2012-11-02, 19:09
HI all,
I will undoubtedly need your assistance as i begin building my new XBMC machine this week (expecting all components by Tuesday). I wanted to create a thread, hoping some of you would assist with all of my questions as i fumble my way through this build. Secondly this may help other newbies that follow in my footsteps. I have been a long time fan of the project but have avoided setting up an xbmc box for various reasons. Until now! With the release of Eden and my growing frustrations with my TVIX box i just couldn't help myself
My initial plan was to use Openelec and a Zotac unit. But i didn't want to also buy a NAS device. The HP microserver got me thinking of a combo server/XBMC box and this is where it all started. plus i liked the added idea of a custom build and my thoughts about using the machine for other tasks has led me down this new path;
Hardware
- HP N40L microserver + 4GB ECC RAM
- Radeon 6570 Low profile
- Hauppauge HVR2210 media centre combo (remote)
- Intel 60gb SSD (SSDSC2CT060A3K5) for OS
- 2x WD RED NAS 2TB drives
- 1x WD AV Green 2TB drive (currently has my TV shows and some movies on it). planning to use for parity.
Software
- XBMCBuntu (need an OS behind XBMC to run FlexRAID & PVR backend plus i can just do "more" with it)
- FlexRAID (imo i think this is a better solution than unRAID, or at least suits me better)
- Sickbeard
- Couch Potato
- SABnzb
- Maraschino
I'm very confident building the box and installing XBMCBuntu, but i will be a new user to FlexRAID, SABnzb, Sickbeard, couch potato and maraschino. Im certainly no linux guru either so I will need some direction with setting all of these up!
I'll post back here as i work my way through. and i hope some of you will be happy to help maybe even some of the "guru's" will subscribe Oh and im happy to listen to your thought/suggestions on how best to achieve my goals.
I will undoubtedly need your assistance as i begin building my new XBMC machine this week (expecting all components by Tuesday). I wanted to create a thread, hoping some of you would assist with all of my questions as i fumble my way through this build. Secondly this may help other newbies that follow in my footsteps. I have been a long time fan of the project but have avoided setting up an xbmc box for various reasons. Until now! With the release of Eden and my growing frustrations with my TVIX box i just couldn't help myself
My initial plan was to use Openelec and a Zotac unit. But i didn't want to also buy a NAS device. The HP microserver got me thinking of a combo server/XBMC box and this is where it all started. plus i liked the added idea of a custom build and my thoughts about using the machine for other tasks has led me down this new path;
Hardware
- HP N40L microserver + 4GB ECC RAM
- Radeon 6570 Low profile
- Hauppauge HVR2210 media centre combo (remote)
- Intel 60gb SSD (SSDSC2CT060A3K5) for OS
- 2x WD RED NAS 2TB drives
- 1x WD AV Green 2TB drive (currently has my TV shows and some movies on it). planning to use for parity.
Software
- XBMCBuntu (need an OS behind XBMC to run FlexRAID & PVR backend plus i can just do "more" with it)
- FlexRAID (imo i think this is a better solution than unRAID, or at least suits me better)
- Sickbeard
- Couch Potato
- SABnzb
- Maraschino
I'm very confident building the box and installing XBMCBuntu, but i will be a new user to FlexRAID, SABnzb, Sickbeard, couch potato and maraschino. Im certainly no linux guru either so I will need some direction with setting all of these up!
I'll post back here as i work my way through. and i hope some of you will be happy to help maybe even some of the "guru's" will subscribe Oh and im happy to listen to your thought/suggestions on how best to achieve my goals.