Finally think I'm going to do this...
CASE: Antec P180 (already have)
CPU: Intel E5200 (already have, but will buy a new chip for my HTPC)
RAM: Any DDR2... how much will I need? $40?
MB: Super Micro C2SEE (http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-mbd-c2see~7SUPM321.htm) $120 (This is the only one of the 3 levels from the wiki I can find in stock!)
New HD: WD Green 2 TB $120
unRaid Pro on flash drive: $140
Old HDs:
2000 x2
1500 x2
1000 x2
750 x2
500 x2
320 x1 (cache drive maybe?)
All those are SATA, except for one of the 500's
So I'd be looking at about $420 to build up the base unRaid system, giving me about 8TB of storage, with parity protection and cache...
I would be needing the following though:
SATA card: That's 12 drives... 6 on the motherboard... I'd need more!
Places to put drives: The case has 6 3.5" bays, and 4 5.25" bays... getting pretty full!! Could I use same drives in USB/esata enclosures, and still have them in the array? What should I get for adapting the 5.25" bays to fitting HDs?
Networking: The unRaid would be in my front room closet, where it could reach my XBMC HTPC with a cable, but it would have to talk to my main computer over wireless... I have a wireless N router right next to my main system... I should be okay speed wise, because any 1080 HD stuff would only be going to the HTPC... My main computer would just pull music off the server, and back stuff up overnight.
But what would I need networking wise... probably a N wireless thing for the unRaid, and just a ethernet cable to hook the unRaid to the HTPC?
Thanks for any advice!
