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Hi, I have a fully Apple-equipped house and am looking to setup a server in my cupboard for iTunes and streaming films with Plex.
As it's just sharing data streams, I'm thinking of buying a mid-2010 Mac Mini, as it can run the latest OSX, then fitting an SSD for system files and maxing the RAM.
For media, I have two external Toshiba drives currently, one of which is 4Gb (currently for films) and one is 2Tb (for Time Machine). I'd move my iTunes library from my iMac onto the 4Tb drive for this project.
Unfortunately, both external drives have the habit of disconnecting fairly often (a known and unresolved fault), although I have a disc-spin app that helps, but doesn't stop this happening.
I'd like this unit to require no intervention, given that I may be away for extended periods, where I'd like remote access.
Would getting a new caddy for the drives assist in resolving the disconnections?
As I'm going for a wall-mounted setup (with a shelf for the drives) a two or four-drive caddy would be great, so I can rip these two drives out of their caddies and pop them in (possibly getting four drives for a RAID setup, later) so I don't have to worry about making more space later.
Any recommendations on suitable caddies and how well this setup would work, are appreciated.
As it's just sharing data streams, I'm thinking of buying a mid-2010 Mac Mini, as it can run the latest OSX, then fitting an SSD for system files and maxing the RAM.
For media, I have two external Toshiba drives currently, one of which is 4Gb (currently for films) and one is 2Tb (for Time Machine). I'd move my iTunes library from my iMac onto the 4Tb drive for this project.
Unfortunately, both external drives have the habit of disconnecting fairly often (a known and unresolved fault), although I have a disc-spin app that helps, but doesn't stop this happening.
I'd like this unit to require no intervention, given that I may be away for extended periods, where I'd like remote access.
Would getting a new caddy for the drives assist in resolving the disconnections?
As I'm going for a wall-mounted setup (with a shelf for the drives) a two or four-drive caddy would be great, so I can rip these two drives out of their caddies and pop them in (possibly getting four drives for a RAID setup, later) so I don't have to worry about making more space later.
Any recommendations on suitable caddies and how well this setup would work, are appreciated.