Re: OT Raid Setup for MP3 Server

["bensbarn2001" <ben_wilkinson@xxxxxxx>]

No answers to this interesting thread(sorry) - just some additional 
questions...

1.  Do the previous comments on disc speed apply if distributing 
uncompressed audio around a LAN?  I'd like to be able to put out up
to 4 (possibly more) streams simultaneously (I'm still trying to oust 
Linn from the rip-off high-quality multi-room market).

2.  I'm planning to dedicate a server to this task (which puts 
uncompressed audio out to the LAN and has a touchscreen in each room 
(for control) connected to client PC which also outputs to local 
digital amplifier/spkrs.  Anybody have any idea what sort of 
processor this would take?

Thanks

Ben
> 
> > I did make an error in my previous post, with 2 x 80 and 1 x 60
it is 
> 120Gb logical disk I have and not 140Gb. This means that if I 
swapped 
> the 60Gb for another 80Gb then I would gain (following a rebuild) 
> 40Gb on the logical disk which is tempting.
> 
> For those who are interested, I have the following card:
> 
> http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-info3-info.asp?&m=y&quicklinx=14Q6
> 
> which has 6 connectors, can support disks larger than 137Gb, is 
> ATA100 and comes with 6 cables and 3 hot swap caddies for 310 quid
> plus VAT.
> 
> As I will now have to plan an upgrade of the server anyway, and I 
> will have serveral disks lying about when I do it, is there a real
> benefit in separating the OS from the data. The reason I went with
> raid 5 in the first place was for resilliance of the OS (in this 
case 
> SBS2K so it includes Exchange, IIS, SQL) following a 'disaster' 
where 
> a hard disk failed and wiped out my server. I now have everything 
on 
> one raid 5 'disk' but I could set up the future system to have 2 x
> 80Gb mirrored for the SBS2K components and then 3 (or 4) x 160Gb 
> disks on raid 5 array for data (mainly MP3 and in future divx).
> 
> Does this give significant benefit (there is no additional cost as
I 
> have the smaller disks already) or would I be better off just 
putting 
> everything on raid 5 as I do at the moment.
> 
> Finally (sorry if this has been answered and I missed it), can 
disks 
> be added to an existing raid 5 array after it has been set up and 
> data is on it? I suspect now that the answer is no, but it is worth
> asking. Quite simply, I can afford to buy 3 disks sooner than 4!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Graham



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