Riddle_Me_This
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- Sep 11, 2016
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Hi
i am still a bit undecided to go down the PC route v Nas Route and research has lead me here...
i understand 8gb is the min requirement of this software however i was kind of lead to think that a old pc would suffice for this.
I have been looking on ebay for a donor PC or the possibility of a Server rack system
Either
Server Rack
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Powe...540311?hash=item2104bee5d7:g:rywAAOSwL7VWjkdM
Or Desktop
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FAST-DELL...352402?hash=item3f611edd92:g:HXUAAOSw~oFXEBZR
Now i am thinking for the 3.5" drives these of which in the Rack route i would be limited to 4.
http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822149629
I dont know if i can expand the set up like 1 hdd to start then add one to mirror it at a later date
I have been looking at 5.25" bay racks and a pc would allow me to use SATA PCIE cards as it has 2X PCIE X1 with ICcyBox
so i could expand it out to 8 2.5" drives
Ideally i just want a Larger storage Server to store the family media a Photo from my Cam is 60MB and 32Gb of photos from a day out is a reoccurring theme.
say 24TB with 24TB back up and just keep going from starting with a single HDD
I understand i will need PLEX PIA etc to run with the software i just literally have no experience in this side of computers. and what i thought was going to be a cheapish project just keeps racking up in cost
can someone help me in getting a hardware set that isnt going to cost me a kidney?
do i really need to use a FX8350 clocked at 5ghz with 16gb of ram to run this??
i am still a bit undecided to go down the PC route v Nas Route and research has lead me here...
i understand 8gb is the min requirement of this software however i was kind of lead to think that a old pc would suffice for this.
I have been looking on ebay for a donor PC or the possibility of a Server rack system
Either
Server Rack
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Powe...540311?hash=item2104bee5d7:g:rywAAOSwL7VWjkdM
Or Desktop
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FAST-DELL...352402?hash=item3f611edd92:g:HXUAAOSw~oFXEBZR
Now i am thinking for the 3.5" drives these of which in the Rack route i would be limited to 4.
http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822149629
I dont know if i can expand the set up like 1 hdd to start then add one to mirror it at a later date
I have been looking at 5.25" bay racks and a pc would allow me to use SATA PCIE cards as it has 2X PCIE X1 with ICcyBox
so i could expand it out to 8 2.5" drives
Ideally i just want a Larger storage Server to store the family media a Photo from my Cam is 60MB and 32Gb of photos from a day out is a reoccurring theme.
say 24TB with 24TB back up and just keep going from starting with a single HDD
I understand i will need PLEX PIA etc to run with the software i just literally have no experience in this side of computers. and what i thought was going to be a cheapish project just keeps racking up in cost
can someone help me in getting a hardware set that isnt going to cost me a kidney?
do i really need to use a FX8350 clocked at 5ghz with 16gb of ram to run this??