[mdlug] HP XW8000 HD Recomendations LinuxMCE

[Peter Bart]

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 10:54 -0400, Tony Bemus wrote: 
> Here is the LinuxMCE suggested hardware page
> http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hardware
> 
> 
> I would suggest SATA drives,  It shows that you can put 4 SATA drives,
> I would suggest you get the fastest RPM Spindle speed with low storage
> for the OS drive, and then get the largest Storage drives for storing
> your movie rips and tv recordings.  Although, as usual bigger and faster
> is better for performance.
>    Like (1) 80GB 10,000 RPM SATA for the OS, and (1-3) 500GB~2TB for
> storage. 

This is what I was confused about, thanks. I thought that was what the
spec sheet meant. Are you saying then the one for the OS is separate and
the other three would be the RAID? In this specific case which type of
RAID would be the preferred type?

> You will also need two NICs.  

Yes, I need to check the section about connecting cameras. I'm looking
to be able to connect about six cameras to start. 

> As for a tuner card,  hauppague works best but here is a link for
> supported cards (anything that MythTV works with)
> http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Category:TV_Cards.  If you can I have
> herd that the HDhomerun works best and it is network based.

Thanks! HDhomerun certainly looks like it will work best for me. 

> On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 15:26 -0400, Peter Bart wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> > So I have my used HP XW8000
> >
> <http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11506_na/11506_na.HTML#Storage> and I'm looking to make this my home computer to install LinuxMCE on. What sort of hard drives should I get and does it make sense to configure them as a RAID? Of course I'll need a tuner card and probably a bunch of stuff I don't know about yet. I've been meaning to look into LinuxMCE when this computer jumped in my lap. Any help is appreciated. 
> 
> 

Thanks Tony!
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Best Regards,

Peter The Plumber