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I’ve been posting alot on linux htpc, mythtv, and netowrking here and there, thought i should prob explain what i’m looking to do.also i need to start documenting stuff for myself.
current systems
right now i have 4 boxes.
- p4 2.4 laptop
- p4 2.8 laptop
- pentium m 1.8 laptop
- amd x2 4600 desktop
at the current moment there all being used as follows
- p4 2.4 - my son plays with it
- p4 2.8 - ubuntu play box
- pm 1.8 - goes back and forth between being a ubuntu box and my xp mobile dev machine
- x2 4600 - vista - recording / watching tv, torrents, web, and sometimes dev
storage / drives
I currently have about 30-40 gigs per laptop, a 74 raptor and 250gb on the x2, and about 600-750 gb on exturnals.
In addition to all this i also have 3 exturnal burners (2 dvd, 1 cd) and a bunch more exturnals in storage.
the old network
up until about 6 months ago i had a windows domain running that piggybacked off one of my old domains for exturnal dns, and maintained it’s own internal dns, dhcp, web (apache and iis), file, remote access (via web based interface ), web based proxy server (to get around nmci’s proxy at work), fms server, and intranet. I’ve gotten rid of about 3 machines since then.
I liked the setup, but in honesty i just regreted going back to windows when i knew it was time to finally go fully to linux.
current network
my current network is in one word crap, it consists of three routers:
- old linksys network router
- belkin 5 port wireless router
- motarola 6 port voip router
each machine has it’s own web server / development envirnoment, and needless to say files are easily managed
the new network
the new network is currently spec’d as follows. the spec is a work in progress, so there are still some changes
I’ve decided to move all video recording and file servering / storage to one place - the fs box. as of right now the spec for this machine includes a total of 6 750gb’s in raid 10, and two in raid 0. dual gigabit, 4 gb of ddr2, and a core2 duo.
this box will serve as the mythtv backend (everything else, except one box, will be enabled as a myth frontend). all machines will also use the fs box for file storage / backups. each system will still have their own fs, but the files that need to be shared (projects, music, video, pictures, apps, torrents, backups, user network dirves, vmware images, etc) will all live on the server. I’m still debating wheter to do boot from network.
in addition to fs box, I’ll also be building a new box for myself that uses the htpc form factor. right now the specs are zalman 160 (don’t know which one yet) or ahanix MCE701. core2quad, 4gb ddr2, 2 74 raptors in raid 0, and a 8600gts.
my current x2 will be changed into the living room machine (tv, general browsing, music, movies ) for the wife. the p4 2.8 will be used for general wireless stuff (wife / friends), and the pm will be my mobile box. I don’t know what the p4 2.4 will be used for yet - prob just to mess around with.
Right now i’m still specing everythng out and doule checking support, implementation, planning ,etc. but plan to start purchasing parts either as my christmas present or right before my move (no newegg shipping where i’m going).
seems like a big undertaking, and it is but you need to have fun every now and then, and once completed i prob won’t get another chance to do something big again for awhile.
to be continued…
Seacrest out
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