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Re: Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup (Long & Image Heavy)
Reply #135 on: February 21, 2012, 21:05:42 PM
Software RAID and hardware RAID are essentially the same thing, RAID 0 which merges the drive space into one big lump (and would give you your 4TB) increases the chance of any one drive's failure destroying all your data. RAID 1 is mirroring one drive's data onto the other - effectively giving you a live backup of your data - but as you say could be considered 'wasting' the extra 2TB. It all depends how much you value your data as to whether you want to choose either, really.
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Re: Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup (Long & Image Heavy)
Reply #136 on: February 21, 2012, 21:09:55 PM
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Quote from: addictweb on February 21, 2012, 20:50:23 PM
Quote from: javaman82 on February 21, 2012, 20:44:01 PM
If i keep the 2 drives separate and Lets say I fill up Drive 1 with movies and have to go to put more of my movies onto Drive 2; Can XBMC recognize movies from more then 1 file location?

Thanks for the tips!

The only way to keep all 4Tb is to keep them as seperate drives or put them in a RAID 0 array which doubles the risk of you loosing all your data.

XMBC can add as many different folders or drives as you like and will show them all under your one 'movies' or 'tv' heading.

awesome man! so it just makes the most sense to have them separate! and just install my OS on the 250GB drive.  Itll also make additing an additional drive super simple.

Thanks man!
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Re: Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup (Long & Image Heavy)
Reply #137 on: March 07, 2012, 01:52:05 AM
Let me start by saying THANK YOU for this guide!  I've been reading it over and over for a month and drooling.  I started my project with a WD Live Streaming Media Player and that sucked.  Today I got a Boxee Box.  It isn't exactly an HTPC or XBMC, but so far I'm loving it.  I did go with Astraweb/Sabnzbd/SickBeard/CouchPotato, though.  I'm just using my main PC's slave drive (2 TB) to store media and NFO.  Boxee can do it's own metadata but I'm using SickBeard's XBMC database.

So on to my question... it's about storage size.  Currently I'm just using a 2 TB drive as I said.  In your guide, you said you always prefer 720/1080p... and I do as well.  However, up until now I've just been downloading DVD Rips and normal "HD" televised versions which run anywhere from 350mb to 750mb for a 1 hour television show.  After downloading my first 720p BluRay episode of The Walking Dead with this new setup, I noticed it's about 2.3 GIG!  Just one episode!  Obviously, the quality is much better, but now I'm concerned about how much I'm going to be able to store if I keep with this quality preference...

How much storage space are you 720/1080p guys typically using for this purpose?  How much storage space does Windows 7 support?  I can add another 2 TB drive I suppose...

This setup is so slick.. I know I don't have an HTPC but even using SickBeard/CP/Sab etc. on my own Windows 7 Box and using Boxee as the streaming device.. it's freakin awesome.  Now I'm half tempted to rip all of my BluRays and sell the discs!  Yeah right... like I can afford to lose that HD space :P
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Re: Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup (Long & Image Heavy)
Reply #138 on: March 07, 2012, 09:05:04 AM
You wont hit any restrictions with hard drive space in Windows 7, you can keep adding disks until your motherboard runs out of connectors.

HD space is always a problem if you want to archive media, the only solutions are:

1) Remove things after you have watched them - after all, you can easily acquire them again
2) Buy more harddrive space

Personally I have 4Tb of space but its full. With harddrive prices as high as they are at the moment I have taken to option 1 for a while.

The sizes you quotes were about right, if you're short on space be sure to stay away from 1080p rips, they're huge and I've always struggled to spot the difference from 720p.
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Re: Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup (Long & Image Heavy)
Reply #139 on: May 19, 2012, 11:51:07 AM
Well I'm back in the UK now, once I get a bit of spare time I'll update everything and redo the guide :)
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Re: Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup (Long & Image Heavy)
Reply #140 on: May 19, 2012, 15:24:24 PM
Quote from: Leon on May 19, 2012, 11:51:07 AM
Well I'm back in the UK now, once I get a bit of spare time I'll update everything and redo the guide :)

It's done well while you were away up to nearly 30k hits!
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