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Came across this on ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lot-10-New-HP-E200-8-Port-SAS-SATA-Raids-64Mb-405536-/280723101566?pt=COMP_EN_Networking_Components&hash=item415c66977e#ht_1728wt_1139 Its for 10qty HP E200 8 port sas/sata card,$130 +shipping (v expensive $75) (if im reading it right?) works out at just over $20 per 8port sata card? appears to be very cheap, did a quick search on the forum on the model and their is some talk /questions if it works, but it wasnt answered, hence possibly a good deal if it works!

http://www.serversplus.com/product.asp?s=SVHEW-633724421 Deal is on for another month Cost £199.95, fill the form in and claim the cash back (takes up to a month) Spec of box: Athlon II Neo N36L 1.3GHz Dual-Core CPU, 1GB DDR3 ECC UDIMM (8gb max), Internal SATA Cold Plug SATA 250GB Hard-Drive, Embedded RAID 0/1, 1x Gigabit Ethernet, 200W PSU, 1 Year Warranty Supports 4 disks by default, but can be modified to support up to 6 (search the forum) Works very well with unraid (been using it for 2 months now, 24/7) Has a built in usb port inside, which you plug your unraid stick in.

Did originally have everything dumped to the unraid tower , but changed it slightly I have 60gb SSD drive,running windows 7, My docs /my pics/downloads/music /videos all point to the unraid Though had a spare 250Gb hd , so now downloads and temp files to go it, rest goes to the unraid tower. by default you cant redirect docs/videos/music/pictures to a network location unless they are indexed (offline) to get around this i used a brilliant app called "Win7 Library Tool v1.09" This sets its up and it works.

dlink i think? Better spec But would you really notice the difference between the 2?

Memory from my proliant microserver Samsung 1GB DDR3 PC3-10600E 1333Mhz £6inc delivery. (UK) Nick

Above the fridge in the kitchen! You cant actually see it (though you see the blue led light at night) , just a slight hum off it.

just to add This software here: http://zornsoftware.talsit.info/blog/win7-library-tool.html allows you to set your my documents,my video ,my pics to your unraid serverbox (by default you cant redirect my docs to unraid in windows 7 without it being indexed (and to index it, it has to be set offline) in my case i have a 60GB SSD drive, and certainly didnt want my files to be offline (would have run out of disk space) so now with he software installed, and configured, i click on my documents /videos/pictures off it goes to the unraid server.

been a bit of a lurker, and noticed some people using unraid with sagetv. Bit of news on it. http://sagetv.com/index.html

under the magic £50 mark. Samsung HD204UI Spinpoint F4 2TB Hard Drive SATA 5400RPM 32MB Cache - OEM - 3yr Warranty http://www.ebuyer.com/product/237908 Amazon also have WD drives for £50 however they are grey import (12month warranty)

Opps! sorry! [quoteFYI, the CPU appears to benchmark at around 4.75x the spec of the HP N36L's CPU -- useful if you want a server that does more than just unRAID standard. Yep got the m36l myself setup with unraid!

specs: http://www.serversplus.com/servers/tower_servers/hp_tower_servers/578930-035 £110 cash back http://h40059.www4.hp.com/avalanchecashback/ Xeon 3430 1GB Ram 250GB HDD 300W PSU total price £165 appears to have 4 bays (SATA/SAS)