Re: Newbie needs Network / media centre solution!

["pjqx" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stefan,

I have 3 x 200Mb homeplugs and they "just work" but the speed
very
much depends on situation and proximity to RDC, circuit breakers - I
know you are local to me and are welcome to borrow mine to try them
out - I have never got anything like 200Mb/S but I do get 70/80.

You are welceom to try it.

Cheers

Tim.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@...> wrote:
>
> Stefan Gavin wrote:
> > However to play my HD rips or MKV files smoothly I figure I need
a
constant data transfer speed of 20 MB/s which would also make the
network more usable for transferring files. This would enable me to
store everything on a large NAS with RAID or mirroring technology for
back up =96 this would then be accessible by any machine meaning I could
play HD content on any TV in house, but most importantly on my Viera
through my media centre.=20
> >=20=20
>=20
> RAID is not a substitute for backups. It doesn't guard against
things=20
> like accidental deletion, file system corruption, theft, lightning=20
> strikes etc, and in consumer/appliance grade kit can potentially
make it=20
> significantly more difficult to recover from a drive failure. (Quite
a=20
> few reports of arrays being rendered unrecoverable in a failure=20
> condition in the archives.)
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> RAID 0 should give you a performance increase though, but I think=20
> rsych-ing nightly or weekly to a [slower] drive/server elsewhere
would=20
> be a better option for backups.
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> I know a couple of people who've had more success with the IcyBox
NAS=20
> using RAID 1 where they've been able to put the non-failed drive in
a=20
> linux box and recover the data directly, as it just uses standard
ext3=20
> format. You've got to be comfortable using a linux/unix CLI for that
to=20
> work though, really :-)
>=20
> Jim
>




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