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<blockquote data-quote="Kian" data-source="post: 552119" data-attributes="member: 66206">first of all congrats for the successful setup.i am also interested in a similar setup as my HDDs are about to reach their limits (5 1TB HDDs). currently i am thinking about exchanging 1-2 HDD with bigger HDDs, i.e. swapping a 1TB HDD with a 2TB HDD. this would be a dirty approach though.so my quesiton would be:is your media server also capable of acting like a normal HTPC? i.e. does it only serve as a storage solution for media so that other clients in the house can access the media for streaming? or can this setup also be used as a native HTPC running Mediaportal and watching movies? whist directly conected to the TV?the reason y i am askin this is that i am using newsnet for my media and a regularly updated RSS feed tells my HTPC when to download certain files. after download the files are automatically unpacked and moved to their pre-specified folders. so my biggest concern would be whether your setup would also support such a process.other questions:- are there alternatives to supermicro 5-in-3? in germany, these are not available.- are there alternatives to your ASUS mainboard? the one u are using is also not availabe in germany, any other brands or models you can suggest?- would you sugges streaming mkv/hd material via WLAN? Which kind of connection would your suggest for streaming media?- which hardware are the clients in your home using for streaming media from the media server?lots of question and hope to find some answers <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />merry xmas,k</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kian, post: 552119, member: 66206"] first of all congrats for the successful setup. i am also interested in a similar setup as my HDDs are about to reach their limits (5 1TB HDDs). currently i am thinking about exchanging 1-2 HDD with bigger HDDs, i.e. swapping a 1TB HDD with a 2TB HDD. this would be a dirty approach though. so my quesiton would be: is your media server also capable of acting like a normal HTPC? i.e. does it only serve as a storage solution for media so that other clients in the house can access the media for streaming? or can this setup also be used as a native HTPC running Mediaportal and watching movies? whist directly conected to the TV? the reason y i am askin this is that i am using newsnet for my media and a regularly updated RSS feed tells my HTPC when to download certain files. after download the files are automatically unpacked and moved to their pre-specified folders. so my biggest concern would be whether your setup would also support such a process. other questions: - are there alternatives to supermicro 5-in-3? in germany, these are not available. - are there alternatives to your ASUS mainboard? the one u are using is also not availabe in germany, any other brands or models you can suggest? - would you sugges streaming mkv/hd material via WLAN? Which kind of connection would your suggest for streaming media? - which hardware are the clients in your home using for streaming media from the media server? lots of question and hope to find some answers ;) merry xmas, k [/QUOTE]

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