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 _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
