Due to a drive failure in my current server (raid 5 volume backed up to a nas so data is safe anyway) & the release of home server 2011 I've decided to redo my home media server. Kit I'm going to reuse (so far) is: bluray/hddvd combo drive Card reader Kit available: Msi am3 mobo Phenom 2 965 processor 4gb standard ddr3 9500 12 port raid card 5x 2tb drives 2x 1.5tb drives 3 port raid card 5000x2 amd chip am2 3800x2 amd chip am2 some random am2 semperon Msi k9a2 mobo P4 3ghz chip Supermicro 775 board A pile of ddr2 Various low power gfx cards & all cables, some old cases, other smaller hdd's (500gb etc) I need to run windows on it, home server 2011 is my preferred choice (already have this), server 2008r2 or similar is also available. I will be running mymovies & remote access from it. SQL will be installed. I have all the other softwarei think I need from my last box. So far I'm thinking either: Phenom, 4gb ram, mirrored 1.5tb for os & photo storage etc, 5x 2tb in raid 5 for other data (approx. 4tb data mainly music & video projects I need to store), running server 2008/2011 Or Same setup running vmware with virtualised windows on it Or Use the supermicro board with either the p4 or a celeron with a similar setup (as it has pci-x slots on it for full bandwidth from the raid card) Or Use an i7 920, p6t & 6gb ram with either server or vmware (have this as well) Or Fudge the raid card in to the atom board I have (haven't checked clearance yet) I'd like this to use as little power as possible as it'll only be for storage and a small amount of streaming to the htpc's however it has to be 64bit & I may want to use the live transcoding facilities of home server 2011. What do you think?
