CardinalFang Wrote: > I'd like to see a system with built-in RAID5 support - that's my biggest > woory with a system like this using one disk. I'm trying to work out at > the moment whether to add more disks to my PC via a RAID card, or go > for a NAS solution - or buy a custom server. I'll eventually need about > a terabyte (assuming 750G after RAID5) so that I can digitise all my LPs > too (how about an LP ripping service via one of those laser turntables > anyone?:-))
Interesting you should bring that up....Best to give a lot of thought up front or you may run into the issue I did on the weekend. I have had a dedicated server in the basement for a couple of years.A pc case with 4 additional fans, I would keep slapping in hard drives a new IDE controller/or memory when required. The server held all my mp3's (350 gig worth) Grateful dead SHN concerts etc. The rest of the familly mounts the folders remotely to access music from there PC's laptops etc. via the WiFi network.I would access it via my HTPC, and of course it now has the slimserver service runnign on it. Occasionally I will back important things onto a external 300G USB drive which I keep off site (at work). Earlier in the fall I started ripping my CD collection to the server in native wav format, that takes a lot of time, and is not something I plan on doing again. I started thinking about that, and about hard drive failure (remember it's not "if" it's "When") so I asked Santa Clause for a Thermaltake Server case for Xmas, and I bought 4x 300G SATA drives and a Promise SATA/RAID 5 controller over the hollidays. I installed everything in the new case, looks great, however I have incompatibility with the existing controllers, "conflicts"....I sure I can get around it with another RAID controller, but that means a lot more mussing about and another few trips to the computer store. While I doubt I would ever pay someone to set up a server for me, it can become a pain the ass doing it yourself. good luck -- sfraser ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2026 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19656 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
