Hi,
I'm thinking of delving into the computer building route and want to build basically a Mac Mini Server, but without the Apple logo (this would be using Hackintosh, or if that fails, i'd just go for a simple Linux Ubuntu OS). I'm also wanting to use more hard drives if possible.
What i wanted to know is how Apple get the Mac Mini's to use so little power even though they use a 2.0GHz i7 Quad Core? Do they use mobile CPUs? If so, can anyone tell me if its worth trying to find this and all of the other mobile parts to go with it or should i just make a desktop build instead?
I'm just after somewhere to store all of my backups and files. Ideally, i'd be able to time machine backup and use CCC to backup other external drives, and still have space for general file storage and access.
I will be wanting to use RAID too, although i'm not sure which is best. I know how RAID 0 and 1 work, 0 being that it combines the drives into one big drive that can access data at x times faster than one hard drive (x being the number of drives used) and RAID 1 is just a mirror, but what does RAID 5 do? Does it combine these? Because RAID 0 seems like the best solution for me so that i have the speed and combined hard drive size, but if one drive fails, i lose everything...
I'm just after something that will be cheap to build, cheap to run (so, low powered and very efficient PSU), space for storage expansion, RAID capable (i'm guessing software RAID, but perhaps someone could advise me on what to do here?) and futureproof. I want it to last, i don't really want to be going inside it every other year to replace anything other than hard drives if needed. Also, being able to encode video would be a nice feature too (my macbook pro is capable but its a late 2008 spec so encodes in real time or slower when using handbrake), but if i can't have this its no biggie.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
mrmeister
I'm thinking of delving into the computer building route and want to build basically a Mac Mini Server, but without the Apple logo (this would be using Hackintosh, or if that fails, i'd just go for a simple Linux Ubuntu OS). I'm also wanting to use more hard drives if possible.
What i wanted to know is how Apple get the Mac Mini's to use so little power even though they use a 2.0GHz i7 Quad Core? Do they use mobile CPUs? If so, can anyone tell me if its worth trying to find this and all of the other mobile parts to go with it or should i just make a desktop build instead?
I'm just after somewhere to store all of my backups and files. Ideally, i'd be able to time machine backup and use CCC to backup other external drives, and still have space for general file storage and access.
I will be wanting to use RAID too, although i'm not sure which is best. I know how RAID 0 and 1 work, 0 being that it combines the drives into one big drive that can access data at x times faster than one hard drive (x being the number of drives used) and RAID 1 is just a mirror, but what does RAID 5 do? Does it combine these? Because RAID 0 seems like the best solution for me so that i have the speed and combined hard drive size, but if one drive fails, i lose everything...
I'm just after something that will be cheap to build, cheap to run (so, low powered and very efficient PSU), space for storage expansion, RAID capable (i'm guessing software RAID, but perhaps someone could advise me on what to do here?) and futureproof. I want it to last, i don't really want to be going inside it every other year to replace anything other than hard drives if needed. Also, being able to encode video would be a nice feature too (my macbook pro is capable but its a late 2008 spec so encodes in real time or slower when using handbrake), but if i can't have this its no biggie.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
mrmeister
This is just the physical computer too, i already have spare keyboards/mice/monitor that i can use once built
