Hello people, I am pretty new here, and I want to say thanks to all the people, that can help others, that makes this forum a fantastic place to get knowledge.
I am a person that I am leaving in different countries every year, because of my job. As I have my parents home in my country, and they have a really nice internet connection, I was thinking about buying/making a NAS/server, to storage:
- Movies and music.
- Software.
- Documents.
The goal of it, is access through internet to all the contents (and if I am in my country, at home, obviously locally, but is just 3 or 4 months every year and a half). But access through internet is the main goal.
So the main use of it could be:
- File storage for documents.
- Movie streaming (with transcoding obviously, having access through internet). 1080p transcoding should be accepted.
- Software server, for mac, windows and linux.
- Do some torrenting...
- TV streaming (synology has it in the latest beta 4.1... ). Optional, but should be awesome. Almost mandatory.
- In order to have consistency of my docs (I am not sure how it works, I need help and info for it, but when all the others things are finished):
* Link the server as documents folder (sharing a folder and link it) OR
* Regular back-ups from my laptop/desktop (just for docs, I never did) OR
* Having portable profiles (virtual machine? or not, I don't know), and load it locally, and then transfer it when it finished...
Requirements:
- Should work 24/7.
- Should be realiable. I would like to have it in RAID 5, in order to have redundancy, as I need reliability, and if one disk fails, it can be replaced, but I accept suggestions. So, the minimum quantity of diks should be 4-6.
- Low power.
I am sure that there are requirements, that I forgot now. But I will try to keep the post updated.
I am software engineer (mostly CG and CG pipeline) but not specialized in networks, but I can learn quick, so I am not scared to build my own system from scratch if worth it, as I do with my CG workstations.
I was thinking about getting a prebuild NAS, like:
QNAP: 459 Pro II or 469
Synology: 1512+
I was starting thinking in QNAP, because it has a lot of fame, but after reading for a while, I realized that there are a lof ot people dissapointed, for the service, etc... but I don't know what to think.
After that, I have seen a lot of people really happy for the synology 1512+, performance and features, and besides the really nice OS (that supports even TV streaming with a TV dongle).
Having almost decided that, I have seen that for 1080p transcoding, the Dual 2.13Ghz Atom processor is not enough, for QNAP or synology. And they are pretty EXPENSIVE for the hardware they have, doing a DIY, you have much better hardware for less money.
So I was thinking about doing a DIY NAS. Something like:
- Lian Li PC-Q25 or PC-Q18.
- Motherboard H67/Z68/H77/Z77. Not sure which. If I could find something with a lot of SATA ports and avoid a controller better. If not, I don't care.
- Processor i3-2125/i3-3225. It is supposed that is really nice and clean.
- Graphic card (could it be needed for transcoding acceleration maybe?? I don't know, as I don't care about any other thing except that).
- 4/6 3TB/4TB 24/7 hard disks.
I want in any case to keep as low power as max (so I prefer as newer hardware as possible for power efficiency).
I was researching about OS for DIY NAS, and I have seen freenas, ubuntu, WHS and others... Sadly, I don't know what OS to put:
I have seen here that freenas is not a good idea, but maybe Nexenta / Napp-it (I guess Nexenta is the OS and Napp-it, an application... but I don't know exactly...).
I have read in forums about putting Windows Home Server. I want to keep as more power efficient as possible... so I don't, know seriously.
I think that for DIY NAS, the complicated thing is what OS to put, and there is nothing outside enough kick ass, and most of the commercial NAS are more efficient.
So now I am really confused about getting a QNAP, Synology or DIY NAS.
Sorry for the big post. And hopefully people can help me here in order to achieve this small project.
I am a person that I am leaving in different countries every year, because of my job. As I have my parents home in my country, and they have a really nice internet connection, I was thinking about buying/making a NAS/server, to storage:
- Movies and music.
- Software.
- Documents.
The goal of it, is access through internet to all the contents (and if I am in my country, at home, obviously locally, but is just 3 or 4 months every year and a half). But access through internet is the main goal.
So the main use of it could be:
- File storage for documents.
- Movie streaming (with transcoding obviously, having access through internet). 1080p transcoding should be accepted.
- Software server, for mac, windows and linux.
- Do some torrenting...
- TV streaming (synology has it in the latest beta 4.1... ). Optional, but should be awesome. Almost mandatory.
- In order to have consistency of my docs (I am not sure how it works, I need help and info for it, but when all the others things are finished):
* Link the server as documents folder (sharing a folder and link it) OR
* Regular back-ups from my laptop/desktop (just for docs, I never did) OR
* Having portable profiles (virtual machine? or not, I don't know), and load it locally, and then transfer it when it finished...
Requirements:
- Should work 24/7.
- Should be realiable. I would like to have it in RAID 5, in order to have redundancy, as I need reliability, and if one disk fails, it can be replaced, but I accept suggestions. So, the minimum quantity of diks should be 4-6.
- Low power.
I am sure that there are requirements, that I forgot now. But I will try to keep the post updated.
I am software engineer (mostly CG and CG pipeline) but not specialized in networks, but I can learn quick, so I am not scared to build my own system from scratch if worth it, as I do with my CG workstations.
I was thinking about getting a prebuild NAS, like:
QNAP: 459 Pro II or 469
Synology: 1512+
I was starting thinking in QNAP, because it has a lot of fame, but after reading for a while, I realized that there are a lof ot people dissapointed, for the service, etc... but I don't know what to think.
After that, I have seen a lot of people really happy for the synology 1512+, performance and features, and besides the really nice OS (that supports even TV streaming with a TV dongle).
Having almost decided that, I have seen that for 1080p transcoding, the Dual 2.13Ghz Atom processor is not enough, for QNAP or synology. And they are pretty EXPENSIVE for the hardware they have, doing a DIY, you have much better hardware for less money.
So I was thinking about doing a DIY NAS. Something like:
- Lian Li PC-Q25 or PC-Q18.
- Motherboard H67/Z68/H77/Z77. Not sure which. If I could find something with a lot of SATA ports and avoid a controller better. If not, I don't care.
- Processor i3-2125/i3-3225. It is supposed that is really nice and clean.
- Graphic card (could it be needed for transcoding acceleration maybe?? I don't know, as I don't care about any other thing except that).
- 4/6 3TB/4TB 24/7 hard disks.
I want in any case to keep as low power as max (so I prefer as newer hardware as possible for power efficiency).
I was researching about OS for DIY NAS, and I have seen freenas, ubuntu, WHS and others... Sadly, I don't know what OS to put:
I have seen here that freenas is not a good idea, but maybe Nexenta / Napp-it (I guess Nexenta is the OS and Napp-it, an application... but I don't know exactly...).
I have read in forums about putting Windows Home Server. I want to keep as more power efficient as possible... so I don't, know seriously.
I think that for DIY NAS, the complicated thing is what OS to put, and there is nothing outside enough kick ass, and most of the commercial NAS are more efficient.
So now I am really confused about getting a QNAP, Synology or DIY NAS.
Sorry for the big post. And hopefully people can help me here in order to achieve this small project.
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