I'm in the market for a NAS and have been advised to check out Thecus. Looking at their product line, I'd probably need one with 4-bays (1.5 to 2tb) RAID-5. That runs 380+/- plus hard drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-026-_-Product
Alternatively, I'm considering making one using the following parts (or similar):
rough pricing from newegg
$66 AMD Phenom II X2 545 (may be capable of unlocking up to 4 cores)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103817
$76 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 Micro ATX Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131654R
$80 Antec Mini P180 White Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129044
$45 Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W Continuous power 80+ Bronze
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371033
$70 Kingston ValueRAM 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 ECC Unbuffered Server Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820139077
Free OS from Dreamspark (Server 2008R2)
Reuse old hard drive for OS (7200.10 500GB)
$337 + hard drives
Eventually would probably want at least 8GB memory, but it seems that this would be a more capable device.
Thoughts? Do I forgo more power in favor of simplicity and less electricity used? Or do I go with a NAS that comes with ZFS out of the box and all the items working perfectly.
My primary use would be to store and serve my DVD collection (1tb+) to a PS3 as well as safely store 500GB of pictures taken with my Canon Rebel XT and underwater photos taken in Raw. Storing and streaming my CD collection would consolidate multiple copies currently saved on various laptops.
All thoughts greatly appreciated!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-026-_-Product
Alternatively, I'm considering making one using the following parts (or similar):
rough pricing from newegg
$66 AMD Phenom II X2 545 (may be capable of unlocking up to 4 cores)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103817
$76 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 Micro ATX Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131654R
$80 Antec Mini P180 White Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129044
$45 Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W Continuous power 80+ Bronze
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371033
$70 Kingston ValueRAM 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 ECC Unbuffered Server Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820139077
Free OS from Dreamspark (Server 2008R2)
Reuse old hard drive for OS (7200.10 500GB)
$337 + hard drives
Eventually would probably want at least 8GB memory, but it seems that this would be a more capable device.
Thoughts? Do I forgo more power in favor of simplicity and less electricity used? Or do I go with a NAS that comes with ZFS out of the box and all the items working perfectly.
My primary use would be to store and serve my DVD collection (1tb+) to a PS3 as well as safely store 500GB of pictures taken with my Canon Rebel XT and underwater photos taken in Raw. Storing and streaming my CD collection would consolidate multiple copies currently saved on various laptops.
All thoughts greatly appreciated!
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