Popcorn Hour C200

[Zeno~SPARTA~]

I need to buy a 2.5" sata drive to run popcorn system. But I do not know how big a drive to get I have 60+gb of music (ripped to MP3 from my CDs), once this drive is formatted will I be able to copy the music onto it. Or should I get a small drive just from the system.

 

I was thinking of this

 

2.5" SATA 160GB - 5400 WESTERN Scorpio Blue (8Mb) [WD1600BEVT] Ultra-cool and quiet

 

or this

 

2.5" SATA 320GB - 5400 WESTERN Scorpio Blue (8Mb) [WD3200BEVT] - Ultra-cool and quiet

 

 

Cheers

Z

[PANiC]

looks like you can use the C200 as a file server, so yes i'd say you can put whatever you want on there.

 

they are pretty good drives, i dropped a 320 and a 500 into my HTPC:

 

 

[andrewman~SPARTA~]

I would go with the larger drive, only because it will provide more flexibility in the future

[Zeno~SPARTA~]

The concern is that the drive will be formatted by the c200, will I be able to copy stuff onto it.

[Forrester~SPARTA~]

Get a 1tb drive Zeno.... that'll last.

fix the empty drive in let the C200 do its thing and forward all stuff you want on it (remember password any porn) and have fun..... (lil joke ere off course)

I'm looking into buying the C200 with a fixed 1tb drive, or the Qnap NMP 1000

get my network connection fixed in the living room and maybe a file server/backup machine in the meter closet (were the power, gas and phone lines come in I have my router there)

Now I cannot help you much, but in the future who knows..... At least I know you'll regret a too small hard drive. fast and silent (and eco-friendly) hdd's of 1 tb only cost about $90 these days.....

The C200 actually works like a home-file server or NAS system as we call it, it won't delete anything you put on it unless you make it refragmentate your hdd, so get the hdd settled first and copy over your stuff either thrugh the USB connection or by lan/wan (lan is fastest if I'm right)

Edited January 6, 2010 by Forrester

[PANiC]

you will be ok as long as you don't transfer the files, and THEN put it in the c200

 

I'd leave a copy of the files on your HDD as a backup anyway but also becasue the c200 uses a Linux file system that Windows cannot see by default if you just plugged the drive into your PC at a later date.

 

 

useful link here regarding the popcorns etc : http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

 

compatiable 2.5" hdds: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/ind...5.22_SATA_disks

 

taking apart a c200: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/ind...200_First_Steps

 

etc ;)

Edited January 6, 2010 by PANiC

[Zeno~SPARTA~]

I am thinking about getting a QNAP TS-410 Turbo NAS to act as a media server.

 

http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=134

 

http://www.wegotserved.com/2009/12/07/hand...-410-turbo-nas/

 

CPU Marvell 6281 800MHz

DRAM 256MB DDRII RAM

Flash Memory 16MB

HDD 4 x 3.5" or 2.5” SATA I/II HDD

NOTE:

The system is shipped without HDD.

For the HDD compatibility list, please visit http://www.qnap.com/pro_compatibility.asp

 

HDD Tray 4 x hot-swappable and lockable tray

LAN Port 2 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port

LED Indicators Status, LAN, USB, eSATA, HDD 1, HDD 2, HDD 3, HDD 4

USB 4 x USB 2.0 port (Front: 1; Back: 3)

Supports USB printer, disk, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS, etc.

eSATA 2 x eSATA port (Back)

Buttons Power button, USB one-touch-backup button, reset button

Alarm Buzzer System warning

Form Factor Tower

Dimensions 177(H) x 180(W) x 235(D) mm

6.97(H) x 7.09(W) x 9.25(D) inch

Weight Net weight: 3 Kg (6.61 lbs)

Gross weight: 4.6 Kg (10.14 lbs)

Sound Level (dB) Without HDD: 33.0dB

Standby: 33.2dB

In operation: 35.1dB

(Background: 25.5dB)

 

 

It is a 4 bay box (I have some 1.5 tb drives) to go with it. I always bought Seagate barracudas, but recently tried Samsung. I have to say the samsungs run much cooler. I have 2 of each.

 

I need to consider whether to run it in RAID 1 or 5.

 

Any thoughts on this or other NAS products are welcome.

[CoBoL~SPARTA~]

I dropped 2 x 2TB 3.5" drives in my popcorn, no probs no heat issues ether.

 

 

[Zeno~SPARTA~]

The problem with the popcorn hour is it is designed to run on a network. For now I have a 1.5 tb 3.5inch and a 320 gb 2.5 inch inside and 2 TB outside.

 

But apps like YAMJ need to run on a PC

 

So PC - NAS - NMT (amusingly via electrical socket networking)

 

Otherwise I am stuck with NMTs industrial age interface.

 

 

[Forrester~SPARTA~]

I'm gonna buy the AC Ryan and that supports YAMJ.... (still in development but good enough)

next to that I want to buy a NAS device lookin into several and a 1gbps switch for my network (my adsl router has 4 ports but theu are 10/100 mbit)

new cabinet coming in end march for my stereo, tv and media player I am digitizing all my cd's now in order to pump them over asap...

[NoScream~SPARTA~]

I would go with the larger drive, only because it will provide more flexibility in the future

 

 

ONLY the boot drive needs to be formatted by the C200, the secondary can be formatted by a PC

in NTFS standard , movies copied onto it and slide it in as DRIVE 2 & the C200 reads it !!!!!

 

 

Love tech !

 

 

 

I recommend (like cobol) a 2 TB drive 2 but a small boot drive in 2.5" format for quick boot (unless you need 4 TB).