RE: Video server / NAS

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

You should use Seagate barracuda drives - almost silent.

Chris


>From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Video server / NAS
>Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:57:47 +0100
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>The £100 Dell servers are VERY quiet :) Mine runs 24/7 in my office and
I
>can't hear it. The noisiest bit would be the drives though, so careful
>selection would be a must if going that route.
>
>Paul.
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of
> > Adam Stevens
> > Sent: 30 August 2005 23:38
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Video server / NAS
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My old video server died tonight.  It's basically just an old
Dell PC
>with
> > a bunch of disks connected to it (3 internal IDE, 2 internal
SATA, and 4
> > external IDE via a firewire box).
> >
> > I've been aware that it's been "on it's way out" for a
long time, and
>have
> > been looking around for a neater solution.  Ideally I'd like to
treat
> > myself to a 1Tb or 1.6Tb Terastation (http://tinyurl.com/4wd7h), but I
> > can't quite bring myself to spend around £600 when I've already
got over
> > 1Tb of disk storage in my current server.
> >
> > So, as I see it, I've got 3 options:
> >
> > 1) Build/buy a new PC, bung all my old drives in it.
> > 2) Buy one of those USB NAS's, which allow USB drives to be
connected to
> > the network.
> > 3) Look for something like the Terastation, but which comes with
no
> > drives, so I can put my own in.
> >
> > I'd rather stay away from building yet another PC.  I know that
NAS's
>are
> > basically just PC's with pre-installed software, but I like the
idea of
>a
> > "stand alone" unit connected to the network.  If I did
build a PC, I'd
> > have to put some flavour of Windows on it (I don't know enough
about
>Linux
> > to trust myself to be able to fix it if something went wrong),
and
> > although I haven't looked at Windows Server for NAS, I don't know
if it
> > suits my needs (eg, remote control via web interfact etc).
> >
> > I'm not a big fan of USB and/or firewire drives.  I don't know if
it's
> > just me, but I've never had a reliable external USB/firewire
drive (and
> > I've tried *lots*!).  Even my current box'o'four IDE drives with
a
> > firewire interface has given me major headaches at times.  I'd
also have
> > to get a load of USB caddies, and they'd each need their own PSU
etc.
>etc.
> >
> > So, basically, I'm looking for something as near as possible to
the
> > Terastation, but something which will allow me to use my existing
>drives,
> > and something which I can get for around the £200 mark (or less
> > obviously!).  I don't really care if it supports IDE or SATA
drives
> > (ideally, something which came in both flavours, so I could get
one of
> > each!).  It should also be able to hold at least 4 drives
internally...
> > Two and a pinch, but only if it's cheap.
> >
> > Noise is also an issue.  I've considered getting one of those
cheap Dell
> > servers which pop up occasionally, but although I have great
respect for
> > Dell, I know from using them in my office that their servers are
quite
> > noisy, and the NAS needs to me in my home office (it doesn't need
to be
> > whisper-quite - I've already got a PC on 24/7, but I'd rather not
have a
> > hurricane in the office!).
> >
> > Any ideas?! - I'm really hoping someone will say "Ah yes, a
diskless
> > Terastation, go to this link"! :-)  I've Googled 'til my
figures bleed,
> > but I haven't found one!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > A.
> >
> >
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