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thanks for the feedback, I will just do as you suggested. makes sense. UNraid in the future when my need for storage grows. thanks Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Hi all, I built the below initiall to have as a HTPC and NAS, but i have changed my mind and would like it just as a 6/7bay NAS for my HDI Dune Prime 3. at the moment i have 6 drives samsung F4 and one SSD. case: Lian Li PC-Q08B (case) + additional sound proofing and replacement fans Scan.co.uk: Lian Li PC-Q08B, Black, Small Tower Chassis Motherboard: Asus E35M1-I DELUXE (Hudson chipset with onboard 6310 GPU / Wifi/ passive cooled) Scan.co.uk: Asus E35M1-I DELUXE AMD Hudson M1 Integrated AMD Zacate 18W Mini ITX Motherboard RAM: 4GB G.Skill DDR3 ECO Series PC3-10666 1.35v G.Skill 4GB DDR3 ECO Series PC3-10666 1333MHz CL7 Dual Channel Memory Upgrade Kit PSU: Seasonsonic X460 (fanless psu and fully modular) Scan.co.uk: Seasonic SS-460FL 460W Fanless Power Supply (PSU) HDD: Samsung 2TBx6 in Raid5 Scan.co.uk: Samsung HD204UI 2TB Spinpoint F4 Hard Drive SATA II 3Gb/s OS HDD: Crucial 64gb SSD Scan.co.uk: Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB - Solid State Drive - CT064M4SSD2 Raid: Areca 1220 8 port Raid controller Scan.co.uk: Areca ARC-1220 8 Port PCI-E SATA II RAID 6 Controller - see specs I would like to know how to best connect the hardware i have, running it most effectively. shall i connect the 6 samsung drives to the areca 1220 card and another samsung parity drive (which i will get) to the motherboard along with the SSD? does the unraid install on the SSD? does the parity drive have to be a certain size? also I would like to map the path for the unraid server to my Windows 7 PC so i can transfers data across is this possible? if so what are the transfer speeds like? any help much appreciated.