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Western Digital or Seagate
Dhruv:
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--- Quote from: Dhruv on July 17, 2012, 06:25:34 PM ---It comes in max 1 TB.. not enough for me... i archive anime.. all of them
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You should build a NAS unit. If a 1TB disk is not enough for you, a 2TB disk will fill up soon enough.
I'm the same as you - I keep everything I download (unless I replace them with better versions). I build myself a NAS unit with 4 1.5TB disks in RAID 5 a few years ago - it would be just enough space to store my entire collection of anime and anime movies today. I've built a new NAS/server since, with 6 3TB disks in RAID 5.
The idea is, start off big and you don't have to think about it until much later. Managing a single unit is much easier than managing and organizing several.
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Yes i archive everything... each and every anime i download
i may be a bit slow on downloading but i download big files... like i am current;y downloading almost 140 GB
i am on my first HDD atm but it will fill up soon
a 1TB may fill up in 4-5 months and a 2TB in 10-11 months
and it is a pain to buy to buy them again and again as the place is far(20 kms) from where i live and it takes almost the entire week to arrange and plan to go there... so yeah NAS might be helpful
Can you tell me the cost of NAS unit(preferably in USD) to make conversions easier...
If it is less than the cost of purchasing independent hard disks of same storage i'll definitely consider it.
Edit: Also send me a link of the NAS details
kitamesume:
^HDDs are the best and worst thing to invest, simply put you'd get more storage for your files but in exchange you're gimping budget on other parts when you could just recycle hdd space through deleting unwanted files.
tho i vote for a NAS as well, it seems to be the most logical thing to save you the trouble file clusters going around different PCs. also a low power NAS could serve you a seedbox as well, that could essentially mean leaving it on wouldnt cost you much, plus it could be used as a jukebox as well, HTPC ton top of it isn't such a bad idea either.
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 18, 2012, 04:32:54 PM ---^HDDs are the best and worst thing to invest, simply put you'd get more storage for your files but in exchange you're gimping budget on other parts when you could just recycle hdd space through deleting unwanted files.
tho i vote for a NAS as well, it seems to be the most logical thing to save you the trouble file clusters going around different PCs. also a low power NAS could serve you a seedbox as well, that could essentially mean leaving it on wouldnt cost you much, plus it could be used as a jukebox as well, HTPC ton top of it isn't such a bad idea either.
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I don't think i get the meaning of NAS... Googled it up
so basically it is used for file storage for many computers in a network... and can be used by single person too(my case)
and do things like you mentioned... anything else?
What is the cost though? is it cheaper than the same capacity HDD(in combination that is i.e. 6 hard disks of 2TB each or 4 Hard disks of 3TB each)?
kitamesume:
theres already full NAS units in a few shops like this - Seagate or Western Digital
obviously the NAS units will cost slightly more than buying the HDDs alone, they have their own running computers in them so that the HDDs can be accessed by a network.
also, depending on the usage, mostly if you'll end up using it as a simple seedbox then an atom or zacate single core would suffice and it'll cost you around 150$ for the case+psu/cpu-kit/2gb ram. for a HTPC tho... investing on something that can decode and a micro-atx motherboard would cost you around 250$. do note this doesnt include the HDDs.
PS: building your own NAS would be more beneficial in terms of upgradability, what that means is that you can add more HDD or change some parts for more efficient ones and so on.
something like these:
(click to show/hide)[$59.99]ASRock E35LM1 AMD E-240 APU AMD A50M Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo
[$12.99]Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory
[$49.99]IN WIN BP655.200BL Black Steel Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case 200W Power Supply
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total: $122.97
notes: use the ODD as an HDD space, total of up to 3drives can fit.
(click to show/hide)[$49.99]Intel Celeron G530 Sandy Bridge 2.4GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
[$49.99]MSI H61M-P20 (G3) LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX
[$59.99](optional)MSI R6570-MD1G/LP Radeon HD 6570 1GB 128-bit DDR3
[$12.99]Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory
[$59.99]IN WIN BL641.300TBL Black Steel MicroATX Slim Case Computer Case 300W Power Supply
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total : $232.95
notes: use the ODD and foppy as an HDD space, total of up to 4drives can fit.
edit: a bigger case would be better for more HDD space, but that compromises it's compactness, meaning it'll be hard to hide it.
edit2: i wonder which linux would best serve as a seedbox/NAS OS =P
Dhruv:
^I don't think i am skilled enough to build a NAS on my own...
Buying it would be a better option depending upon the price... what kind of a NAS i can get for $500?
That's from my own side... i'll get dad to give me $400-500 more depending upon my luck as my birthday present :P
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