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WANTED: Looking for a cheap 3U (and M700)

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Areski

Member
Hi,

I am about to invest into a Media server. I'd love to have a kaleidescape system but I think whether it's new or old it'll be too expensive. Therefore I will go with an alternative system which will cost about 10k$ for 5 Music zones and 2 AV zones.

But before I decide in about 3 weeks anyone who has a decently priced system made of a 3U with some 2TB/3TB and optionally a M700 Disk Vault or a M500 BluRay Player please PM me or send an email to areski@iberrakene.com

Areski
 
Have you considered a 1U with 3TB disks? You might be able to get one of those and possibly an M-class player and an older KMUSIC Player in the $10K range you mentioned.




Jim
 
3U / 1U

I have a question , for a 1U how much effective is there when filled with 4 x 3TB ? I mean how much does redundancy take?

Thanks,

Areski
 
Areski said:
I have a question , for a 1U how much effective is there when filled with 4 x 3TB ?
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For a 1U server with 4 x 3TB drives. 3 x 3TB will be used for your movie collection.

The fourth drive will be used for RAID-K to give protection against a single drive failure.
 
I think the flawed thought in the original question was "3U" with 2/3TB drives with the word "cheap". There is no such combination. A 1U with 2/3TB drives is not even in that "cheap" category. I'd suggest you find a used 1U still under warranty then upgrade the HD's to 3TB. A 3U, based upon your stated requirements, is completely out of the question.
 
It's not flawed at all there has been used 3U which have gone for 6-10k$. I was stupid enough to miss one at 6k$ 1month ago. So Yes unlike what you think , it is possible to get a 3U Kal system "cheap" . Maybe I should have used the word "reasonable" ?
 
Areski said:
It's not flawed at all there has been used 3U which have gone for 6-10k$. I was stupid enough to miss one at 6k$ 1month ago. So Yes unlike what you think , it is possible to get a 3U Kal system "cheap" . Maybe I should have used the word "reasonable" ?
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Reasonable probably would have been more appropriate.
 
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