need Advise, Building File Server, DVR

[crestgel]

I have read some recent post here about file servers. My needs are bit different please advise on my setup.

I want a file server where I can store my digital images, Photoshop files, music, videos and anything that I want to store.. I want to use it as a DVR and be able to playback video files from it. I want to hide the server in my closet.

I want to use RAID 5 for the server. I want to be able to start with 3 drives and add to it without having to reformat the RAID as the storage needs increase. Being able to migrate from one RAID to another would be ideal.


The setup that I?m looking at getting is this


Case

Hot Swap Bay

Raid Card MegaRAID SATA 300-8X


Any recommendations for drives, motherboard, DVR? getting the video to my TV when the server is hidden in the closet.

Thanks in Advance.

 

[Woodie]

Look very carefully at the doc on the controller....some will allow you to expand the boot array, some will not. The devil is in the details!
To address this very limitation, my server runs a Boot drive on the first HD (OS only), and a data partition (Data and apps only) on a RAID 5 array with HD's 2-3-4.

Works for me.