poofyhairguy

As a FYI I find Czkawka in Dockerhub works best.

LOL the picture is!

My NAS setup is two Unraid servers. Both are based on Antec cases. MediaServer1: This server is based on an EP35-DS3R mobo. This mobo has 8 sata ports onboard, with 2 being J-Micron. Unraid EP35-DS3R intel Core 2 Duo e4500 1 (for now) x 1GB DDR2 667 memory (Kingston) Antec Twelve Hundred Antec 620 Neo Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 ATI 7500 PCI GPU COOLER MASTER GeminII Cooler Master 4 in 3 Scythe SCY-HDSX4 Hard Disk Stabilizer x 3 OCZ Diesel 16GB USB Drive 1 x Seagate Barracuda XT (parity) 1 x 1.5TB WD Green (EADS) 1 x 1.5TB WD Green (EARS) 1 x 1.5TB Samsung EcoGreen 1 x 2TB WD Green (EARS) 1 x 2TB 7200RPM Hitachi 1 x 2TB 5950?RPM Hitachi I built this server second. I credit other builds here for the suggestions for most of the parts. Each bay is a different kind of HD to 100% take advantage of Unraid's amazing mix and match ability and I hope to keep it that way. I have a 2TB 5900RPM Seagate that is going in as soon as I get the firmware straight. MediaServer2: This server is based on a P35-DS3L mobo. Honestly this is an odd mobo to use for Unraid as it only has 4 onboard sata ports, but I had it left over from a previous Hackintosh build so I wanted to not waste it. Unraid P35-DS3L Intel Pentium e2140 2 x 1GB DDR2 667 memory (Kingston) Antec Three Hundred Antec 420 Neo 3x Sil 3132 cards Nvidia Fanless 7300 GS GPU Scythe Mini Ninja Fanless CPU heatsink Cooler Master 4 in 3 San Disk Cruser 2GB USB Drive 9 x 1.5TB 7200.11 Seagate drives (yes THOSE drives) 1 x 1TB Western Digital Black I am using the second to most recent bios (F8) to avoid HPA problems. I am using the six internal 3.5inch bays, plus a Cooler Master 4 in 3 in the top bays for a total of ten drives. All the drives in the server will be the infamous 1.5TB 7200RPM Seagate drives, except for one that is a 1TB WD Black (that I basically got for free so why not use it?). Average temps are 27-30, but it gets up to a top of 35 when copying over data. My favorite part about this build is that because I am using a fanless CPU HSF and GPU, it is pretty quiet. Everything is Antec where possible (I am kinda nutty loyal to them), but because the built in drive trays lacked any sort of vibration management I used rubber washers to secure the drives. This server holds only movies for me.

How much power does that PSU have?

I think now that the Vertex 2's are saturated in the market, the Vertex 1's provide a really good value. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227393 Cheaper than the Agilities.

The fast boot time is the smallest advantage a SSD gives a HTPC frontend. The largest advantage is the fact that SSDs have super low seek times, and super fast random reads, so if you use media software that is fanart/diskcover heavy (aka XBMC) the interface will be much faster as the fanart files are pulled up at the speed of SSD!

HTPC + SSD = Awesome!

I always figured that someone out there was using at least two 2.5inch 1TB drives in the top of those Norcos...

That works then. I am using it on my build were I am trying to get every type of consumer drive on the market in that array, and that includes 7200 RPM models.

Love the 120mm fan modifications to the Norco. The use of sub 120mm fans is what has keep me away from it in the past. Now if only those fans on the back coule be replaced with 120mm fans (I know they won't fit, just dreaming). I have to ask- 520w for a 20 drive machine? I love the Neo models, but I got the 620w for just 16 drives. Is my PSU overkill?

Beautiful build. I LOVE Lian Li cases (only cases close to Apple IMHO), and that one in particular looks awesome. Thanks for sharing.

47 Degrees!!!!!!!!! That is the "magic" temp that killed my old server- I killed all my drives over the course of a year. Heck that is the temp that got me to throw away my old case, and switch to a Antec+Unraid solution for the RMAed drives I got back after that. You need some more ventilation or something. Personally now anytime I go above 36 degrees on one of my drives my heart kinda stops....