Ok, so I'll go with a 7200rpm drive. My concerns were both motor noise and power usage. As for RAID 1, I'm lazy and RAID 1 is instant backup. I could buy an external drive, but that costs more, or I could stick it in my PC, but then I actually have to back it up. As I said, this media server will be hosting my home videos, and I really don't want to lose those.








