hi all
on the last 3 months I'm following this website and forums with pleased.
i read most of the articles, and I decide to move on a NAS.
I'm looking for advice to avoid a mistake.
i have about 100 blu-rays 1:1 uncompressed (40gb) about 7TB used from 12TB available.
i have a copy of each movie in different hard drives
I'm using 2 external hard drives (6tb) serving my media player.
I'm using a htpc + xbmc with 2 internal hard drives (6tb) also used to play movies
The ripping is done in htpc, then i make a backup to my external drives that i use to play some movies.
In last couple days i try hanewin server in windows 7.
it works very well using NFS from htpc to media player both connect to home router but:
1- if hanewin sharing internal hard drive playing is very smooth 100% correct
2- if hanewin sharing is external by usb 2.0 or 3.0 the blu-ray movie shutter badly.
I'm thinking ordering a external enclosure lian-li ex503 (5 bays ) that has esata and usb 3.0, and i can see my drives individually without using the raid mode and since the lian-li is a multiplayer port, only 1 esata cable is necessary.
i also could connect the usb 3.0 to media player and use one device at the time.
Nas advice
streaming BD movies will be using NFS ONLY
option 1
1- very silent (will keep it in home theater room)
2-small max 25 cm wide (4 bays) or (2 bays)
3-able to use lain-li ex503 has backup option (jmicron chipset)
4- very fast and future proof
5- atom prefered
in my understanding a Nas is not for backup, is to serve files, a backup can be used with a DAS.
my first choice would be Qnap ts-412 but has no atom and the software support in marvell is dubious (how long QNAP will keep supporting marvell ? )
my second choice would be synology ds712+ but no support for jmicron chipset and i refuse to buy dx510 to extend storage
my third choice would be unraid but too noisy, high consume, and hassle to configurate.
the perfect choice would be a ds712+ low noise with 4 bays and micron support .
NAS budget is 400€ (500$)
on the last 3 months I'm following this website and forums with pleased.
i read most of the articles, and I decide to move on a NAS.
I'm looking for advice to avoid a mistake.
i have about 100 blu-rays 1:1 uncompressed (40gb) about 7TB used from 12TB available.
i have a copy of each movie in different hard drives
I'm using 2 external hard drives (6tb) serving my media player.
I'm using a htpc + xbmc with 2 internal hard drives (6tb) also used to play movies
The ripping is done in htpc, then i make a backup to my external drives that i use to play some movies.
In last couple days i try hanewin server in windows 7.
it works very well using NFS from htpc to media player both connect to home router but:
1- if hanewin sharing internal hard drive playing is very smooth 100% correct
2- if hanewin sharing is external by usb 2.0 or 3.0 the blu-ray movie shutter badly.
I'm thinking ordering a external enclosure lian-li ex503 (5 bays ) that has esata and usb 3.0, and i can see my drives individually without using the raid mode and since the lian-li is a multiplayer port, only 1 esata cable is necessary.
i also could connect the usb 3.0 to media player and use one device at the time.
Nas advice
streaming BD movies will be using NFS ONLY
option 1
1- very silent (will keep it in home theater room)
2-small max 25 cm wide (4 bays) or (2 bays)
3-able to use lain-li ex503 has backup option (jmicron chipset)
4- very fast and future proof
5- atom prefered
in my understanding a Nas is not for backup, is to serve files, a backup can be used with a DAS.
my first choice would be Qnap ts-412 but has no atom and the software support in marvell is dubious (how long QNAP will keep supporting marvell ? )
my second choice would be synology ds712+ but no support for jmicron chipset and i refuse to buy dx510 to extend storage
my third choice would be unraid but too noisy, high consume, and hassle to configurate.
the perfect choice would be a ds712+ low noise with 4 bays and micron support .
NAS budget is 400€ (500$)
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