I'm about to setup (actually re-setup) my HDDs. I ended up getting 4 HDDs.
1. WD 150GB velociraptor
2. WD 74GB raptor (8MB) - have more than 50 reallocated sectors
3. Seagate 160GB (8MB) ST81608 SATA
4. WD RE2 500GB (16MB) WD5000YS
Before getting the velociraptor, I installed Win 7...
I'm about to build one PC for my media server. I will mostly use the machine for encoding some videos and feeding DVIX/X264 videos for PS3 and XB360 with some transcoding. Most likely run the server 24/7.
Any recommendations for OS for the server?