So I am looking at building a NAS to store primarily media audio/video and stream them across the network. One big consideration I have is reducing power consumption and having a smaller form factor.
Mini-Itx Motherboard
Raid 5 or 6
Nas Drives 5 or 6
Preferably multiple gigabit ports(network has smart switches/routing)(can be add-on nic later for additional ports)
One thing that is going to have a huge impact on the design is what kind of software to use on the NAS. Freenas? Windows Server? ESXI?
I am hoping somebody else has some insight into these decisions and choices. Getting this right the first time is important and I am VOIP engineer so configuration can certainly be dealt with its just a matter of finding the right application solution. What kinds of experiences do you guys have with these applications? Most of my experience revolves around ESXI and Windows Server, but never with regards to a NAS/SAN type setup.
Thanks so much everybody. Merry Xmas.
Mini-Itx Motherboard
Raid 5 or 6
Nas Drives 5 or 6
Preferably multiple gigabit ports(network has smart switches/routing)(can be add-on nic later for additional ports)
One thing that is going to have a huge impact on the design is what kind of software to use on the NAS. Freenas? Windows Server? ESXI?
I am hoping somebody else has some insight into these decisions and choices. Getting this right the first time is important and I am VOIP engineer so configuration can certainly be dealt with its just a matter of finding the right application solution. What kinds of experiences do you guys have with these applications? Most of my experience revolves around ESXI and Windows Server, but never with regards to a NAS/SAN type setup.
Thanks so much everybody. Merry Xmas.