Hello everybody I have been lurking around on this forum for a few days gathering information. I have to say that this is a great place to get information about anything "media" related!
I have to be honest and say that I am about two months away from being able to start buying the parts for this project. Right now I am in the information gathering stage.
What makes this build "unusual" is the fact that I want this server to house all of my media, as well all of my brother in laws media. Let me explain. We live about 500-700 feet apart (in houses) and we both want a central place where we can store all of our dvd collections, music and family pictures.
So far the only two things that we have talked about is the comparison between building a custom server or buying a good hard drive enclosurement that can house multiple SATA 3.0 drives and building a pc to link it. The second is the networking aspect. Can we link our two houes together wirelessly via wireless n? Or do we need to run cable?
Now a little bit more about what the requirement is for this. The server will need to be able to withstand constant read/write access. I want it to be able to support three tv's streaming from it as well as somebody ripping a DVD to it at the same time. We both use xbmc for our front ends.
On the networking part, I wanted to ask someone if the new wireless n would be capable of holding up.
This is a start of our journey and would like others to give us their input.
Thanks,
Adam
I have to be honest and say that I am about two months away from being able to start buying the parts for this project. Right now I am in the information gathering stage.
What makes this build "unusual" is the fact that I want this server to house all of my media, as well all of my brother in laws media. Let me explain. We live about 500-700 feet apart (in houses) and we both want a central place where we can store all of our dvd collections, music and family pictures.
So far the only two things that we have talked about is the comparison between building a custom server or buying a good hard drive enclosurement that can house multiple SATA 3.0 drives and building a pc to link it. The second is the networking aspect. Can we link our two houes together wirelessly via wireless n? Or do we need to run cable?
Now a little bit more about what the requirement is for this. The server will need to be able to withstand constant read/write access. I want it to be able to support three tv's streaming from it as well as somebody ripping a DVD to it at the same time. We both use xbmc for our front ends.
On the networking part, I wanted to ask someone if the new wireless n would be capable of holding up.
This is a start of our journey and would like others to give us their input.
Thanks,
Adam