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| 1111714 | 2010-06-20 06:36:00 | Hi all I'm hoping to build an entry-level home storage server as a central repository to store the family's folder and files etc I was thinking - I could build a system with a AMD processor, with an Asus M2N68-AM with 4GB DDR2 RAM and configure it to include say 4x 1TB SATA HDD's with RAID-0 config? What sort of quiet CPU case would y'all recommend? Thanks guys :) |
kiwipork (8973) | ||
| 1111715 | 2010-06-20 06:50:00 | I've gone with ex-lease corporate PCs for "home servers", since they are typically quiet, solidly built and dirt cheap. In my experience, even with the fans running, they're quiet enough to leave in a bedroom without disrupting sleep. The only issue is they often only have space for 2 or 3 hard drives. In terms of RAID config, I'd be reluctant to do RAID-0 as one disk failing will take out all 4. In your scenario, redundancy is probably more important than disk performance (since your network will probably be the bottleneck in many situations), so I'd be inclined to go for RAID10, or RAID5 if you want a bit more space. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1111716 | 2010-06-20 08:01:00 | Or you could install Windows Home Server as the OS, which makes sure each file is stored on more than one physical drive, effectively creating the same redundancy as RAID1 but without actually having to set up an array, and you can add more disks any time with no set up needed, it just adds to the storage pool. Plus you can back up your PCs to it and restore them with no trouble at all if something happens (and it's amazing how small it can make the backups - I'm currently backing up about 500GB of data from 2 PCs and it's only taking about 350GB on the server). | ryanjames.powell (13554) | ||
| 1111717 | 2010-06-20 08:04:00 | raid 0 provides no protection, some would argue your failure rate is made 2x raid 1 really only provide solution if a hdd does not function and you need no down time or not the 30 or 60mins to reload the image or longer if you need to buy a new hdd and then reload the image. if you delete stuff or it corrupts, the other drive will be mirrored over. the first line of defence imo is a 2nd hdd anywhere internal or external, put your image and you data files and if you on the cheap, partition your main drive into 2 partitions and use the 2nd partition and pop a copy there too. if you want the speed, maybe raid 5 is the min. |
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