[mdlug] HP XW8000 HD Recomendations LinuxMCE

[Peter Bart]

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 11:18 -0400, Peter Bart wrote: 
> 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?

Ok that was a stupid question, sorry. I'm thinking hardware RAID 5 or 6
spread across all four drives. I need to read up more. 

> > 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