[John Hilton]

should say "SHOW US" not HOW US :S Corrected

post a pic of your home made whs..... and specs if you like... i'm just chargin' my camera.

This post has been edited by wardog (WGS): 09 March 2010 - 11:00 PM
Reason for edit: Corrected misspelling of Topic

[Evaders99]

I believe you can just edit the title on your posts.

I'll bite (sorry for the bad pic quality, camera-phone blah)

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs030.snc1/3201_588008818579_12804719_35486933_7470167_n.jpg

Specs in sig

[John Hilton]

Evaders99, on 08 March 2010 - 11:27 PM, said:

I believe you can just edit the title on your posts.

I'll bite (sorry for the bad pic quality, camera-phone blah)

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs030.snc1/3201_588008818579_12804719_35486933_7470167_n.jpg

Specs in sig

oh thats nice.... what case is that.... and where did you get the drive bays

[Evaders99]

It's a Lian-li v2000 full tower. The 5-in-3 drive bays happen to be Icy Dock, got them around $100 on Newegg
Internally, it also has 12 hard drive bays. This case is awesome for storage, but the thermals could do better for overclocking (no active intake for the upper chamber). Also it pulls a lot of dust, I had to make my own dust filters (cheap tape + fabric softener sheets)

[GaPony]

Here's mine... pretty typical, I'd say.

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5830/img0099sf.th.jpg


http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9271/img0098jn.th.jpg

[Ran]

GaPony, on 10 March 2010 - 04:18 AM, said:

Here's mine.

Now after seeing this I can't decide if:
a) I am green with envy
b ) would be well off to short sell your ISP
c) stop by with a bottle of whatever you drink and get a copy of every film ever made.

[GaPony]

Having alot of movies is great... until you have to manage them. I buy alot of movies from estate auctions and other places where you can buy them in lots of a few hundred for 10 cents, or less on the dollar. Its gotten me something over 5,000 DVDs and around 500 Blu-Rays, but I'm starting to think its going to be an impossible task to get them all onto my WHS. Theoretically, it should work, but I'm not confident.

A. I probably won't live that long at the pace I'm progressing.

B. I can't enjoy the movies because I'm too busy copying them onto the server.

C. What little free time I end up having, I'm either trying to sell off my duplicates, or I'm being an idiot going out and buying more.

D. I'm starting to have recurring dreams that the day I get the last movie copied onto the server, my house will burn down and I'll have to start all over again. http://forum.wegotserved.com/public/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif

Come on by... bring a truck! Since I don't drink, two beers will probably get you all the movies AND the server. http://forum.wegotserved.com/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif
.

[knwldg]

GaPony, on 11 March 2010 - 06:21 AM, said:

Having alot of movies is great... until you have to manage them. I buy alot of movies from estate auctions and other places where you can buy them in lots of a few hundred for 10 cents, or less on the dollar. Its gotten me something over 5,000 DVDs and around 500 Blu-Rays, but I'm starting to think its going to be an impossible task to get them all onto my WHS. Theoretically, it should work, but I'm not confident.

A. I probably won't live that long at the pace I'm progressing.

B. I can't enjoy the movies because I'm too busy copying them onto the server.

C. What little free time I end up having, I'm either trying to sell off my duplicates, or I'm being an idiot going out and buying more.

D. I'm starting to have recurring dreams that the day I get the last movie copied onto the server, my house will burn down and I'll have to start all over again. http://forum.wegotserved.com/public/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif

Come on by... bring a truck! Since I don't drink, two beers will probably get you all the movies AND the server. http://forum.wegotserved.com/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif
.

What are you using to rip them? Are you encoding? If you are encoding, you can batch a few files using programs like ripbot.

[GaPony]

I've used a multitude of programs, singularly and in batch mode. It just takes time with lots of movies to do.

Currently, I've settled on using two methods for DVDs. (I always use AnyDVD HD for decrypting)

For movies that I think I might want to burn copies of, at some point, I use 1Click DVD Copy to convert DVDs from 8GB+ to 4.3gb then make an ISO with ImgBurn. This method takes about 12 minutes per movie, start to finish.

For movies that I don't think I'll ever want to copy to disc, I just use VOB2MPG to create a Movie Only .mpg file. This takes about 7 minutes per movie.

There are a few DVDs that I rip straight to .ISO with AnyDVD, but not many.

For Blu-Ray, I'm still working out which of several methods I like best. It kind of depends on which movie I'm dealing with. I tend to jump through more hoops for movies I really like.

I apologize to the OP for getting off topic here..

[wardog (WGS)]

John Hilton, on 08 March 2010 - 07:37 PM, said:

... i'm just chargin' my camera.

Three days on now. That must be a large battery pack ya have there John :lol:

[Varroa]

Here is mine with all 11 internal HDDs.

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[killdashnine]

http://i40.tinypic.com/k4cmyc.jpg

Modest attempt at cable management!
http://i43.tinypic.com/2igozea.jpg

[S-F]

Here's what I have:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x270/saint-francis-photos/th_IMGP1175.jpg

Those are 2 TB drives and they're essentially full. I need a couple more.

[J1mbo]

Thanks fantastic :lol:

[jodyn]

Isn't dust a problem ?

[cainmp]

jodyn, on 14 April 2010 - 06:47 PM, said:

Isn't dust a problem ?

Lets hope he doesn't have a cat that gets into things too!

[S-F]

J1mbo, on 14 April 2010 - 04:11 PM, said:

Thanks fantastic :lol:

Yep :)

jodyn, on 14 April 2010 - 06:47 PM, said:

Isn't dust a problem ?

Nope. I have to dust the tops of the drives form time to time. Motherboards don't really get too dusty when in an open air configuration. Remember that cases have fans which suck air, and consequently dust, in.

cainmp, on 14 April 2010 - 07:45 PM, said:

Lets hope he doesn't have a cat that gets into things too!

I'm not a cat person.

[ElectronJunkie]

Here is my Frankenbuild. Just got it up and running more or less. Still copying stuff over and performed my first backup. Looking forward to seeing what all the possibilities are with this WHS.

AMD Phenon X4 9750 2.4 GHz Quad Core CPU
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H Motherboard
2 GB Patriot DDR2 800 Memory
Cooler Master Elite RS-460 Powersupply
(2) Hitachi Deskstar 1TB SATA hard drives
(2) Maxtor 250 GB hard drives
(1) Western Digital 400 GB hard drive

[GaPony]

S-F, on 14 April 2010 - 12:02 PM, said:

Here's what I have:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x270/saint-francis-photos/th_IMGP1175.jpg

Those are 2 TB drives and they're essentially full. I need a couple more.

That just looks scary... are those connectors growing toward the sunlight? http://forum.wegotserved.com/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif

[JesterEE]

J1mbo, on 14 April 2010 - 04:11 PM, said:

Thanks fantastic :lol:

I must agree ... just needs some duct tape.