mullencm

thanks, this community kicks ass.

Perspective Build CPU AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103846 MB BIOSTAR A880G+ AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138283 PSU CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026 CASE AZZA Helios 910 Black Japanese SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811517007 DRIVE RACK NORCO SS-500 5 Bay SATA / SAS Hot Swap Rack Module http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133030 RAM 2X - Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) KVR1333D3N9/2G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134812 UPS APC BE450G 450 VA 257 Watts UPS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842101349 Su-total $438.92 Important Question - What do you think? Will it run? Less important - Do I need that UPS if my power blips are few and far between, is UNraid tolerant of mid-write or recovery power failures? It is a bit of an overkill to for a home server but it may be repurposed in the future and I don't mind paying a bit more for expandability. I have read a ton of info on both the wiki and in the forums, I am incredible impressed by the level of community involvement and support, it is the chief reason why I started down the unRAID road. This will be my first build of any kind. I plan on transitioning from my Drobo FW800 that is used as as primary storage for basically every thing (family photos, movies, music, data backup). I stream and share via the mac mini (snow leopard server) that it is USB'ed into. It has worked well until the 4th (of 4 bays) was filled and 2 drives have died in 3 months (wd 2tb) and the mediocre performance went to bad (<20MB/s). I do make semi-regular backups to a external USB drives also. I hope (but am sightly unclear on this) to make one big share that is spread over all the drives and share that (looks like ver 5 will go stable soon with AFS for time machine) and use that and either re-share via the mac mini or just connect directly. Anyway...Thanks