Wasnt sure whether to put this in networking, media devices or home theatre so settled for general hardware.
Im looking to solve three problems and wondering what the best approach to solving them would be.
I have a dual boot vista / linux desktop, linux laptop and soon a mac book pro.
1) Id like to centralise all my data (mp3, video etc) in one place so they have access to it all. Id also like it so that any data i create locally on a machine (say a word doc created on my laptop whilst out) will automatically be copied to the centralised location when back on the home network.
2) Id like a back up plan for that data as well. Something that is fire safe. Something I can forget about i.e. automatic and incremental perhaps daily, weekly and monthly.
3) Finally I want to be able to watch dvd rips on my tv in my living room from the centralised storage. The problem is the living room cannot be accessed with a lan cable (well it could if I could be bothered to run 30m of cable NEATLY around the corners of the walls). I'm thinking streaming the media via wifi though my router. I dont have a client such as an xbox 360 to play the content.
So far I thought of making a cheap nas located in the pc room. Id need a back up for this though. Another NAS? Wouldnt solve the fire issue though? Perhaps give my friend a harddrive with a full back up on and do monthly rotation?
Then the tv issue. Hmm one of those acer revos or just a second hand xbox.
I did think about just making one server next to the tv but then my pcs would have to access data via wifi and that would probably be slow.
What are your opinions on this? Anything ive overlooked? Is there a more cost effective solution to all of this?
Im looking to solve three problems and wondering what the best approach to solving them would be.
I have a dual boot vista / linux desktop, linux laptop and soon a mac book pro.
1) Id like to centralise all my data (mp3, video etc) in one place so they have access to it all. Id also like it so that any data i create locally on a machine (say a word doc created on my laptop whilst out) will automatically be copied to the centralised location when back on the home network.
2) Id like a back up plan for that data as well. Something that is fire safe. Something I can forget about i.e. automatic and incremental perhaps daily, weekly and monthly.
3) Finally I want to be able to watch dvd rips on my tv in my living room from the centralised storage. The problem is the living room cannot be accessed with a lan cable (well it could if I could be bothered to run 30m of cable NEATLY around the corners of the walls). I'm thinking streaming the media via wifi though my router. I dont have a client such as an xbox 360 to play the content.
So far I thought of making a cheap nas located in the pc room. Id need a back up for this though. Another NAS? Wouldnt solve the fire issue though? Perhaps give my friend a harddrive with a full back up on and do monthly rotation?
Then the tv issue. Hmm one of those acer revos or just a second hand xbox.
I did think about just making one server next to the tv but then my pcs would have to access data via wifi and that would probably be slow.
What are your opinions on this? Anything ive overlooked? Is there a more cost effective solution to all of this?