CD player replacement

I got pissed off at my CD player (a carousel unit that's gotta be a
teenager by now) as it (1) is full, (2) is NOT expandable, and (3)
forgot all the disc titles. So, I'm on a mission to build an
ultra-quiet MP3-playing computer. I've chosen:

case (mini-ITX, fanless, black):
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/gs_l01

motherboard & CPU (Via Epia ML-8000A, Via C3 @ 800 MHz):
http://www.jinco.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=12848

RAM (1GB):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134171

5 16 GB thumb drives to go in a RAID 5 (? 4 * partition + parity) making
64 GB:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208378

USB hub:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145033

4-line LED panel:
http://www.matrixorbital.com/product_info.php?pName=lk20425

I'll find a keyboard somewhere. One of these days I'll replace it with
a CD-style keypad. It'll run Linux, no X. What have I forgotten? How
should I boot? Would two 4-port hubs be better than one 7-port one, so
only ~half the drives go through any one port? Is it OK to go for an
unpowered hub? Has someone already written code to handle these things
or do I have a lot of scripting and/or coding to do? Thanks all.

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