Posts by trpltongue

All, Thank you for the add'l info on WHS11. I currently have 3 other PC's that would be backed up to the server array (whether it be Win7 or WHS). It sounds like WHS would be the most space efficient product to use for Backups. Lars,...

bryansj, Thanks for the tip on the WHS2011 install. Quick question though, I'm obviously very new to WHS2011, but will I be able to install other programs on WHS2011 (iTunes, office, mediascrapers, etc)? I'm just having a hard...

Lars, I could add a switch, but I'll still be stuck with the crappy wiring in the house. It's worth a shot though. I had planned on tweaking the WHS installation to allow me to install it on a smaller hard drive. Though the more...

Right now I'm stuck with a 100mbit network (rental house in Germany) but when I return to the states in 3 years I will be back on a gigabit network. Even with the 100mbit network though, when I transfer files from my desktop (SATA 2 WD...

Lars, Thanks for the excellent response. You are right on all assumptions I understand that ideally the server would not be used for anything other than serving media, however, it's just doesn't make sense to fire up the desktop...

Lars, Sorry, I should have expanded a bit more on my goals Box will be used to do 5 things: Rip SD DVD's to hard drive array Stream audio / video (including some on the fly transcoding of SD DVD's) to 3-4 devices...

Does anyone have any updated recommendation on hardware? I've read through the entire thread and it seems as though StarDogChampion and Assassin are the last ones to complete builds, but even they are a few months old now. I guess I'm...

Hello all, Well, my 7yr media server housing an LSI SATA 150-6 hardware raid card has caused an array crash again (second time in 7 years) without any errors on the 3 Seagate hard drives attached. I don't know if it's a hardware...

Quote: Originally Posted by CountryBumkin What alternatives are you referring to? Some other RAID format? Is it true that a "hardware" RAID solution is better than a software solution because if your OS drive fails (the one running...

Well, I got all of my parts about 10 days ago and got everything installed: Intel Pentium G620t processor ASrock H67m-itx motherboard 4GB stick of Patriot DDR3 RAM Hitachi 500GB hard drive APEX MI-008 Case Scythe 800rpm 120mm...