Re: HTPC Build In Progress
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As for storage space if it helps, for the 576 CDS that are stored on a drive, only using about 43 megs for them. Looking at a 300 gig drive for the HTPC for now and will see if we run out of space soon.
I may have the new toy assembled and online in a few weeks, but also could be longer since I need to get the racks installed. So you could order and have yours in and be done before me.
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Are you going to provide any fault tolerance/mirroring for DR issues? My next PC will incorporate a Raid 5 array with at least 4 drives of high capacity to hold ripped movies and/or music. If one drive fails, it can be replaced and easily reconstructed with the striped/parity setup.
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That's what I'm planning on doing too.
Any of you have tried both TheaterTek and Zoomplayer?
I'm debating which one to use (if I go the Windows route, decisions decisions...)
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I demo'd Theatertek at another friends house, and it was very cool.
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Aren't the large amount of drives going to be horribly noisy? Or are you hiding the case off somewhere?
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With 3 people here involved in the HTPC build, have not managed to get a deciding vote as of yet,so the verdict is still out on the HD system. lol
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You'd be suprised how quiet some hard drives can be. Seagates are really quiet, others are a little noisey.
But, RAID5 is awesome.
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The Seagate Barracuda IVs were quiet. The Vs were not. Having not heard 5 in one machine, I can't speak to whether 5 Barracuda IVs would still be quiet. And there's also the cooling to consider on a drive array.
I've not read much about the Barracuda 8s, perhaps Seagate has finally gotten back to the quiet. However, even quiet drives can build up in noise when you have more than 1.
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I'm with you on this one Dan the Magic Man7
There are many drives that are whisper quiet. Ken, I have not decided yet. Highpoint Technologies and Promise offer some nice setups with Raid PCI or PCIx cards with or without external SATA interfaces. Seperate external cases or combined towers are available from Highpoint called Rocketmate which works with their RocketRaid cards.
A lot depends on which case I go with and room for internal expansion and cooling.
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Let me know when you find some whisper quiet ones. I suck at building quiet computers.
'Course, the GeForce 6800 Ultra in my current box kind of insures that.
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