lazer_viking
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I've been thinking about making an always-on server for my room mates and I. Theres four of us, each with our own computers and we occasionally watch HD movies on a TV in the living room by streaming them from a computer.
Cumulatively, we have about 3-4 TB between all of our computers. Each encoded movie is about 10 GB, and I would also like to host a library of video games for us to install via the server. (Which as we know
So basically I would like a 8-10 TB local server made up of 1 TB drives with enough SATA ports to double that with 2 TB drives when they become cheaper. I was thinking RAID 5 would be a good choice, since I would think there's a pretty good probability of failure with the number of drives there are.
Any suggestions? The reason I ask is because most motherboards I see only have 4-6 sata ports.. I was looking for a solution that would allow for a ton of headroom if I just wanted to pop in a couple more HDDs every now and then.
Cumulatively, we have about 3-4 TB between all of our computers. Each encoded movie is about 10 GB, and I would also like to host a library of video games for us to install via the server. (Which as we know
So basically I would like a 8-10 TB local server made up of 1 TB drives with enough SATA ports to double that with 2 TB drives when they become cheaper. I was thinking RAID 5 would be a good choice, since I would think there's a pretty good probability of failure with the number of drives there are.
Any suggestions? The reason I ask is because most motherboards I see only have 4-6 sata ports.. I was looking for a solution that would allow for a ton of headroom if I just wanted to pop in a couple more HDDs every now and then.