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can anyone help me set these up? i have a few questions: from what i understand (btw my first build of this sort) i connect the two using a SFF8087 connector. Does it matter which ports i use? That will leave 5 unused ports on the res2sv240 for sata devices. That means i will be able to...

I just know the basics about ups and certainly not enough to make a wise choice so I'm here looking for advice. Basically I need a ups for my server which holds all my media. I'm adding adding hdds as needed and it will end up with around 30 5400 rpm sata II hdds. It's a i3 with an old radeon...

i live in portugal and i'd rather get parts from local stores. the case i chose is the lian li pc-343. the rest of the hardware is a bit of overkill but i think it gives me options in case i decide to change os in the future: i3 550 (have a good deal on this) asus p7p55d le hitachi...

after researching more about the available options at my disposal i've finally made up my mind: i'm gonna go with ubuntu and flexraid. i've ordered the case for starters and the rest of the hardware is chosen except for 2 things: these controllers are not available in my country: Do you have...

i've decided to go with fedora for the server and windows 7 for the htpc (which is already running). I'm gonna need a sata adapter to add sata ports when i decide to increase the number of hdd. Given that this will be software raid 6 do you have recommendations? Can i add two hdd at...

i was thinking fedora but i expect problems connecting to the htpc which is in windows 7. How bad would it be in a windows environment?

i will be building a software raid 6 server for streaming video through the network in the next month or so, but even though i've been building systems for a long time i've never really paid much attention to raid. For now it will be a minimum 4 disk raid 6 but eventually it will have at...