2012-10-02, 21:21
Heys Guys,
I need advice on the best way to build a new server . About 5 yrs ago a friend of mine who is an IT guy help me build a media
server . At the time we build it using raid5 with a HP RKTRAID 1820A card , (6) maxtor 250gb drives & (1) maxtor 80gb for the OS .
However, drive # 2 would always die . I used updated drivers and even exchanged the raid card .So after 2 drives going dead i just
gave up . Now that i have so much media i truly need a server . My buddy has moved since then so i have to be the tech of
my house . I'm going to use my old tower case , 600w PSU, Gigabyte GA990FXAUD3 mobo , AMD Phenom II X4 , graphic card
Gbyte HD6450 ddr3 , GSkill Ripjaws 8GB , (1) 500GB WD Caviar Blue , (4) Maxtor 250GB & (1) 80GB for W7 Ultimate x64 .
Raid is out of the equation ! I was looking at UnRaid , but i am unsure with that . I looked it over , but know . Any advice will be
greatly appreciated .
Thanks
I need advice on the best way to build a new server . About 5 yrs ago a friend of mine who is an IT guy help me build a media
server . At the time we build it using raid5 with a HP RKTRAID 1820A card , (6) maxtor 250gb drives & (1) maxtor 80gb for the OS .
However, drive # 2 would always die . I used updated drivers and even exchanged the raid card .So after 2 drives going dead i just
gave up . Now that i have so much media i truly need a server . My buddy has moved since then so i have to be the tech of
my house . I'm going to use my old tower case , 600w PSU, Gigabyte GA990FXAUD3 mobo , AMD Phenom II X4 , graphic card
Gbyte HD6450 ddr3 , GSkill Ripjaws 8GB , (1) 500GB WD Caviar Blue , (4) Maxtor 250GB & (1) 80GB for W7 Ultimate x64 .
Raid is out of the equation ! I was looking at UnRaid , but i am unsure with that . I looked it over , but know . Any advice will be
greatly appreciated .
Thanks