Fileserver ideas

[board2death986]

Hey all. Finally done with my current system for the moment, not including periodic cpu and memory upgrades, and the eventual move to an SLI or dual core mobo. But now i got my eye set on building a personal file server/dedicated game server for all my storage and gaming needs. I got the idea after having the computer i was building for my brother lying around and hooked it up to my KVM setup with a switcher. Basically im looking for suggestions on parts.

So far i know im looking for a case like either the CM stacker or Tt Armor, something along those lines that has plenty of space and room for over a terrabyte of storage, as well as decent air cooling, which is why i had my eye on the stacker.

The rest i leave you to great people, video doesn't have to be top notch, neither does the processor or memory, just enough to at least run most modern games, and ill need some pci IDE controller cards for the extra HDD's unless there was a better way to get all those HDD's packed in there. Also looking for mod ideas, but only towards specific cases i suppose.

Ill be sharing the monitor keyboard setup so dont worry about input devices, eventually im getting another viewsonic and eventually the 2405fpw that has been haunting my dreams . This forum has always been a blessing in terms of advice so don't let me down!! links help but aren't necessary, budget is variable, will build over time but dont want something much over 1200 tops. Trying to save some money haha

Thanks again, all help is appreciated

 

[board2death986]

anyone have anything?

 

[Ice Czar]

hardware RAID5, a gigabit nic and switch Id value over the case, mobo, vidcard ect.


as far as parity arrays go, matched drives and the more channels the better for storage efficiency
when you put all your eggs in one basket redundancy is a good thing
of course you should be maintaing full backups as well, parity RAID isnt a substitute


and the OS

NAS Linux, FreeNAS or NASLite might be the ticket

 

[board2death986]

thanks, as always the admins never let me down. But no specific suggestions on mobo, cpu, gpu, ide host controllers?

"and switch Id value over the case, mobo, vidcard ect." -I wasnt quite sure what that meant.