I am looking to build my low power unraid server here within the next 2 weeks.  I have all the hardware (parts around the house -  Sempron 3400 1GB RAM ABIT AN9 Motherboard, Antec 300 Case), minus the hard drives.  Has anyone had experience with using the new Seagate LP Hard Drives (http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/desktops/barracuda_hard_drives/barracuda_lp/)?  They are comparable to the WD models, but run at 5900 RPM.. yep you read that correctly, 5900RPM.  My goal is to have all of my ripped movies and ripped Blu-Ray ISO's on the unraid server.  I would load the ISO over my Gigabit network (CAT6 from patch cord to gigabit switch to server) and play it with Arcsoft TotalMedia Theater on 2 of my HTPC's in the house (Vista 32-bit AMD 780G motherboards).

 

I figure the drive speed really doesn't matter when you are 'streaming' video (everything from 480p to 1080p), but wanted to see if anyone would recommend against using a 'Green' HD.    Do these 'Green' HD's falter when you have multiple streams (2 moves at the same time, etc.)?

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Pancho

I'm using a bunch of WD green drives. Playing an HD-DVD ISO over the network is no problem at 1080p. I've tried multiple ripped Blurays (1080p h264-encoded mkvs) as well and it's all good.