Plecebo

As with a lot of projects there are often overruns, mis planning and issues that arise later in the project that necessitate the changing of certain key assumptions. This project is no exception, lucky for me I had the ability to identify some of the issues before hand and was able to get the bulk of my work done in the initial time frame. Here is a rundown of some of the issues I ran into that necessitated me scrambling to find fixes at the expense of rush processing fees/shipping costs/restocking fees.

Problem: Storing lots of media files takes a lot of space

After archiving a few DVD's and using that small (20 or so disks) as a sample I was able to see that my raid array would be a bit on the small side. Also I moved my configuration from a RAID5 array to a RAID6 array. The reason was because I was using consumer grade drives in my setup, which after a bit of research I found had some issues being used in a raid array. Issues like kicking out of the array causing it to be rebuilt over and over :(.

I've always liked buying new hardware and assembling new computers, it is my favorite part of a new build. Doing the research and figuring out the right components for my particular situation, just something about it that I have always liked.

I have been formulating my requirements for this particular project for quite some time. Mulling over the benefits of pulling the trigger sooner, or waiting and doing it later.