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Western Digital or Seagate
kitamesume:
^ its a diskless system.
the difference between the HTPC-NAS and torrent-NAS is their main componentry, the torrent-NAS has a weak component but at least enough to drive a torrent client and host a file server at the same time, while the HTPC-NAS has enough power to decode videos to be used as an HTPC which essentially will be much more expensive but it has it's uses. unless you don't need the HTPC-NAS then you'd be content with the torrent-NAS.
advantages of making your NAS an HTPC would be that your files is directly on that unit itself, leaving it on would be both advantageous as a HTPC and NAS as well while letting it sit idle wouldn't be a waste since it can both torrent and serve as a file server.
but first things first you outa decide how big of a case can you keep, the bigger the better but too big would be a problem in setting it on one spot.
halfelite:
--- Quote from: Dhruv on July 19, 2012, 04:52:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: halfelite on July 19, 2012, 04:47:11 PM ---You dont sound to technical if you want a nas go with synology. you can get a 4bay for 350$ or less or something like the DS1512+ which is a 5 bay expandable to 15. One good thing about synology is you dont need the same size drives. It will let you mix and match. So you dont need 5 3tb drives. you can mix 2x1tb with 2x3tb and it will give you all the space usable even in raid 5 mode.
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Yup you got that right i am not at all technical.
so synology you mentioned for $350... does it have any disks or is it a diskless system?
and how do you expand it? i can't picture it?
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looks like this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049MPQGS/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B004XYJJ9W&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0RZS94BKQ19ZXW0GXT8C
You buy say a 3tb drive pop it in and you have 3 tb of storage. when you start running low you drop in another 3tb drive you now have 6tb of storage. anytime you need space you just add a drive to it it will do all the work of expanding the file system and such, if you run there hybrid raid 5 then you need to start with at least 2 disks
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 19, 2012, 04:59:20 PM ---^ its a diskless system.
the difference between the HTPC-NAS and torrent-NAS is their main componentry, the torrent-NAS has a weak component but at least enough to drive a torrent client and host a file server at the same time, while the HTPC-NAS has enough power to decode videos to be used as an HTPC which essentially will be much more expensive but it has it's uses. unless you don't need the HTPC-NAS then you'd be content with the torrent-NAS.
advantages of making your NAS an HTPC would be that your files is directly on that unit itself, leaving it on would be both advantageous as a HTPC and NAS as well while letting it sit idle wouldn't be a waste since it can both torrent and serve as a file server.
but first things first you outa decide how big of a case can you keep, the bigger the better but too big would be a problem in setting it on one spot.
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I guess it would be better for me if i bought Torrent-NAS one as my purposes are fairly limited to only storage.
It seems it will be cheaper on the long run.
But bigger system can be a problem... not a worry i can always buy a trolley to move it around on ;)
--- Quote from: halfelite on July 19, 2012, 05:01:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dhruv on July 19, 2012, 04:52:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: halfelite on July 19, 2012, 04:47:11 PM ---You dont sound to technical if you want a nas go with synology. you can get a 4bay for 350$ or less or something like the DS1512+ which is a 5 bay expandable to 15. One good thing about synology is you dont need the same size drives. It will let you mix and match. So you dont need 5 3tb drives. you can mix 2x1tb with 2x3tb and it will give you all the space usable even in raid 5 mode.
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Yup you got that right i am not at all technical.
so synology you mentioned for $350... does it have any disks or is it a diskless system?
and how do you expand it? i can't picture it?
--- End quote ---
looks like this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049MPQGS/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B004XYJJ9W&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0RZS94BKQ19ZXW0GXT8C
You buy say a 3tb drive pop it in and you have 3 tb of storage. when you start running low you drop in another 3tb drive you now have 6tb of storage. anytime you need space you just add a drive to it it will do all the work of expanding the file system and such, if you run there hybrid raid 5 then you need to start with at least 2 disks
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Okay so i can't mix the amount of capacity disks? like 2TB+3TB
How exactly do you expand it? i mean increase the number of slots
And the cost of disk that go inside it would be lesser than the ones which are sold separately i.e. like WD 2TB... just connect it to the computer straight and start using
kitamesume:
360$ for a diskless station is kinda iffy :-\
btw, check this case if it can suit you [$49.99]COOLER MASTER Elite 361
dimensions: Width-5.9" x Height-14.4" x Length-18.2"
theres a maximum of 4 x 3.5" spaces for drive and one 5.25" that can be used for another drive, also if you use an M-ATX board you can occupy the 3 x expansion slots for drives as well. for a total of 8drives at least.
scratch that, antec 300 it is based on price alone =/
halfelite:
--- Quote from: Dhruv on July 19, 2012, 05:07:31 PM ---
Okay so i can't mix the amount of capacity disks? like 2TB+3TB
How exactly do you expand it? i mean increase the number of slots
And the cost of disk that go inside it would be lesser than the ones which are sold separately i.e. like WD 2TB... just connect it to the computer straight and start using
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yes you can mix different capacity drives its one of the nice things about synology but double check you can on that 4bay model you might have to bump up to the 450$ model, depending on the model you buy synology sales expandable modules think of it as an esata with that connects to the back fo the unit and has 5 bays. Price of the disk is the same they are the same drives.
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