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<blockquote data-quote="MrBobC" data-source="post: 378578" data-attributes="member: 88162">I am thinking I will eventually want to run the TVServer.&nbsp; I currently have Server2003 installed with Software RAID5 on the HDDs, but I notice they spend a great deal of time &quot;resynching,&quot; but, after all, it is 7.5TB (really 5.44 with another 1.36 of parity).&nbsp; The first time I set it up it took a little over 24 hours to resynch.&nbsp; Unfortunately I made the comp bluescreen though and since that restart it has been resynching for 2 days now.&nbsp; I am using the SuperMicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X card because it has 8 SATA ports for only $100.&nbsp; I have seen some of the Areca ones, but they are $450 for an 8-port.&nbsp; I was planning on using 4 5-disk RAID5 arrays, the boot drive, a TV drive, and a music/emulation/misc. drive.&nbsp; Everything but the boot drive is a Seagate 1.5TB drive, and all the firmwares on them are okay according to Seagate, so I'm not concerned about that.&nbsp; Currently I have one array up which is resynching, the TV drive, the misc. drive, and all five of the drives for the next array, with two more drives slated to arrive Tuesday, which will give me 14 1.5TB drives and a boot drive.&nbsp; I will check out TVServer more and see if it will do what I might want it to.Specs:Lian-Li PC-A77-B Case4 Supermicro CSE-M35T-1B 5-bay SATA Enclosures14 1.5TB HDDs1 300GB Boot DriveWindows Server 2003Opteron 13524 GB Kingston DDR2 PC6400Corsair CMPSU-520HX 520W Power SupplyASUS M2N-LR AM2 nVidia nforce Professional 3600 ATX Server Motherboard2 SuperMicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit&nbsp; PCI-X133Mhz Sata Controller Card</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrBobC, post: 378578, member: 88162"] I am thinking I will eventually want to run the TVServer. I currently have Server2003 installed with Software RAID5 on the HDDs, but I notice they spend a great deal of time "resynching," but, after all, it is 7.5TB (really 5.44 with another 1.36 of parity). The first time I set it up it took a little over 24 hours to resynch. Unfortunately I made the comp bluescreen though and since that restart it has been resynching for 2 days now. I am using the SuperMicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X card because it has 8 SATA ports for only $100. I have seen some of the Areca ones, but they are $450 for an 8-port. I was planning on using 4 5-disk RAID5 arrays, the boot drive, a TV drive, and a music/emulation/misc. drive. Everything but the boot drive is a Seagate 1.5TB drive, and all the firmwares on them are okay according to Seagate, so I'm not concerned about that. Currently I have one array up which is resynching, the TV drive, the misc. drive, and all five of the drives for the next array, with two more drives slated to arrive Tuesday, which will give me 14 1.5TB drives and a boot drive. I will check out TVServer more and see if it will do what I might want it to. Specs: Lian-Li PC-A77-B Case 4 Supermicro CSE-M35T-1B 5-bay SATA Enclosures 14 1.5TB HDDs 1 300GB Boot Drive Windows Server 2003 Opteron 1352 4 GB Kingston DDR2 PC6400 Corsair CMPSU-520HX 520W Power Supply ASUS M2N-LR AM2 nVidia nforce Professional 3600 ATX Server Motherboard 2 SuperMicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133Mhz Sata Controller Card [/QUOTE]

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