On Mon, 2017-11-06 at 08:43 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 11/06/17 08:31, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-11-06 at 08:09 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 11/06/17 05:30, François Patte wrote:
> > > Does anyone have some experience in building a NAS --- stocking and
> > > broadcasting multimedia stuff on home network --- using fedora?
> >
> > In the past, yes. But then more, and varied, devices were bought. Android
devices,
> > SmartTV, etc. Then friends learned what I had and asked for access. And knew
the
> > space needed to be expanded. Looking around I found very good options for
dedicated
> > NAS at low prices. Included in the offerings were Android and Apple apps to
make
> > access easy with a nice end user experience. Things like thumbnails for TV
shows and
> > Movies, the ability to mark them watched. Also, the system will download and
in the
> > apps display descriptions of the show/episode or movie. And a bunch of other
stuff.
> > So, for me, I didn't see the need to reinvent the wheel and then maintain
it. That
> > wasn't my goal.
> >
> > I spend less than US$ 400 for a 2 bay unit to take advantage of RAID.
> >
> > Just something to consider.
>
> That would be the cost *without* the disk drives, right? All the same,
> I'm broadly on the same page. Unless the OP has a suitable box lying
> around, it's reasonable to get an off-the-shelf NAS for this kind of
> thing. Just be aware that most of the cheaper units have anemic CPUs
> that may not be up to transcoding high-quality video for multiple
> streaming users. There's a Plex guide here:
>
>
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201373793
>
> which should give an idea of the kind of thing to look out for, even if
> not using Plex.
No, it was US$400 including 2-3TB drives. I got a Synology. I thought about a
higher end model but I didn't have a need for transcoding.
That's about what I paid for my Iomega with 2x1TB Seagate drives about
8 years ago. I since have had to replace both drives with WD units as
they failed, luckily not at the same time so RAID-0 saved me. I did
look at getting a new NAS but wasn't convinced the benefit would be
worth the cost. I finally figured I didn't actually need RAID for the
media (as it all has alternative sources), just for the data backup, so
I got a new drive for my PC, moved the media onto it, and as a bonus
configured my old PC's drive for my Windows VM, which I can also now
dual-boot if necessary. But everyone's requirements are different.
poc