Whittie
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I've had a few external harddrives and nas boxes now. I'm sick and tired of them getting to a point and dying on me, leaving me with fuck all. Was half way through a tv series and another has died on me. Was just an external harddrive this time.
I want it to be able to do the following:
Download ftp / torrent files directly onto the box, even when i'm out and about on my phone.
Be able to stream directly to my TV, whether its through chromecast or similar, i'm not bothered.
Be able to create named partitions with ease. Movies / Music / Work / Photos / TV which i can map on a laptop or mac and drop and drag, as well as been able to view said files from an ipad / phone / another computer.
The most important thing is to keep it backed up, regularly. I cannot be doing with losing everything again. So back it up to another drive(s) on board if possible.
Don't want to buy another one in 4 years so have the option of going up to 8tb/16tb, 4 bays, 2 for files raid0 and 2 for backing up the other 2 incase they die.
Ability for a media center to map to it (Popcorn hour c200)
I'm not asking the world, but want to get something that does the above, I know most these days have the ability to do the above, I just do not want to buy another one in 2/3 years time after it breaks, need something reliable.
Looking to stay away from microservers as I don't have the time, and generally cant be arsed to set it up, probably be a cheaper option though.
If a media center does the above these days, i'd happily buy that instead though.
What would you suggest Cs?
Thanks in advance...
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Dom
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QNap or Synology (DS413J/DS414/DS412+).
Alternatively HP Microserver (or similar) with XPEnology, which is essentially Synology's DSM - have run one for around 6 months without issue, get around 100-110MB/s off a raid 1 array, no warranty and you're on your own but the base system was £89 (Microserver with cashback).
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Whittie
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What drives would you suggest Dom?
Probably going to go with the DS412+
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
What drives would you suggest Dom?
Probably going to go with the DS412+
I've used WD Red's and Green's without issue in NAS boxes (so far, touch wood).
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Andrew
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Synology with WD Greens
Not had one NAS or drive fail in 4 years i've stuck with that kit.
FreeNAS is a boss bit of kit as well.
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Bart
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I have a DS1511 with expansion, so 10x WD green drives. I've had one fail but that's not bad going considering I've had it a few years and I have 10 drives technically not designed for NAS's.
With a proper raid setup and and a spare disk on hand, the system didn't batter an eye-lid.
I started with a 4 bay synology, but only had 1TB drives.
You'll want to weigh up how critical your data for which raid array you'll use.
I use a plain raid5, but I think you can also use a raid 5 under the synology hybrid raid array.
Personally you should consider the 8 bay or look for a larger 2nd hand model and cut back on the disks, no need to fill it until you need the space.
Buy a larger model, buy 3 or 4 disks and go from there 
[Edited on 09-05-2014 by Bart]
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willay
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Bart Raid5?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/why-raid-5-stops-working-in-2009/162
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Aaron
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HP Microserver + Nas4Free if you're on a budget.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
Bart Raid5?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/why-raid-5-stops-working-in-2009/162
I must just be lucky.
I have a small raid 5 volume for important stuff (work and family photos) and then a larger raid5 array for video storage.
I only backup the important stuff to an external USB drive, so I'm quite contempt with the redundancy I have.
Interesting article though.
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