2012-08-28, 15:40
At the moment I have 2 xbmc boxes (one ION and one ION2) running, and a server for storage.
Now i'm looking to build 2 more boxes, and replace the ION (this one isn't handeling 1080i tv streams to well).
But I hate all those boxes around the house, and like to replace it with 1 large server to serve all the tv's. Is it possible to get a mainbord like this one:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_S.../#overview with 6 pcie 16x slots.
And then put in 6 graphic cards like this:
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.as...P3-1335-KR
Then I install VMware ESXi on the machine, and make some virtual pc's and assign 1 graphic card to each. And then I install openelec on these virtual pc's.
When doing this, I only have to buy 1 case, 1mainbord, 1 cpu, 1 hdd drive, etc. Which will safe me money, and ugly boxes around the house.
Now I only have to go from the server with 1 HDMI cable to every TV. And if the distance is to far, using something like this:
To control I can use an ipad or iphone or a pulse eight cec adapter.
I can also create additional virtual pc's for a storage server, download server, tv server, etc etc. Then I have everything in 1 case.
Is such a setup even possible? What do you think about this idea?
Now i'm looking to build 2 more boxes, and replace the ION (this one isn't handeling 1080i tv streams to well).
But I hate all those boxes around the house, and like to replace it with 1 large server to serve all the tv's. Is it possible to get a mainbord like this one:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_S.../#overview with 6 pcie 16x slots.
And then put in 6 graphic cards like this:
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.as...P3-1335-KR
Then I install VMware ESXi on the machine, and make some virtual pc's and assign 1 graphic card to each. And then I install openelec on these virtual pc's.
When doing this, I only have to buy 1 case, 1mainbord, 1 cpu, 1 hdd drive, etc. Which will safe me money, and ugly boxes around the house.
Now I only have to go from the server with 1 HDMI cable to every TV. And if the distance is to far, using something like this:
To control I can use an ipad or iphone or a pulse eight cec adapter.
I can also create additional virtual pc's for a storage server, download server, tv server, etc etc. Then I have everything in 1 case.
Is such a setup even possible? What do you think about this idea?