WHS as it only has a &quot;Drive Pool.&quot;&nbsp; Should I use Windows Server 2003, 2008, Ubuntu, Linux, or perhaps something else?&nbsp; My system drive is an extra 300GB HDD I have laying around and the other 22 will be at least 1.5TB for a total storage capacity of at least 33TB.&nbsp; I plan on using this server to host my Blu-Ray ISOs, DVD ISOs, Music, Emulation, and I will probably want to add TV watching/recording capabilities at some point, so please keep that in mind.&nbsp; I have two clients thus far, my main PC in the den and my HTPC in the bedroom which has MediaPortal 1.0 with the My Emulators, My TV-Series, and MyFilms plugins on them.&nbsp; The PC in the den will only access the music files, whilst the HTPC will access basically all the files.&nbsp; Please advise.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Thank You,&nbsp;&nbsp; Bob</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrBobC, post: 376513, member: 88162"] Hello All, I am currently engaged in my first foray into home networking. I have a case that will hold 23 HDDs, of which I already have 5 (6TB), 7 more will arrive tomorrow (10.5TB). This is of course my server, and I have used basically the same parts as the Milhouse Media Server but with a different case. My question to the community is what OS should I use? I tried using WHS but found I cannot get fault tolerance on it as all it has is "Folder Duplication" which is not what I want, I believe I want RAID 5 which is not possible with WHS as it only has a "Drive Pool." Should I use Windows Server 2003, 2008, Ubuntu, Linux, or perhaps something else? My system drive is an extra 300GB HDD I have laying around and the other 22 will be at least 1.5TB for a total storage capacity of at least 33TB. I plan on using this server to host my Blu-Ray ISOs, DVD ISOs, Music, Emulation, and I will probably want to add TV watching/recording capabilities at some point, so please keep that in mind. I have two clients thus far, my main PC in the den and my HTPC in the bedroom which has MediaPortal 1.0 with the My Emulators, My TV-Series, and MyFilms plugins on them. The PC in the den will only access the music files, whilst the HTPC will access basically all the files. Please advise. :) Thank You, Bob [/QUOTE]

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