CapFive Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 ok so im starting to run out of space... i would like to make a computer that i can swap the drives when needed to make more room (e.g have 5x3tb drives now but maybe add more later or swap a couple of the 3tb's when 5tb drives come out etc...) pretty much i want this computer to be able to be upgraded as strage availability expands.i dont really want to limit myself on sata ports, so min 8 max 12 would be good, and this is only going to be run as a storage machine, so gigabit access to my network plus average CPU is what i guess i will want? im not too sure das why i need help! can anyone recommend a good system for under $1000 inc HDD's? i don't mind sacrificing some HDD's for now as long as i have about 6-12 TB that should do for nowfanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I will sort you out with a spec sheet and links to everything tomorrow brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapFive Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 sick mitch, cheers bruva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Youn could get a HP server which will have plenty of drive bays or more ideally, you should get yourself a NAS drive.Perhaps an 4 bay NAS which will give you a max capacity of 12TB or an 8 bay NAS drive which will give you a max capacity of 36 Terrabytes.QNAP is a decent brand for NAS drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Was going to say why not a NAS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 nas drives dont have as good DLNA capabilities / speed when compared to a computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 nas drives dont have as good DLNA capabilities / speed when compared to a computerI've found many NAS drives to have far better throughput than a server/computer, but of course, the more speed, the higher the cost.The other reason I thought a NAS would be good is that it will be running its own embedded versions of Linux and should be very low maintenace for him. No Antivirus needed etc...Heres a link for the product range that should suithttp://www.qnap.com/en/index.php?lang=e ... 351&sc=513 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opticon Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 It may not tick the boxes for you regarding the number of drives but the HP Microserver could be an option, I have two of these acting as HTPC\Servers running Windows 7 Media Center. I've put a RAID card in there to give me 4x2TB drives in RAID 5 for hard drive redundancy, some people have even got 9 drives in these things. You can find the base unit for around $250 online (www.staticice.com.au)http://n40l.wikia.com/wiki/HP_MicroServer_N40L_Wiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 its not just the throughput,was more referrring to the processing power and the indexing methods that it uses for DLNA. You add / change 1 file, it re-indexes the whole movie db. A computer is much more efficient than that than the relatively tiny processors in a NAS.Also the transcoding abilities are more extensive in a DLNA server on windows than on a NAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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