RE: Media Server options

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, - here's a thing, - anyone got any thoughts on what the power
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nts of this beastie are going to be? - is there a single site that lists
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e requirements of various components? - I've been on the WD site to check
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he drive specs, - they appear to dissipate about 9.5W maximum when in use,
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- assuming that's roughly average, then the 7 drives I'm initially going t=
o load in there (5 data, 2 for OS) look like they're going to draw about
65=
-70 watts... but I've also got the following as well...
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Motherboard,=20
Intel P4
nVidia GT6600 PCI-express graphics card
optical drive
RAID controller
floppy disk
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This case only has a 400W PSU in it... - I'd like to work out with a
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able degree of accuracy how much I need to spec for, and whether that 400W
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PSU is man enough, or whether I should order a beefier one right from the
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tart...
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Any thoughts?
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Paul G.
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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx on behalf of Paul Gordon
Sent: Mon 05/12/2005 12:53
To: UKHA_D Group
Subject: [ukha_d] Media Server options



OK, so my new media server is nearly ready to be assembled... - I've just
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rdered 2TB of disks (oh yeah baby!) - I've ordered 5 x 400GB WD SATA
drives=
(I even paid the extra =A39/drive for the RAID edition model) which I'm pi=
cking up on Friday morning...

The only item I now need to get before assembly can begin is a SATA RAID
en=
closure to put them in... I need to use a 5-in-3 cage, since I have a 4U
ra=
ck case that has two lots of 3 x 5.25" bays (i.e. 6 bays), but I have
to us=
e at least one of them for an optical drive, so I have a free 3-bay space
o=
n one side, but only a 2-bay space on the other. - I want to be able to
put=
8 drives in eventually (I've an 8 port controller) - this will give me som=
e expansion capability in the future (I'm projecting that the 5 disks I'm
s=
tarting out with will only last me till about the end of 2006!), so I need
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a 5-in-3 and also a 3-in-2 to fit 8 drives in the available space.

The only 5-in-3's that I've found so far are:

Supermicro CSE-M35T-1
Icy Dock MB810SKF

Does anybody know of any others? - I'm preferring the Supermicro at the
mom=
ent, - the Icy Dock looks a bit "industrial" from what I've seen,
and the S=
upermicro is available at Scan for just a shade over =A390...  - quite a
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t less than anyone else seems to have it for...

All suggestions welcome...

Paul G.


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