[mythtv-users] LVM RAID 5 partition schemes

[Dan Christensen]

Milan Andric <mandric at gmail.com> writes:

> likely go with this board (rather than add a promise TX4 card which costs ~$70),
> i figure i can just spend a few extra $$ for motherboard with alot of
> sata ports :
>  Epox "EP-8RDA6+Pro" NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset 
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-123-221&depa=1

That sounds like the motherboard I have.  I *didn't* disable the RAID
in the BIOS, and it works fine using software RAID, but it's probably
better to disable the onboard RAID.  Do so before starting;  once
you've put something on one of the harddrives with the onboard RAID
on, you can't just disable the onboard RAID.

> and case that can house 3 to 5 drives :
>  Antec Solution Series Black ATX Mid Tower Case, Model "SLK3000-B"
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-152&depa=1

And that is probably similar to the case I have, the Antec SLK3700BQE.

I have three Samsung Spinpoint 160Gb drives.  I put a Panaflo fan in
the front, and run both fans at 7V.  I used a Mobile AMD 2500+.  The
machine is close to silent and is very cool, even when being stress
tested.  The loudest component is the power supply fan, which I
couldn't easy replace.

Dan