mattchapman
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Hi
I currently have about 3Tb (and growing) of media (movies, music, pics) on internal hard drives in my main PC. I have a separate HTPC which accesses these files using the HomeGroup functionality in Win 7. I have to keep my Main PC on all the time so that my HTPC can read the data as needed so I'm thinking some kind of separate storage solutions is needed. I also have a laptop and it would be nice for that to be able to access all these files.
From my research I think a NAS is needed. I see a lot of "NAS boxes" for sale online but the prices vary from a couple of hundred to up to $1000 and I'm not sure of what the key differences are.
I also have read a few articles about building your own NAS box and using FreeNAS. I like that idea as I enjoy building stuff (I built my HTPC) and it's often cheaper.
- I have about $300-$400 to spend on the solution (obviously less is better).
- I'd need at least 4Tb storage with option to increase later.
- I don't currently use RAID but perhaps I'm missing a benefit there.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks
I currently have about 3Tb (and growing) of media (movies, music, pics) on internal hard drives in my main PC. I have a separate HTPC which accesses these files using the HomeGroup functionality in Win 7. I have to keep my Main PC on all the time so that my HTPC can read the data as needed so I'm thinking some kind of separate storage solutions is needed. I also have a laptop and it would be nice for that to be able to access all these files.
From my research I think a NAS is needed. I see a lot of "NAS boxes" for sale online but the prices vary from a couple of hundred to up to $1000 and I'm not sure of what the key differences are.
I also have read a few articles about building your own NAS box and using FreeNAS. I like that idea as I enjoy building stuff (I built my HTPC) and it's often cheaper.
- I have about $300-$400 to spend on the solution (obviously less is better).
- I'd need at least 4Tb storage with option to increase later.
- I don't currently use RAID but perhaps I'm missing a benefit there.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks