CHR1S Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I wouldnt ever recommend using software RAID! - too many horror stories i've heard. Its some TV shows and what not, hardly mission critical
Brucy Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Has/does anyone use WHS? Is it set-up and forget or does it need regular housekeeping (i mean beyond the spring clean of files etc)? Just wondering whether to go down this route (HP system) or get a synology 211j as with a 3 month old at home my free time is sparse to non-existent! Hope this doesn't constitute a hijack!
DAZZD88 Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I wouldnt ever recommend using software RAID! - too many horror stories i've heard. If anyone is interested im selling a Dell PowerEdge 840 with Core 2 Duo, 8Gb RAM, GIG LAN, Hardware RAID Card, 4x 250Gb disks. How much are you looking for and what OEM license is on it?
gibbo_ap Posted October 13, 2011 Author Posted October 13, 2011 I wouldnt ever recommend using software RAID! - too many horror stories i've heard. If anyone is interested im selling a Dell PowerEdge 840 with Core 2 Duo, 8Gb RAM, GIG LAN, Hardware RAID Card, 4x 250Gb disks. out of interest how much you after for it?
edutech4schools Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I run an HP Microserver, 8Gb ram, 8Tb RAID 5, 2008R2 base OS with another R2 VHD running my home exchange. Other than the lack of DLNA (I use ps3mediaserver - Java Upnp Media Server, dedicated to PS3 - Google Project Hosting ) its been perfect and would highly recommend! You can run that on both NAS drives listed in this thead. Plus lots of other media services. One of the best utils, and most simple is the ability to power the nas on and off at pre-set times. You also get access to all the one click installer apps used on the linux os. Also no MS licensing costs with the nas. I have both the micro server and nas and would point you in the direction of the nas for media, storage (raid), vpn, I-tunes server, and boat loads of other utils. If however you also want to play with an OS then I would go with the Micro server.
sted Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I'm thinking of doing something similar with my MicroServer using WHS 2011 (£38.70), an AMD Radeon HD 6450 (£39.17) and BlackGold BGT3620 PCIe x1 dual DVB-T2 TV Tuner (£105.60). The Radeon HD 6450 from XFX (P/N: HD-645X-ZNH2) is supplied with a low-profile bracket, has a passive heatsink (so is completely silent) and supports HDMI 1.4a too. thats the tv card i had in mind was thinking of replacing my big pc in office and 360 connected to the tv with my microserver. So that 4650 fits ok? and can handle 1080p? Has/does anyone use WHS? Is it set-up and forget or does it need regular housekeeping (i mean beyond the spring clean of files etc)? Just wondering whether to go down this route (HP system) or get a synology 211j as with a 3 month old at home my free time is sparse to non-existent! Hope this doesn't constitute a hijack! i found the old homeserver garbage would back up pcs but wouldnt ever restore anything just caused pc having files restored to hang. new one id rather have 08r2 std tbh 1
Arthur Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 So that 4650 fits ok? I've got one coming on Monday so I'll let you know then. I don't see any reason why it won't fit looking at the photos of the card and heatsink. and can handle 1080p? The Radeon HD 6450 offers hardware acceleration for all the main formats (see list below), so 1080p video won't be an issue. It also supports bitstreaming of LPCM and HD audio (Dolby True HD, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA). H.264, VC-1 and MVC (Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D), MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX/Xvid), MPEG-2 (DVDs) and Flash.
Brucy Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 thats the tv card i had in mind was thinking of replacing my big pc in office and 360 connected to the tv with my microserver. So that 4650 fits ok? and can handle 1080p? i found the old homeserver garbage would back up pcs but wouldnt ever restore anything just caused pc having files restored to hang. new one id rather have 08r2 std tbh I got the blackgold tv card the other day, the only problem I have had with it is that it didn't tune correctly. I had to tell it which frequency to use which is a bit annoying but now thats sorted it running great, hopefully when/if new drivers come out they might fix that.
sted Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I got the blackgold tv card the other day, the only problem I have had with it is that it didn't tune correctly. I had to tell it which frequency to use which is a bit annoying but now thats sorted it running great, hopefully when/if new drivers come out they might fix that. i have heard some bad things about this card but if you want a twin tuner freeview hd card its the only game in town. Any idea just how massive the file size for programs recorded in hd are?
