@OP
First thing you need to decide is what exactly do you want this server to do.
1. Simply stream your DVDs to media software running on devices around the house? (Can this software make sense of .iso or VIDEO_TS directory structures?)
2. Transcode on-the-fly and stream your DVDs to smaller devices such as PSP over WiFi? (requires more CPU than simple streaming)
3. Provide storage space for files and backups from other PCs in the house?
4. Act as a central print server?
How much storage you need today has already been decided: if you budget for 8GB per DVD, multiply that by how many DVDs you have and that will be your storage need today. At what rate does your DVD collection grow? Do you plan on moving to BluRay (comes in 25GB and 50GB formats)?
EDIT:
Re-read your post. 8GB * 1000 = ~8TB. That's four 2TB drives + one 2TB drive for parity, in RAID 5). Add another 2TB drive for RAID 6. An i3-2100 is more than enough for your needs, you could probably get away with less compute power for simple streaming and file serving.
Which motherboard and case you get will be determined by how many drives you plan on supporting.
Edited by parityboy - 10/9/12 at 3:35pm
First thing you need to decide is what exactly do you want this server to do.
1. Simply stream your DVDs to media software running on devices around the house? (Can this software make sense of .iso or VIDEO_TS directory structures?)
2. Transcode on-the-fly and stream your DVDs to smaller devices such as PSP over WiFi? (requires more CPU than simple streaming)
3. Provide storage space for files and backups from other PCs in the house?
4. Act as a central print server?
How much storage you need today has already been decided: if you budget for 8GB per DVD, multiply that by how many DVDs you have and that will be your storage need today. At what rate does your DVD collection grow? Do you plan on moving to BluRay (comes in 25GB and 50GB formats)?
EDIT:
Re-read your post. 8GB * 1000 = ~8TB. That's four 2TB drives + one 2TB drive for parity, in RAID 5). Add another 2TB drive for RAID 6. An i3-2100 is more than enough for your needs, you could probably get away with less compute power for simple streaming and file serving.
Which motherboard and case you get will be determined by how many drives you plan on supporting.
Edited by parityboy - 10/9/12 at 3:35pm
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(maybe tandem jumping would be a good start)
