deekortiz3
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Hey Everyone,
I am looking to build a decent size NAS box. I will be using this for media storage, and serving the content around the house.
I used to have a Norco 4020 running WHS v1 but WHS never could handle that 20+ drives all that well (IMO). Oh, and managing all those SATA cables because I didn't buy the SAS back-plane version sucked. Currently most of my data is sitting on 8 2TB drives in a system that I am getting ready to tear down and in a couple other drives I have in external enclosures.
I picked up 6 4TB drives in preparation to put together a new dedicated storage box. Now since my home build solutions have been less than ideal I am thinking of going with something like a Synology DS2413+ but paying nearly $1,700 for a computer powered by an Atom Processor just does not sit right with me.
The way I see it the Synology box is pretty much plug and play. The interface and software is great from what I have heard and it is a nice compact unit. However, not being able to trans-code 1080p is a big downside, I could probably get over it but I would prefer to have the ability. Also, even though SHR seems to simplify things but it still isn't quite Drive Extender simple (can't add smaller disks to array).
I've been out of the game for over a year now so I am still trying to catch up on everything before I make any decisions.
I'll admit I am a Windows guy so most Linux/Solaris based solutions without a pretty GUI scare the crap out of me. I'd be happy to build something if I know I can get similar flexibility to what WHS used to give me. I am also not interested in running a hardware RAID. Sure, the High Point RocketRAID card I used to run wasn't the best example of a Hardware RAID card but I just prefer a software based RAID solution. I want the flexibility to add drives as needed and have that be as simple as possible.
Really looking for any thoughts or opinions on what I should do and the direction I should go. Any advice helps, thanks guys!
I am looking to build a decent size NAS box. I will be using this for media storage, and serving the content around the house.
I used to have a Norco 4020 running WHS v1 but WHS never could handle that 20+ drives all that well (IMO). Oh, and managing all those SATA cables because I didn't buy the SAS back-plane version sucked. Currently most of my data is sitting on 8 2TB drives in a system that I am getting ready to tear down and in a couple other drives I have in external enclosures.
I picked up 6 4TB drives in preparation to put together a new dedicated storage box. Now since my home build solutions have been less than ideal I am thinking of going with something like a Synology DS2413+ but paying nearly $1,700 for a computer powered by an Atom Processor just does not sit right with me.
The way I see it the Synology box is pretty much plug and play. The interface and software is great from what I have heard and it is a nice compact unit. However, not being able to trans-code 1080p is a big downside, I could probably get over it but I would prefer to have the ability. Also, even though SHR seems to simplify things but it still isn't quite Drive Extender simple (can't add smaller disks to array).
I've been out of the game for over a year now so I am still trying to catch up on everything before I make any decisions.
I'll admit I am a Windows guy so most Linux/Solaris based solutions without a pretty GUI scare the crap out of me. I'd be happy to build something if I know I can get similar flexibility to what WHS used to give me. I am also not interested in running a hardware RAID. Sure, the High Point RocketRAID card I used to run wasn't the best example of a Hardware RAID card but I just prefer a software based RAID solution. I want the flexibility to add drives as needed and have that be as simple as possible.
Really looking for any thoughts or opinions on what I should do and the direction I should go. Any advice helps, thanks guys!