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Hi.
Im trying to spec up a system that has the purpose of video recording.
But im unsure on a few things. Heres what i have thus far:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500
Mobo: Asustek P5K-VM
Mem: Kingston ValueRAM 2x1GB PC6400
GFX: onboard
SND: onboard
Optical 0: LiteOn 20X DVD+/-RW/RAM IDE
Optical 1: LiteOn 20X DVD+/-RW/RAM IDE
HDD 0: Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 80GB
Case: Antec NSK 4480
PSU: Comes with case
Monitor: Iiyama 20" E2003WS
Speakers: Built into monitor
Keyboard: n/a
Mouse: n/a
Tuner: Pinnacle Systems PCTV Dual Hybrid Pro PCIe
Media Center Remote: Comes with tuner.
The thing im a little unsure on is storage.
The HDD speced there is literally just for the OS.
Im unsure wether to get:
- A large 1Tb drive for the system, mounted internally.
- Have 2x500Gbs in RAID Mirroring.
- Have an external drive for storage.
- Have a NAS for storage.
There are problems with all 4 options above:
- The single large drive is effectivly one point of failure.
- The twin drives in RAID will be slower.
- The external drive is a single point of failure.
- All 3 are at risk should that system get caught in a fire.
- And the NAS unit would mean a lot of traffic across the network which would slow down other functions considerably.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance all.
.
Im trying to spec up a system that has the purpose of video recording.
But im unsure on a few things. Heres what i have thus far:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500
Mobo: Asustek P5K-VM
Mem: Kingston ValueRAM 2x1GB PC6400
GFX: onboard
SND: onboard
Optical 0: LiteOn 20X DVD+/-RW/RAM IDE
Optical 1: LiteOn 20X DVD+/-RW/RAM IDE
HDD 0: Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 80GB
Case: Antec NSK 4480
PSU: Comes with case
Monitor: Iiyama 20" E2003WS
Speakers: Built into monitor
Keyboard: n/a
Mouse: n/a
Tuner: Pinnacle Systems PCTV Dual Hybrid Pro PCIe
Media Center Remote: Comes with tuner.
The thing im a little unsure on is storage.
The HDD speced there is literally just for the OS.
Im unsure wether to get:
- A large 1Tb drive for the system, mounted internally.
- Have 2x500Gbs in RAID Mirroring.
- Have an external drive for storage.
- Have a NAS for storage.
There are problems with all 4 options above:
- The single large drive is effectivly one point of failure.
- The twin drives in RAID will be slower.
- The external drive is a single point of failure.
- All 3 are at risk should that system get caught in a fire.
- And the NAS unit would mean a lot of traffic across the network which would slow down other functions considerably.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance all.
.