Hi
This question is directed at people who are using RAID, I was wondering what was the reasoning behind using an array ?
Are people REALLY performing regular back ups ?
Or is the reason for using a RAID array performance related, ie. because you are streaming to multiple devices ?
The reason I ask is because in theory large SATA hard disks can saturate the on board gigabit network card so have forum members with RAID arrays got multiple NICs in their HP Microservers ?
Could someone with both a N40L and N54L tell me what the difference in idle power consumption between the two models are ?
I am not sure if I need an N54L as I will probably use the machine for pure NAS purposes ? May be if I do transcoding then I could use the extra processing power! Am I correct in saying transcoding only occurs when you are upscaling or downscaling a film or song ? Do people generally store their films in 1080p format ?
I am in the process of buying a HP Microserver and have been watching this thread for a few years now. I bought a Microserver this time last year but ended up sending it back for some reason.
I'm bit of a late starter I guess! ;-)
Thanks for the help!