Hi Guys
I recently bought a Netgear Readynas Duo to use as a media server.
I set it all up and I liked the simple set up and configuration that the web client gives.
I had read reviews that it was slow when using Ipeng and the like due to the CPU limitations and thought it probably wouldn’t be as bad as many people suggested however I’ve found it nigh on unusable with the remotes (over 1 minute to load my artist list and then another minute or so to load the album and then track so upon trying to find a song it can take around 3 minutes.
I’m therefore intending to return/sell it and get myself something a little more suitable. I’ve been recommended the Vortexbox which I’ve seen on Ebay for £280 inc postage. Which seems to be highly rated although it comes with a cd ripper which would be handy but not essential for me and only a 1tb hard drive. Does anyone know if this is upgradeable as I liked the Raid option that the readynas offered.
My other option would be to build a simple server, I’ve competent at building pc’s however I’ve been out of that for about 3 years or so now and I appreciate technology has moved on a lot. I believe the Atom platform seems to be the low energy option. Could anyone let me know what kind of spec would be best to set something like this up. Ideally I’d like a raid setup with either 2x 1tb or 2x2tb disk space.
Would I then run something like Vortexbox or Freenas from one of the installed hard drives? I’ve heard people mention installing them onto a usb pen drive and then booting from that. How simple are those software systems to configure and set up?
I’m sure there have been plenty questions similar to this asked so if there are similar threads you may know about feel free to just direct me to them
Thanks
I recently bought a Netgear Readynas Duo to use as a media server.
I set it all up and I liked the simple set up and configuration that the web client gives.
I had read reviews that it was slow when using Ipeng and the like due to the CPU limitations and thought it probably wouldn’t be as bad as many people suggested however I’ve found it nigh on unusable with the remotes (over 1 minute to load my artist list and then another minute or so to load the album and then track so upon trying to find a song it can take around 3 minutes.
I’m therefore intending to return/sell it and get myself something a little more suitable. I’ve been recommended the Vortexbox which I’ve seen on Ebay for £280 inc postage. Which seems to be highly rated although it comes with a cd ripper which would be handy but not essential for me and only a 1tb hard drive. Does anyone know if this is upgradeable as I liked the Raid option that the readynas offered.
My other option would be to build a simple server, I’ve competent at building pc’s however I’ve been out of that for about 3 years or so now and I appreciate technology has moved on a lot. I believe the Atom platform seems to be the low energy option. Could anyone let me know what kind of spec would be best to set something like this up. Ideally I’d like a raid setup with either 2x 1tb or 2x2tb disk space.
Would I then run something like Vortexbox or Freenas from one of the installed hard drives? I’ve heard people mention installing them onto a usb pen drive and then booting from that. How simple are those software systems to configure and set up?
I’m sure there have been plenty questions similar to this asked so if there are similar threads you may know about feel free to just direct me to them
Thanks