Fileserver - suggestions

VARDY

VARDY

VARDY

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after getting a HTPC, ive decided i will build myself a fileserver to store all the media i have (quite a few TB's).

just looking for suggestions on improving/making cheaper my current basket.

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would like to keep as many SATA ports as possible and would prefer 6
 
Get an matx am2+ board and use the onboard video. It probably doesn't need its own optical drive.

Antec mini p180 would be excellent for a case, as it holds many hard drives and is quiet. However it's a bit expensive compared with the rest of the components
 
Onboard vidio defintly, I have a windows home server on and atom board and it is fantastic. Plus would getting 2 1tb disks and raiding them not be cheaper and faster?
 
ive looked at cost per GB and that drive gives the best 'bang for my buck'.

i have had a look for a board with onboard graphics but none meet my specs (6x SATA II) unless i have overlooked something.
 
I've got an ecs am2+ board in front of me with 6 sata ports and onboard graphics. Using a 7750be, it's nominally a file server. Any reason why you need am3 for it?
 
If its only going to be a fileserver perhaps something a bit lower on power consumption might be more efficent? Only need a PCI/ PCIE slot for a raid card
 
Would reccomend going Atom based as it's going to be better on power and still be overkill performance wise.

If you dont mind looking around you can get some completely Passive Atom 330 boards, stick a Noctua in the back and you've got a cool completely silent system.

Mine draws 40w during normal use with 2x disks.
 
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Im currently specing something similar myself atm for my unRAID server.
I came across this little gem lastnight, Asus P5QL-CM.
Its matx, 6 x sata onboard, ICH10 so there nice and fast and its got some nice expansion options for adding extra controler cards if you want to get crazy with disks later on.
Only cavet is its Intel not AMD, but an e5200 would go very nice with it.

I realy wanted to find some Atom board that met my requirments but alas there just arnt any with more than 4 x sata onboard.
And because there mini-itx they have no expansion or very little posibilities :(

The power supply you have chosen is exacaly what I picked too. should handle a ton of drives and still have room to spare.
And speaking of drives, those Samsung F2's are pretty much the best bang per buck for storage atm :D

What OS are you planing to use, somthing windows or maybe somthing with a Linux flavor.
There are some very nice Linux file server options out there if you look around.
 
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i did look Atom based stuff but found the same problems as Venares, theres not enough ports for what i want.

the current specs shouldnt use up too much power and i dont really care if its intel or amd since performance isnt a key factor with this build.

noise isnt a problem either, since the server will be located in the spare room where the only thing it will annoy is other junk in there. will be putting it inside my old 900 case so drive bays wont be a problem and is the main reason i want 6 SATA ports which also gives more flexibility when putting in new drives.

and if you are wondering about the IDE drive, its IDE as i dont want to waste a SATA port :D
 
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