... > Dealing with wiring is part of having computers, so you're >pretty much going to have to just neaten it and make i > unobtrusive by
>tying it along existing structure such as shelving. Getting cables in >white is pretty easy, if it's an issue of black cables along a white >wall or baseboard. I think there's nothing worse than trailing wires (apart from all the dvd'd and dvd players in every room). Any cables I can put together myself (with soldered ends) go in conduiting (preferably under the floor) with connectors in the wall, whilst others are tucked neatly into sleeving. Look at B&O's flexible woven stocking for putting all your tv cables in one tube. It makes a heck of a difference, especially if you want to be able to wheel the TV out of its parking place occasionally. ... >If you didn't setup your system using LVM, I don't know what your >options are for growing a filesystem. It might not be difficult to >add a large disk and >designate it as your DVD store while using the >existing storage for recordings. You don't mention your current case >or what's installed in it, so it's hard to offer much here other than >to point you to online shopping sites. ;) silentpcreview.com >as I don't know how many disks I want in the sitting roomas everything adds heat and noise. Anyway, my capacity is pretty much limited to 1 by the SFF case I'm using. When the time comes I think I'll move the video directory over to nfs and run a dedicated fileserver somewhere else, possibly with raid for redundency. >reviews and comparisons of the quietest drives available. My current >pick would be the new 200G Samsung; I have two of their 160G >spinpoints and have been very happy with them. I will second the good experience with spinpoints. I had a seagate 7200 series 120 GB before (before Seagate got noisier) but my new spinpoint 250GB is MUCH quieter, after mounting it on rubber bushes I only hear a very faint chatter whilst reading/writing. Otherwise I can't hear it at-all. It's much quieter than the disk in my laptop. Cheers Marius Registered Linux user
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