I have a server up in the attic(conversion) which I use for work to encode videos and as a file server. It's only a lil' Shuttle SN41G2. It has the following hard drives attached to it in some way or another:
120GB Maxtor IDE (internal)
200GB Maxtor IDE (internal)
80GB Western Digital IDE (external USB)
250GB Maxtor IDE (external USB)
200GB Maxtor IDE (external USB)
200GB Seagate SATA (spare unused drive)
Most of the drives are full with large sized video files. All this is networked to the other machines in the house so I can access the files whenever I want. As you can imagine though it's less than ideal having all those odd sized drives, and not to mention it's not exactly tidy up there. It's time now that I got my stuff organized. So I'm looking to replace the main components(case, MB, CPU, GPU, Hard drives). I have other components already.
I'm going to get a nice swanky Lian-Li case, either the PC-V1000 or the V1100. The problem is I'm not exactly sure which route to take regarding internals. I don't even know whether to opt for a Intel 775 solution or an AMD 939. Noise+heat is an important factor, it's gets very cold up in the attic in winter and very hot in summer which swings me toward AMD but then I know Intel is always better for encoding.
I'm tempted to buy 4 300GB DiamondMax10 SATA drives & RAID0 them and be done with it but I'm sure that might not be the best solution, I haven't used RAID before at all. Which is an area I need advice on. Also I haven't really considered a backup solution.
I have already a whole bunch of odd sized IDE drives, ranging from 80GB to 250GB. Is there an easy way I could intergrate these into a new system or what you just start fresh with a bunch of new equal sized SATA drives? I know NForce4 allows raid between SATA&IDE but is that an option for me?
I have maybe $1500-2000 to spend and I'm trying to get a simple, quiet, powerful solution. Any advice would be appreciated.
120GB Maxtor IDE (internal)
200GB Maxtor IDE (internal)
80GB Western Digital IDE (external USB)
250GB Maxtor IDE (external USB)
200GB Maxtor IDE (external USB)
200GB Seagate SATA (spare unused drive)
Most of the drives are full with large sized video files. All this is networked to the other machines in the house so I can access the files whenever I want. As you can imagine though it's less than ideal having all those odd sized drives, and not to mention it's not exactly tidy up there. It's time now that I got my stuff organized. So I'm looking to replace the main components(case, MB, CPU, GPU, Hard drives). I have other components already.
I'm going to get a nice swanky Lian-Li case, either the PC-V1000 or the V1100. The problem is I'm not exactly sure which route to take regarding internals. I don't even know whether to opt for a Intel 775 solution or an AMD 939. Noise+heat is an important factor, it's gets very cold up in the attic in winter and very hot in summer which swings me toward AMD but then I know Intel is always better for encoding.
I'm tempted to buy 4 300GB DiamondMax10 SATA drives & RAID0 them and be done with it but I'm sure that might not be the best solution, I haven't used RAID before at all. Which is an area I need advice on. Also I haven't really considered a backup solution.
I have already a whole bunch of odd sized IDE drives, ranging from 80GB to 250GB. Is there an easy way I could intergrate these into a new system or what you just start fresh with a bunch of new equal sized SATA drives? I know NForce4 allows raid between SATA&IDE but is that an option for me?
I have maybe $1500-2000 to spend and I'm trying to get a simple, quiet, powerful solution. Any advice would be appreciated.