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I'll be building an HTPC soon for playing HD video on a 1080p projector. If all goes well, I'll be running it with Ubuntu (to avoid smashing the damn thing when Windows MC crashes time after time).
I'm going to use a basic MB (~$75 US), but one that has built-in RAID 0,1,&5.
My question is this: Is it worth setting up a RAID 5 array of 4 1TB disks if all I'll be doing is playing HD video?
I don't want to pay for a separate RAID controller, and if I have to I'll be fine with stand-alone disks, but the extra data protection of RAID 5 would be nice. Any additional comments on ease-of-use for a Linux array, transfer speeds, etc. would be welcome.
Thank you very much in advance!! (I don't think there has been a thread on this topic in about a year, I did check)
I'm going to use a basic MB (~$75 US), but one that has built-in RAID 0,1,&5.
My question is this: Is it worth setting up a RAID 5 array of 4 1TB disks if all I'll be doing is playing HD video?
I don't want to pay for a separate RAID controller, and if I have to I'll be fine with stand-alone disks, but the extra data protection of RAID 5 would be nice. Any additional comments on ease-of-use for a Linux array, transfer speeds, etc. would be welcome.
Thank you very much in advance!! (I don't think there has been a thread on this topic in about a year, I did check)