December 23, 201015 yr Looking to set up an UnRaid server and wanted thoughts before I order parts. First a little background. Right now I am running a HP Mediasmart server with 4 1TB HD's feeding to various XBMC units around my house. I have many DVD's ripped to the unit along with my music and photos I access on any tv in any room. The issue is that I feel fairly safe with my photos and music because I keep a copy on my home pc and a copy on my server. (photography is a big hobby of mine) Not perfect solution but gives me some peace of mind. But I have no back-up of my ripped movies and with 1:1 duplication in the WHS I would be running out of room quick. My goals for a new build are low power, expandable, reasonable price, reasonably quiet/cool, fairly compact, some protection against a hard drive failure. All that out of the way my planned build: Rosewill ATX mid tower case. 9 Total drive bays, toolless, 2 120mm fans. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023 ASUS motherboard. 6 Sata ports, known to work with UnRaid, accepts RAM I have sitting around. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131595 AMD Sempron CPU. Low power (45watt), recommended on UnRaid boards. hthttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103698 Already have RAM and a good power supply, and need to get a 2gb or so usb key. Also need the unraid license. Any thoughts or suggestions before I buy?
December 23, 201015 yr Author Thanks....fixed the first post. Decided to change the build up and go with a rack mount. Does this look ok? ARK Rackmount Server Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811182566 ASROCK Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157179R AMD Sempron 140 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103698 Patriot Flash Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220246
December 24, 201015 yr Author Whoa, deja vu. Didn't I just see you at AVS Forum? Haha...yep. Dont want to order parts and then find out there was a better way to do what I wanted.
December 24, 201015 yr That rackmount case will limit you to a total of 12 drives, assuming you get a 5 in 3 backplane. Is there any particular reason you want to go rackmount? By the time you do, total cost will be nearly $200. You could get the same number of drives by going with a mid-tower with 9 half height bays and three CoolerMaster 4 in 3 cages. You'd lose hot swap capability, but with your configuration you'd only have it on 5 drives out of 12 anyway. Total cost for a mid-tower and 3 cages is around $120-130. Otherwise, it looks fine to me. What power supply do you have?
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.