Hi there, i'm thinking of starting a project soon to basically store all the dvds i have ( about 450) onto hard disks to play via media centre
Anyone else done this?
the plan is to use an old computer, buy some large 400gb hard drives (worked out its about 5 gb x 450 disks = 2.5tb) and put them in a raid5 configuration so that if once i've spent all that time ripping the dvds to the hard drives i'lve got a bit peace of mind in case anything goes wrong.
I was thinking after connecting all this up, i was gonna put the raid5 box in the attic and use gigabit ethernet with a gigabit swtich to attach it to the media centre pc in the lounge as i think gigabit would be needed to stream dvds.
good plan? something you've thought about? ideas? thoughts?
Thanks
Anyone else done this?
the plan is to use an old computer, buy some large 400gb hard drives (worked out its about 5 gb x 450 disks = 2.5tb) and put them in a raid5 configuration so that if once i've spent all that time ripping the dvds to the hard drives i'lve got a bit peace of mind in case anything goes wrong.
I was thinking after connecting all this up, i was gonna put the raid5 box in the attic and use gigabit ethernet with a gigabit swtich to attach it to the media centre pc in the lounge as i think gigabit would be needed to stream dvds.
good plan? something you've thought about? ideas? thoughts?
Thanks
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