RE: Media Server options

["Dave Sussman" <davids@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd keep an eye on that server if I were you. I have exactly the same
serve=
r and found it overheating, which is why I moved the discs outside of the
m=
achine. Despite having enough power connectors, I don't really think the
ma=
chine is suitable for lots of discs and find the cooling a little
understat=
ed.

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of N=
eil Spellings
Sent: 05 December 2005 13:58
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Media Server options

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Paul Gordon wrote:
> OK, so my new media server is nearly ready to be assembled... - I've
just=
ordered 2TB of disks (oh yeah baby!)

Funnily enough I've just finished my new media server - sounds pretty=20
similar.

I bought one of the cheap Dell PowerEdge 830 servers for =A3370, a PCI-X=20
SATA300 RAID controller and 4 500Gb SATA II discs giving 1.5Tb in a=20
RAID5 array.

Went with a Highpoint RocketRAID 2320 in the end as it supports online=20
capacity extension (for when I invariably run out of storage in x years=20
time!) and the new SATA 300 standard.

I went with 4 discs instead of 5 so I could avoid the enclosure issue. I=20
also think packing 5 discs into the space designed for 4 could cause=20
overheating unless your enclosure is well cooled.

Now setting up Apache so it can proxy all my other various internal=20
webservers and network devices to make them accessible from the net=20
(Homeseer, media server, SIP phone, web mail, TV etc etc)

No photos as, well, its just a grey box!

Cheers,


/Neil/

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