Black Opera ATX Desktop Case 500W PSU (20+4 pin) | 2x 5.25bays, 2x3.25bays, 3fans, 7expansion slots, 2x front usb and front av ports |
Asus M4N78 Pro | ATX, AM2+, NVIDIA GeForce 8300, Hybrid SLI, 3 x PCI (32 bit), 1 x PCI-E 2.0 (x16), 2 x PCI-E x1, 6x SATA 3gbps, 8USB, HDMI, SPDIF, RAID, 1x IDE |
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750+ | 2.7GHz 2Core, 128KBx2 L1, 512KBx2 L2, 1MBx2 L3 |
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro V2 | 92mm vertical cooler |
Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 2GBx2 | 1066FSB |
500 GB Maxtor STM3500320AS DiamondMax 22 x2 | 32MB Buffer, 8.5ms, 2 discs will be on RAID |
Optiarc AD-7200S-0D 20x DVDRW | DVD dual layer writer |
Hi rednus,
That system looks ok, I presume you have already had a good look through the wiki to check if it's all compatible?!?! I doubt if you will need 4Gb of RAM but that's up to you.
Just thought I would mention; you say you are planning on installing things like security, lighting,media and asterisk one at a time well LinuxMCE will install it all and then you will just have to configure them as you are ready. If I were you I would get as much equipment ready as possible for when you do the first install so you have at least got something to play with.
Also, is that all the storage you are planning on having or have you got a NAS box for all your data?
Good luck
Rich
I would not use a CF card for the O/S, currently your TV show are recorded to your O/S drive.
Also the nic on that Mobo may require an updated drivers as well as your Video card.
HTH
Tim
I would not use a CF card for the O/S, currently your TV show are recorded to your O/S drive.
Also the nic on that Mobo may require an updated drivers as well as your Video card.
HTH
Tim
I would not use a CF card for the O/S, currently your TV show are recorded to your O/S drive.
Also the nic on that Mobo may require an updated drivers as well as your Video card.
HTH
Tim
Thanks m8.. I realised that after some reading.. now i have to use another 160GB SATA for my OS Drive.. :-) An extra 20quid for the budget..
Another Q, how much swap is recomended..
I would not use a CF card for the O/S, currently your TV show are recorded to your O/S drive.
Also the nic on that Mobo may require an updated drivers as well as your Video card.
HTH
Tim
Another Q, is it ok to have MD's with CF or solid state or even with less HDD like 40 or 80gig..
Regarding Network connectivity to MD's, will HomePlug AV with 200mbps do? or do i need to run Lan cable all over the house?
thanks
The MD PXE boot from your Core over the LAN so no need for any local hard drives in those at all :-)
Andrew
The MD PXE boot from your Core over the LAN so no need for any local hard drives in those at all :-)
Andrew
The MD PXE boot from your Core over the LAN so no need for any local hard drives in those at all :-)
Andrew
Andrew, is it not possible to boot it directly from the MD if it has a hard drive.. for example i am planning to use asus b202 or b206 as my MD which have 160Gb hard drive..
The MD PXE boot from your Core over the LAN so no need for any local hard drives in those at all :-)
Andrew
Andrew, is it not possible to boot it directly from the MD if it has a hard drive.. for example i am planning to use asus b202 or b206 as my MD which have 160Gb hard drive..
Not presently, this option is not available (but might be added back in later) - in the meantime, seriously, just switch it to PXE boot and turn it on. With the Eee boxes and a few other recent nettops, etc there are sometimes a few little things you need to work around, but Andrew has already documented all that on the wiki. Generally, you just switch on a piece of hardware in PXE mode, the core finds it and sets it all up. From then on it just boots from the network, its all very efficient and you won't have problems with performance.
Reinforcing the network requirements, particularly the 2 NIC thing - http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Network_Setup
And yes, 4GB is way overkill! It is unlikely you will need more than 2GB for your core and 1GB for your MD, although less also works quite well!
thanks for the suggestion.. that will save some money for the second NIC card.. i already have another wireless router somewhere in the attic.. so i can use that for separate LinuxMCE network..
thanks for the suggestion.. that will save some money for the second NIC card.. i already have another wireless router somewhere in the attic.. so i can use that for separate LinuxMCE network..
