Doug Warner

====FileServerPVRProject==== Thor needs an upgrade. One, because of this: ## $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 19G 3.6G 14G 21% / /dev/hda1 23M 14M 7.8M 65% /boot none 506M 0 506M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hdd1 28G 11G 16G 42% /mnt/backup /dev/mapper/StorageArray-lvol0 859G 842G 18G 98% /mnt/bigdisk ## 18G out of 859G available!? 98% full!? Crazy. So, I need to map out my goals and what I want it to do. ===Goals=== ~1)Lots more storage space - enough to last me at least another year given that I've grown ~ 400G in the past year ~1)More reliable storage - loosing a TB of stuff would take a long time to sync again ~1)Easier DVD Ripping - simple enough that Tiff can do it ~1)Better managed Music and Video collections - better tagged, better sorted, better understood of what's there ~1)iPod integration - some way to synchronize my iPod without having to use iTunes would be //awesome// ~1)Try out http://evms.sourceforge.net/ EVMS - a project to present a unified view of all disks in Linux - possibly even doing RAID5 expansion! ~1)Upgrade to FC4/FC5 x86_64 instead of the 32bit version ===Thoughts=== I was originally thinking of moving Thor to my living room and having it be my PVR. Unfortunately, an unspoken goal for a living room PVR is quietness. Even if I got silent fans (highly unlikely), there was no way I would get 6 spinning hard drives quiet. So, I think we continue w/ my XBMC setup and just work on upgrading the hard drives for now. It's still a lot of money, but I need at least 3x 400G as I have to remove drives from Thor to fit new ones, and removing a 120G and 160G doesn't leave a lot of new space (about 120G). Aaaand if I'm spending $600 on hard drives, why not spend $800, eh? ===Hardware=== These things won't show up on the PurchaseList. ==New Hardware== 4x 400G SATA2 Drives @ $200 each = $800 Sound Blaster Live w/ COAX out ~ $30 on eBay ==Reused Hardware== 1x 400G SATA Drive AMD Athlon64 3000+ and motherboard 1G RAM Various system drives DVD Drive Video card w/ svideo out AverTV Stereo card (BT848 based, I believe) 450W Power Supply ===References=== http://blogs.snapstream.com/2006/01/18/godzilla-pvr/ Godzilla PVR ---- CategoryProjects