SuperQ wrote: > I built a nice custom linux server/desktop machine. It does a number of > duties besides just LMS. It hosts files for my mac mini (still trying > to decide if I like XBMC or Plex as a UI for that). I also use it as a > primary desktop for browsing and photo editing. It also runs a number > of VMs for testing some routing configurations. > > My shopping list looked like this: > > Lian-Li PC-Q08 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112265 > > Intel mini-itx mainboard > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121513 > I would probably get this one now: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121597 > > The only bad part of this board is that it only supports 4x SATA and I > had to use the PCIe slot for a SATA board. If I didn't use it as a > desktop, I would have probably gone with a supermicro Atom D525 server > board because they support IPMI. > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA-HF-D525.cfm > > Whatever CPU and ram floats your boat, I went with 8G of ram and > i5-2400S > > I have 6x WD RE4-GP 2T server drives setup with Linux software raid. I > have a small mirror setup for the root fs, 140G of space for the rest of > the OS and 100G for /home. Then the rest of the space (7T) is a raid6 > volume for backups (crashplan of my family's laptops) and other media. > > I also have an external USB-3 drive or two that I offline backup the > important stuff to, like my FLAC files. > > > Of course, none of this is audiophile related, except that I have my > audio system (Transporter, Revel speakers, Musical Fidelity amp) > networked to it.
Thanks but that's overkill for my needs, I just need a quieter version of what I have now. Thanks anyway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pkfox's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95477 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