I don't follow that at all?
thanks for the suggestion.. that will save some money for the second NIC card.. i already have another wireless router somewhere in the attic.. so i can use that for separate LinuxMCE network..
I don't follow that at all?
thanks for the suggestion.. that will save some money for the second NIC card.. i already have another wireless router somewhere in the attic.. so i can use that for separate LinuxMCE network..
I don't follow that at all?
Seperate LinuxMCE network? I would invest in a decent switch to connect everything together, and use your spare wireless router as a wireless access point (also plugged into the switch).
I would do that too if i have an option.. but i have to use the ISP's(SKY-UK) router to get the broadband.. dont have another option to change that ADSL Router.. so will have to use another router or switch create a LinuxMCE network.. also some time i connect to office from home, and i dont want my office laptop to connect to my LinuxMCE network.. so in that case i can directly use the ISPs router.. and for the LinuxMCE network, I have ordered ZyXel's Wired, wireless and Homeplug router.. so my LinuxMCE devices can use whatever as per their requirement..
I would do that too if i have an option.. but i have to use the ISP's(SKY-UK) router to get the broadband.. dont have another option to change that ADSL Router.. so will have to use another router or switch create a LinuxMCE network.. also some time i connect to office from home, and i dont want my office laptop to connect to my LinuxMCE network.. so in that case i can directly use the ISPs router.. and for the LinuxMCE network, I have ordered ZyXel's Wired, wireless and Homeplug router.. so my LinuxMCE devices can use whatever as per their requirement..
Rednus, seems to me that You havent understood LinuxMCE structure and posibilitys. LinuxMCE is a router for Your internal network, so YOu just need a switch to connect all other machines to LMCEs network..
Start with this Wiki articles:
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Network_Settings
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/DHCP_Plug_and_Play
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/FAQ
If You still have any other questions come here and we will try to help You.
Hi ivanp, think i do understand a bit.. what i did is bought a ZyXel router which can do wireless, wired and powerline.. although zyxel is a router.. i will be disabling DHCP and LinuxMCE core will the DHCP server and gateway.. my existing router will be used for devices that i want outside LinuxMCE network.. I know that i could do with a simple switch.. but i wanted wireless, wired and powerline devices in my LinuxMCE network..
I dont know much about Powerline technology, but i am sure You will have some sort of inteferenices whith fridges, air conditiong and stuff. Search here for details, i cam across some day on a thread discussing this. I remeber i saw Totallymaxed discussing it.
thanks for the suggestion.. that will save some money for the second NIC card.. i already have another wireless router somewhere in the attic.. so i can use that for separate LinuxMCE network..
I don't follow that at all?
Seperate LinuxMCE network? I would invest in a decent switch to connect everything together, and use your spare wireless router as a wireless access point (also plugged into the switch).
I would do that too if i have an option.. but i have to use the ISP's(SKY-UK) router to get the broadband.. dont have another option to change that ADSL Router.. so will have to use another router or switch create a LinuxMCE network.. also some time i connect to office from home, and i dont want my office laptop to connect to my LinuxMCE network.. so in that case i can directly use the ISPs router.. and for the LinuxMCE network, I have ordered ZyXel's Wired, wireless and Homeplug router.. so my LinuxMCE devices can use whatever as per their requirement..
I am planning on doing a similair thing. I am leaving a router in place and cascading the network down to the LinuxMCE Core so i have essentially 2 networks. This benifits me in a couple of ways. Wireless internet is available during a core reinstall or if its down for any reason. Also wife doesnt complain about no internet in these cases. Plus im still learning Linux in general while I know the router inside and out for configurations and settings.
at the bottom of my wiki page is what I eventually plan to do, just waiting on some hardware to arrive. http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/User:Pnuts
I am planning on doing a similair thing. I am leaving a router in place and cascading the network down to the LinuxMCE Core so i have essentially 2 networks. This benifits me in a couple of ways. Wireless internet is available during a core reinstall or if its down for any reason. Also wife doesnt complain about no internet in these cases. Plus im still learning Linux in general while I know the router inside and out for configurations and settings.
at the bottom of my wiki page is what I eventually plan to do, just waiting on some hardware to arrive. http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/User:Pnuts
Hi Pnuts, welcome to linux world.. hope the experience will be sweet and easy for you..
i am myself a linux geek since college but this is my first MCE installation.. so hoping to get all things sorted out without issues.. ;)
keep posting..
rednus