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Hi, Wondering if i could get some advise, currently got a DNS-320L ShareCenter which i have
music/videos stored on, Ive got fibre network with the NAS ran direct to router with CAT6,
Its okay but its not great, buffering videos and general slow access speeds,
So my question is, i have an old Sony Vaio (2.2GHz Intel Core i7-2670QM, 8GB, 1,333MHz DDR3)
+ A few External hard drives. Would it be worth converting the laptop to a NAS/Server.
If so what is the best way to do it ??

Thanks.
 
hmmm yeah will have to think of another way round it. Don't want to spend fortunes but i have a 9u data cabinet with space, wanted to try and get something to do the job that would go in there but everything rack mounted seems very expensive, guessing the cheapest way to do that is to
strip some of the components like the processor from the laptop and build a NAS Server
 
Im gonna scrap the idea of building to be honest, seems like its gonna be too much agro. Think im just gonna have to lump it on a Synogogy Rackstation RS816. Anyone had any hands on with one? Just mainly gonna be used for storing and playing Movies and music, which will be accessed though a Mac. Hoping this will be a good solution.
 
Would be open to doing that as long as i could get one that would physically fit in my cabinet as its only 300mm deep, only thing is i wouldnt have a clue where to start, you no of any decent step by step guides or anything ??
 
was looking for something rack mounted really, if i go for something desktop spose i might aswell get a ds416play :S
 
okay so how about a DS216play with 2 decent drives, thats more around the price of the 150, would you still go with the 150 over that ?
 
im no expert im just trying to make sure i get the right server for the job like i said all i want to do with it is store movies/music and access it easy with no problems
if you guys think the 150 is the best for that i will go for it, just been reading good things about the play's, certified 4k playback etc
 
Haha yeah, have gone a bit off track from original ideas but had to when realized they're not really possible.
im going to go with a micro server with FreeNAS/Unraid. Starting to look for a good deal now.
 
Best Hard drives For the Gen8 Microserver ? presuming each bay takes 4tb so looking at the Seagate Ironwolf?? and also is it worth having an SSD? thanks
 
Cool, I'm gonna put the server on a timer so it shuts down at night when not in use, am i better off getting enterprise/NAS drive or do you think standard
drive would be okay?
 
Oh okay, right now i probably have like 4tb of data and obviously that’s only going to up as constantly updating movie/music collection.
 
okay great thanks for advise will probably use 1 parity drive, i have a 3tb external drive is there a good way to utilise that with the server or is it a bad idea to keep an external drive running 24/7
 
got no room for it in my enclose tbh, yeah thats what i was thinking. One of my drives that i am putting in the server is currently being used as external storage, i think it is formatted to FAT32. Will i need to back the data up and re format through unraid or will i be able to just literally plug it in and it will work (not expecting it to be that easy)
 
Does anyone know if there is a way to save some energy using unraid and a microserver ? My energy used to be around £1 a day, since i have got my server up and running it is now £2.50 per day..?
 
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