Outnumbered
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I've been planning on rebuilding my media server for a while now. Right now I've got around 6TBs of space (2x1.5TB, 4x750GB, 1x400GB for the O/S), running on an old socket 939 DFI LanParty Ultra-D with an Opteron 146 (running at 2.5GHz), 2GBs of RAM and an Antec EarthWatts 650 PSU.
I found an open box Areca ARC-1260 for $500 earlier today on Newegg and bought it on the spot. The plan at the moment is to pick up a dozen or so 1.5TB drives, and either a few 5-in-3 hotswap bays for my Stacker, or a Norco 4020 (probably the latter if it can relatively easily be modded to use 92MM or 120MM fans). I plan to either keep the 400GB O/S drive, or put two of the 750GB drives in RAID1 for the O/S, and put the 1.5TB drives in a RAID6 array. Since most of the readers here are much more experienced than I am with configuring RAID arrays, I thought I would look for some input before I made any further purchases.
Basically this will serve as a global share for my home network, as well as stream audio and video to 3-4 PCs, a few consoles, two laptops, and my HTPC. Given the relatively minimal load, is there any advantage to upgrading the 1260's RAM? Any real disadvantage to sticking with the existing CPU/MB/PSU? I've considered picking up something along the lines of a 4050e or E5200, MB and a few sticks of DDR2, but given what the controller and drives are going to wind up costing, I'd prefer to avoid it.
I have a spare copy of Server 2008 that I picked up from DreamSpark, and will most likely be using that for the O/S (using 2003 on the existing setup), as long as the 1260 works properly under 2008.
I found an open box Areca ARC-1260 for $500 earlier today on Newegg and bought it on the spot. The plan at the moment is to pick up a dozen or so 1.5TB drives, and either a few 5-in-3 hotswap bays for my Stacker, or a Norco 4020 (probably the latter if it can relatively easily be modded to use 92MM or 120MM fans). I plan to either keep the 400GB O/S drive, or put two of the 750GB drives in RAID1 for the O/S, and put the 1.5TB drives in a RAID6 array. Since most of the readers here are much more experienced than I am with configuring RAID arrays, I thought I would look for some input before I made any further purchases.
Basically this will serve as a global share for my home network, as well as stream audio and video to 3-4 PCs, a few consoles, two laptops, and my HTPC. Given the relatively minimal load, is there any advantage to upgrading the 1260's RAM? Any real disadvantage to sticking with the existing CPU/MB/PSU? I've considered picking up something along the lines of a 4050e or E5200, MB and a few sticks of DDR2, but given what the controller and drives are going to wind up costing, I'd prefer to avoid it.
I have a spare copy of Server 2008 that I picked up from DreamSpark, and will most likely be using that for the O/S (using 2003 on the existing setup), as long as the 1260 works properly under 2008.
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