Brucy Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I think its about 3 gig an hour, as opposed to SD which is about 2. Not too terrible really (this is in WMC on Windows 7)
gibbo_ap Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 i thought id just ask here insted of starting a new thread but has anyone used? businessforce.ltd.uk I was looking at getting the little proliant there as its £100 cheaper saving me faffing with the £100 cashback.
CHR1S Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 The one your looking at is £126 ex vat? Thats the older model 1st gen, the £165 is the 2ng gen and there is now a 3rd gen knocking about too. You will want the 2nd gen
Arthur Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 As Chris said, you can only get the £100 cashback on the model with part number: 633724-421. ServersPlus have the best Microserver price at the moment (£119.95 inc. VAT after cashback).
Arthur Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 So that 4650 fits ok? I'm happy to report that it fits perfectly... http://i.imgur.com/wij8f.jpg 2
sted Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 I'm happy to report that it fits perfectly... http://i.imgur.com/wij8f.jpg thanks i gave up in the end and just bought a sony pvr but wish i haddnt tv gets 100% signal strength/quality without a booster pvr gets 30ish with and keep missing recordings flaming thing
jinnantonnixx Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 I was going to buy a dedicated NAS and a WD TV Live, but this is far less of a faff and much more flexible.
CyberDrac Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Was thinking of getting a case and building my own, Kustom PCs Windows Home Server Cases , had a few options, but my personal favourite at the moment is ... Kustom PCs Lian Li PC-Q25B Black Mini ITX Case , a few nice features and just enough internal drive space to accommodate what an ITX motherboard would normally be able to support (four to six) ... not cheap, but it's tidy, anonymous and suits my purpose.
jinnantonnixx Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 @Arthur A couple of questions (apologies if I missed them in the thread) 1. Does it support hardware Raid (I'm interested in mirroring, but perhaps Raid 5) 2. Is it quiet enough to use near the telly? Thanks.
sted Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 @Arthur A couple of questions (apologies if I missed them in the thread) 1. Does it support hardware Raid (I'm interested in mirroring, but perhaps Raid 5) 2. Is it quiet enough to use near the telly? Thanks. as standard its pretty near silent it supports on bios raid 1 and 0 (in windows is says it supports raid 10 but everytime you reboot it looses the array and all the data) im also not entirely sure how hardware the onboard raid is 1
Brucy Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 im also not entirely sure how hardware the onboard raid is from what i've read it doesn't have it's own dedicated controller, so you might be as well with a software raid? Think i'll use the raid from within WHS on mine. Some people have reported better performance (transfer speeds) using win raid rather than this hardware raid. 1
sted Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 from what i've read it doesn't have it's own dedicated controller, so you might be as well with a software raid? Think i'll use the raid from within WHS on mine. Some people have reported better performance (transfer speeds) using win raid rather than this hardware raid. possibly depends where your boot drive is. If yoy use the rom drive (well what is setup as one anyway)as a boot drive there is a non official bios patch to enable faster frive performance on ports 5 (rom drive) and 6 (esata) and that made things a lot faster for me
jinnantonnixx Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Great. I'll probably get one. I won't be using Windows, maybe Debian+XBMC, Mythbuntu or Element. No hardware raid isn't the end of the world, maybe just schedule a daily rsync between drives.
sted Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Great. I'll probably get one. I won't be using Windows, maybe Debian+XBMC, Mythbuntu or Element. No hardware raid isn't the end of the world, maybe just schedule a daily rsync between drives. it does do raid regardless of os im just not sure its a dedicated chip or uses cpu cycles but either way its transparent for want of a better term
Brucy Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) possibly depends where your boot drive is. If yoy use the rom drive (well what is setup as one anyway)as a boot drive there is a non official bios patch to enable faster frive performance on ports 5 (rom drive) and 6 (esata) and that made things a lot faster for me is this the russian bios? Is there any need to do it if i don't necessarily need the performance boost? Edited October 19, 2011 by Brucy
sted Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 is this the russian bios? Is there any need to do it if i don't necessarily need to performance boost? sounds about right you dont need to but it made it a much better workstation depsnds how you intend to use it really 1
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