notadouche
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- May 29, 2013
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Hi folks,
I've recently built a freenas server with the specs suggested by jgreco:
Supermicro X9SCM
G2020
16Gbs KVR16E11/8I ECC
4 x 3TB RED Drives
Brone 550W PSU
Being that I am buying a house and will repaint everything, I will be digging holes everywhere to pass CAT6 cables (CAT6 was on special. Not looking for cat5e vs cat6 debate). Now I plan on streaming to 3 TVs and a few computers. Assuming I want to stream a 20Gb 1080p MKV movies through gigalan, which hardware would you recommend to be sure that I don't get any stuttering and that is compatible with all types of media?
Presently, I have a WDTV Live, which is fine for the normal stuff but can't read all HD formats and will stutter (though this is on wifi atm). I was also looking into Raspberry Pi but I'm not sure if it can handle 20gig movies without stuttering at all.
If possible, I'm trying to keep this as inexpensive as possible and I don't want to build media servers everywhere.
Thanks,
Pat
I've recently built a freenas server with the specs suggested by jgreco:
Supermicro X9SCM
G2020
16Gbs KVR16E11/8I ECC
4 x 3TB RED Drives
Brone 550W PSU
Being that I am buying a house and will repaint everything, I will be digging holes everywhere to pass CAT6 cables (CAT6 was on special. Not looking for cat5e vs cat6 debate). Now I plan on streaming to 3 TVs and a few computers. Assuming I want to stream a 20Gb 1080p MKV movies through gigalan, which hardware would you recommend to be sure that I don't get any stuttering and that is compatible with all types of media?
Presently, I have a WDTV Live, which is fine for the normal stuff but can't read all HD formats and will stutter (though this is on wifi atm). I was also looking into Raspberry Pi but I'm not sure if it can handle 20gig movies without stuttering at all.
If possible, I'm trying to keep this as inexpensive as possible and I don't want to build media servers everywhere.
Thanks,
Pat