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Western Digital or Seagate
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 18, 2012, 07:08:55 PM ---either WD or buffalo should work, but whichever is more reliable i have no idea, usually i just slap those HDDs on my torrent box and voala, heh.
NAS works as an independent unit outside of any PC, meaning they'll work even if you don't have a PC to use it with. their main use is sort of like an online storage but in this case you're making it run directly onto your network.
think of it as your PC's HDD being shared openly on your network, thats whats a NAS is.
edit: i vote for custom self-built NAS tho, you'd be able to manage the parts being used, and should be much more reliable to boot. which OS tho i don't know, but teamviewer should serve well as a remote control.
edit2: btw, if you're using windows7 you can hotlink your NAS like its a native HDD via network location, simply right click my computer and click "add network location" and follow the wizard.
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I'll try when i buy it :)
i am in no hurry to buy in the next 2 months atleast...and birthday is in November so yeah
so i can directly download all my torrents in this NAS?
And this isn't cheaper like you said
$210 for 3TB makes it $70/TB
$70<$80...
Do they have a longer life than conventional HDD's?
kitamesume:
nah, they have the same lifespan or so, that is unless they used some refurbished drives or something.
like i said, they're essentially racks with HDDs and extra features thats gonna be directly plugged onto your network.
hence buying the parts yourself would at least guarantee the parts itself =P its like pre-built vs diy-build PCs.
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 18, 2012, 07:36:52 PM ---nah, they have the same lifespan or so, that is unless they used some refurbished drives or something.
like i said, they're essentially racks with HDDs and extra features thats gonna be directly plugged onto your network.
hence buying the parts yourself would at least guarantee the parts itself =P its like pre-built vs diy-build PCs.
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Alright i'll put NAS under consideration too... like i said i have months to buy it....
Atleast i was able to kick out seagate ;)
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 18, 2012, 04:59:15 PM ---theres already full NAS units in a few shops like this - Seagate or Western Digital
obviously the NAS units will cost slightly more than buying the HDDs alone, they have their own running computers in them so that the HDDs can be accessed by a network.
also, depending on the usage, mostly if you'll end up using it as a simple seedbox then an atom or zacate single core would suffice and it'll cost you around 150$ 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
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128517
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103951
Mobo/Processor comes to $160, eliminates the need for a graphics card (the integrated graphics run similar to a 5xxx Radeon, more than enough for HD video), adds a 3rd core, just if you need it for some reason, permits a smaller case and allows for 6 HDDs (not 4!).
I've been slowly scheming building something similar myself of late; some sort of HTPC/Server/Seedbox that's silent and low power. Still needs work mind (it's currently pushing the £1000 mark :()
Freedom Kira:
A NAS unit is essentially a computer that sits connected to your network and only ever provides storage for files over the network. You could think of it as a localized cloud service that you manage yourself.
A NAS unit can be as simple as an external (containing any number of disks, though most people assume that when someone says "NAS" they mean a unit with 4+ disks) connected by Ethernet, or you can set up a low-power computer to act as a NAS and perform other duties as well (small web server, torrent, etc.). Pretty much any computer can act like a NAS if you set it up to do so.
If you really don't want to go through the hassle of building your own mini machine (it's actually very easy but I won't pressure you), you should definitely take a look at Drobo. That's some pretty cool stuff there. It's a tad expensive but it's very impressive how it works.
By the way, if you RAID 5 or 6 your disks, 6x2TB will give you more space than 4x3TB, though the 6x2TB array will be a bit more prone to failure as well if 2TB and 3TB disks have the same failure rates. It's generally not recommended that you create a giant disk by just combining all the disk space together (either "RAID" 0 or JBOD) because you can lose all your data if you lose just one disk out of the set.
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