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    quick NAS question regarding green drivers

    ok, thanks for the reply im not sure if freenas allows for such control? when watching a movie after 30 mins the disc will have spun down in my experience
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    quick NAS question regarding green drivers

    hi, im building a nas for HTPC stream and audio / picture playback around the house. something that has been bugging me: I have 1 x 2TB Samsung spinpoint HD204UI, the spin time is 10 seconds and then the drive spins back down again after a period of time. Thats will be no problem for use...
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    Recommendations for Media Server

    thanks for the reply I already have a bare fractal design define mini`s ready for the main server within which i will run 9 x 3TB drives in a yet to be decided software raid setup via freenas . After much deliberation I am going with the method you use as its what I already do at the moment...
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    Recommendations for Media Server

    one question, is it easy to allow the backup machine to sleep until a file change is made or a backup is committed each night ? your setup sounds fairly simple but robust as a design idea but id want my backup server using less than 2w in sleep/idle until the master server decided it wanted to...
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    Recommendations for Media Server

    synctoy looks quite good, i also use something very similar to that called Yadis which is also free and syncs folders and does network backup http://www.codessentials.com/products/yadisbackup.html it runs as a service on windows and will monitor your folders and update the remote location...
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    Recommendations for Media Server

    sounds like a good set-up is the 8 x 2TB drives in each machine or is it 8tb per server? (i suspect the latter) Also are you using plan ZFS? or Z2 for parity across your discs? thanks
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    Recommendations for Media Server

    Really interesting topic guys, im still deciding on the right storage and backup for my files. reading between the lines it seems raid 5 AND 6 are not the best idea at the moment. I also agree with what you said with regards to the single to single storage mostly but im curious as to why so...
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    quick disc / array failure noob question

    thanks for the advice. On second thought with stickers it wouldn't be much quicker to see if a disc had failed. If I received a snmp trap log or was just browsing to the server then i would already have to be on a computer via weblogin which hopefully would have access to the txt document...
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    quick disc / array failure noob question

    so from a home use perspective, when using the onboard 6g sata`s it would be a good idea to get the serial numbers and document them. Rather than label the fronts of the drives I could just write down on the document which physical bay out of the 6 is tied to which serial number on the HDD...
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    quick disc / array failure noob question

    Hi, Im in the process of building a home server. For the streaming and storage of movies, tv clips and music. I haven't worked out what to use freenas or unraid whichever is good at both streaming HD content and good disc failure support / redundancy (if its better to use amahi for streaming...
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    Samsung SA850 on PLS 24" - Test and Review (what you have been waiting for)

    im quite shocked at the amount of back light bleed its top of my lcd hate list above ghosting in fact. whats the best monitor on sale at 27" for no back light bleed? my current tn has none and is very dark (but not totally) with nothing on screen with no glow or clouding its the best movie...
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    HP 2509b Review

    i have the 2510i . its the best TN panel ive ever owned tbh. it looks really smart for the money. it is genuinely a nice picture and the colors feel natural. next year im looking to get a 27" 1440p IPS / PLS and i just hope that (beyond color depth and black) that any screen i get matches up...
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    Show Your LCD(s) setups!!!

    cheers for the info guys :)
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    Show Your LCD(s) setups!!!

    what are those speaker isolation blocks ? make/model where you get them from. been looking for something like for AGES ! :eek: cheers
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    is this eyefinity config possible?

    hi, im mesing around with 3 x portrait (looks awesome but yes the bezles are annoying) also normally run landscape but i find its too wide mostly unless i use the 360 gamepad and play driving games sat back a bit further. just wondering for a laugh if its possible for me to run just two of...
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