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Originally had an old windows xp desktop machine with all my iTunes files on it... We are mac/iThing household...
I think I got a sata card and put in a handful of drives in it... Then I had to make an alias and keep movies in a large drive as collection grew...
Then as I ripped more of our movies bought more downloads etc I got a 2tb seagate goflex nas as a stopgap...
Now this is full... And rather than just keep getting a bigger drive I've been reading up on some of the unraid and other solutions you guys are using...
I could get rid of windows xp on my old pc which really annoys me and just plug in all my internal drives I've got and be set...
I can't remember the exact spec of the xp machine but I know it's the lowest powerful CPU that can play blu ray discs... So that should be powerful enough for nas duties?
Do I need to fire it up and write down the full specs of it? It's got a gigabit Ethernet card in it... The home network is gigabit... I know it's got a really lame graphics card that doesn't play blu rays... But for nas duties it doesn't matter, right?
Is power consumption something I need to think about? If this machine is configured for nas duties will it run more economically than when it's just set to be on 24/7?
I guess once I know the max amount of drives I can stuff in it I'll know if it's better to get a new case and start from scratch? Or could I drop this CPU and other bits in a better case for nas?
Ok, here is the info on pc, let me know if there is anything else you need to know... I'm not a pc person so apologies for not understanding this stuff it the lingo etc...
IBM ThinkCentre
Windows xp professional
Intel pentium 4 CPU 3.20ghz
Then on next line it says:
3.19 Ghz, 1.99 GB of RAM
IDE ata/atapi controllers:
intel 8280 1FB Ultra ata storage controllers - 2651
Primary IDE channel
Secondary IDE channel
2x Intel pentium 4 CPU 3.20ghz
Silicon Image SiI 3112 sataRaid controller
I think I got a sata card and put in a handful of drives in it... Then I had to make an alias and keep movies in a large drive as collection grew...
Then as I ripped more of our movies bought more downloads etc I got a 2tb seagate goflex nas as a stopgap...
Now this is full... And rather than just keep getting a bigger drive I've been reading up on some of the unraid and other solutions you guys are using...
I could get rid of windows xp on my old pc which really annoys me and just plug in all my internal drives I've got and be set...
I can't remember the exact spec of the xp machine but I know it's the lowest powerful CPU that can play blu ray discs... So that should be powerful enough for nas duties?
Do I need to fire it up and write down the full specs of it? It's got a gigabit Ethernet card in it... The home network is gigabit... I know it's got a really lame graphics card that doesn't play blu rays... But for nas duties it doesn't matter, right?
Is power consumption something I need to think about? If this machine is configured for nas duties will it run more economically than when it's just set to be on 24/7?
I guess once I know the max amount of drives I can stuff in it I'll know if it's better to get a new case and start from scratch? Or could I drop this CPU and other bits in a better case for nas?
Ok, here is the info on pc, let me know if there is anything else you need to know... I'm not a pc person so apologies for not understanding this stuff it the lingo etc...
IBM ThinkCentre
Windows xp professional
Intel pentium 4 CPU 3.20ghz
Then on next line it says:
3.19 Ghz, 1.99 GB of RAM
IDE ata/atapi controllers:
intel 8280 1FB Ultra ata storage controllers - 2651
Primary IDE channel
Secondary IDE channel
2x Intel pentium 4 CPU 3.20ghz
Silicon Image SiI 3112 sataRaid controller
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