No I’m joking its not that simple. When I setup my new RAID0 arrary all that time ago I did some tests with 1 drive and then 2, to see if RAID0 was worth it. And here are the results.

That is with 1 None RAID Seagate F3 500Gb

That is with 2 Seagate F3’s in RAID0

There is 1 drop which I think is to do with the RAID controller that is used, otherwise its a lot higher transfer rate.

This is just the first bit of information on this. I am hopefully going to get the rest up later, or some else might

I haven’t ‘yet’ managed to get them all working. I’ve had bad look with TV cards (Hence why they are spare) and it isn’t changing. I am trying to use Media Portal but as I am using Windows Server 2008 on the server it seems to be coursing problems. I will try and fix it someday but for now BBC iPlayer will have to do.

BTW sorry for the lack of updates but due to my new job! WOOT I am no longer able to keep up to date with updates on here, but fear not because I am getting more time now I am settling in to the job and hopefully getting a little help posting updates form a Mr Shakey. More on that soon!

Mounting it was a bit hard due to the ‘troff” down the back for the cables, but we used the metal that fixes to the bottom as a wall mounting one, made a slot in the lat fixed to the wall and slotted it in. Then put a angel bracket on the front mounting hole of the metal plate underneath to stop it pulling off the wall. It now needs the slot filling in to hold it a bit more. The cable are also able to flow under the mount without having to go over. Great job Dad!

Looking good no?

For now tho, I would like to show you this, Microsoft must need my college assignment now!

I have updated to rainmeter 1.1 (Few problems with been on a domain that’s got folder redirection) and its looking good. Love the WAN IP address that is very useful!

I am using wallpaper rotation thats built in to Windows 7 (Windows 7 was my idea, GOT IT!), here are links to the images:

Anyway, here is some pictures of the work:

The room has units at one side and a desk at the other, because room is very small my dad suggested a fold up bed, this meant that the units could be placed right back agaist the wall and when the bed is up, it allows a lot more space for my chair to run up and down the desk.

I came up with the idea of have a ‘channel’ down the back of the desk, this means cables can lay in it without hanging down the back and getting your legs in them. My room was also a little sort on power sockets, so we put in another 1 down the bottom, 3 desk level and 1 higher up for the network rack.

The network rack has been improved today with the addition of a PDU (Power Distribution Unit) which has made cable management easier. It also means unplugging devices is far easier and I have a spare port for another device

That’s all for now, desktop next!

Looking good no?