Re: Thoughts on storage devices??

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Phil,
Yes it was you I was thinking of!! Sorry to be a pain but any chance
you could let me know any specific software you use with this for
sharing your movies, think I recall you mentioning something about a
program to provide smb shares??

Anything else I should think about?

Thanks
Noel

p.s. thanks to others that have replied too! :)
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@...> wrote:
>
> I had 3 x 8 bay firewire to IDE enclosures on a Mac Mini as my file
server
> for a couple of years and it worked without a hitch ... the Mini
actually
> spins the drives up and down reliably (as opposed to Windows and
Linux whose
> firewire support for external drives suck).
>
> If you are careful and plan out your storage strategy you can
actually mask
> the spin up time quite effectively too - I used to have a directory
on the
> mini's internal drive which contained links/shortcuts to the actual
movie
> files spread out over the external drives and so that was browseable
without
> having to spin up the external drives which - because there were 26
of them
> (3 x 8 + 2 additional external drives) could take several minutes.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of noel_pilot
> > Sent: 19 April 2008 14:58
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Thoughts on storage devices??
> >
> > So...the moneys finally getting close to what I need for next
stage of
> > HA server/storage and I need to confirm what I'm thinking is the
right
> > way to go ahead.
> >
> > I'm very much in favour of using macs wherever possible and with
xbmc
> > on osx coming on in leaps and bounds thats pushing me further in
this
> > thought.
> >
> > My plan (inspired by this list) was for a mac mini and a 4 bay
> > firewire drive enclosure.  This would suit my needs certainly for
the
> > moment and when I need to expand I could add another firewire
> > enclosure or upgrade to bigger drives.
> >
> > There's a few tasks i'd like to have carried out by the mini
including
> > radio recording on schedules, and possibly some x10 interface by
> > Indigo.
> >
> > My only other option considered recently is to move away from the
> > mini, just use a NAS of some sort and get myself an Imac for
bedroom
> > use that could cover the scheduled tasks side of things and
probably
> > the x10 interface.
> >
> > At the moment I have a number of hard drives in a large pc case
that
> > runs hot as heck and is a little power hungry, I only turn it on
when
> > I need it, what I want to get to is having the movies and music
> > available 24/7 but with out killing me in electricity costs.
> >
> > So....mac mini with a firewire enclosure still a reasonable
approach??
> > if not anything else I should be looking at?
> >
> > btw looking at the 4 bay firewire enclosures from span.com.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Noel
> >
> >
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