Storage for films

In theory, but it depends what you want to view the content on...

If it's just on your PC shouldn't be a problem, otherwise I'd be looking at some kind of NAS with DNLA.
 
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Deathjester said:
In theory, but it depends what you want to view the content on...

If it's just on your PC shouldn't be a problem, otherwise I'd be looking at some kind of NAS with DNLA.
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+1 Grab a NAS, they are much better.

My Synology was the best investment I have made in a long time. It gets used everyday!
 
Agree NAS is a good idea, just make sure it's wired (ethernet).

Also, something to bear in mind. If you buy a NAS with drives, if it's faulty you need to RMA it with the drives. If you buy one without drives, if it's faulty you can RMA and keep the drives (and your data) yourself.
 
Jim99 said:
Agree NAS is a good idea, just make sure it's wired (ethernet).

Also, something to bear in mind. If you buy a NAS with drives, if it's faulty you need to RMA it with the drives. If you buy one without drives, if it's faulty you can RMA and keep the drives (and your data) yourself.
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+1

My advice would be to buy the drives separate if you don't have any, for the reason mentioned above.
 
I use USB TV connection.
USB Enclosure 2 X4TB HDD works fine.
The enclosure is connected with TV and PC.
I select TV for watching films(PC may be turn off) and PC for writing new films.
 
I'd build a NAS rather than buy one, they are extremely overpriced for weak hardware specs.

A Windows or Linux box can do everything and is more flexible.
 
rtho782 said:
I'd build a NAS rather than buy one, they are extremely overpriced for weak hardware specs.

A Windows or Linux box can do everything and is more flexible.
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I don't know about that. I mean, it is true, but if you buy a NAS it can be up and running in minutes, and it will be extremely compact.

If you decide to build your own, then it will be far larger (unless you buy, say, an HP Microserver which is effectively prebuilt anyway), and then you've potentially got a lot of work ahead of you. If you aren't familiar with Linux then Openfiler etc aren't the easiest kick-off points. And on top of that, your data server isn't the best place to be experimenting with console commands that you're unsure about.
 
rtho782 said:
I'd build a NAS rather than buy one, they are extremely overpriced for weak hardware specs.

A Windows or Linux box can do everything and is more flexible.
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I used to think like this, until I started using Synology at work, it's such a dream to use. The super low power consumption makes me feel better about it. Although it would take many many years to pay off the difference in power consumption.
 
bledd. said:
I used to think like this, until I started using Synology at work, it's such a dream to use. The super low power consumption makes me feel better about it. Although it would take many many years to pay off the difference in power consumption.
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I completely agree with this.

Synology really are amazing, the software is brilliant and anyone can get it up and running with in minutes.
 
One of my friends has a netgear NAS and another has a Synology - netgear dude regrets his purchase due to how user friendly and fast the Synology NAS is.

I am buying a Synology NAS in a few months soon and I reckon I will be more than happy with my purchase.
 
I've used Synology NASes and they are great but they really are single purpose appliances. If I had one, I'd need a server too for my use.

For example, I run a Plex server and it can end up transcoding 3-4 1080p streams at once if everyone in the house is using it. Not sure there are any NASes about that can handle that, but the i5 4460 I have in it is fine.

I run VMs with Linux webservers etc in, and a few other things, so it has 24GB ram.

The host OS is actually Server 2012r2 currently, only because I wanted to play with storage spaces and ReFS, I had some spare SSDs so I have a tiered storage pool.

Yeah, I'm going outside the normal usage profile, and in my case, it is bulkier than some - it's in a Node 804 case - but it can hold ~10 HDDs + 2 SSDs.

I could have done it in a small minitx case like this http://www.chyangfun.com/cfi-a6039.html with an ITX board if I had been tight on space (it's in my cellar) and wanted to spend money (I built it from my spares cupboard other than the case, even the HDDs I salvaged from spares)

The whole thing cost me £69 for a case, and that's it.
 
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