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Nas drives
- Thread starter Jaff.
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Yes there are but you get less functionality. A media centre is basically a really low power consumption PC that is used primarily for media. Plug it into your TV so access all your movies and music. Usually run software like XBMC
You've got 2 options
Buy a nas drive that has a built in iTunes server (most do as they are effectively little linux machines) - but then it's a bit of an arse to organise the itunes library
Buy a nas - then tell iTunes that the library is on the nas drive and leave your pc running to dish the itunes library out
That's what I do but with a mac mini
Buy a nas drive that has a built in iTunes server (most do as they are effectively little linux machines) - but then it's a bit of an arse to organise the itunes library
Buy a nas - then tell iTunes that the library is on the nas drive and leave your pc running to dish the itunes library out
That's what I do but with a mac mini
coolspot007007
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I run a WDTV Live hub (1TB NAS and media controller) and store all my TV/Films on a Synology Diskstaion (twin 3TB) NAS/small business server. The WDTV can run additional usb storage and obviously you can just add a NAS to the network to expand it so it would be a cheap option.
The Synology can run as a media server on it's own but you'd be looking at £250 + drives to go in it, mine wasn't powerfull enough to run 1080p over dlna (2011 model) so I had to add the WDTV . You can add apps to it like Sickbeard and Couchpotato to get TV and Films for you automatically and/or add to your download list from your mobile etc. so it's ready when you get home, it's a great bit of kit. It has an itunes server too.
The Synology can run as a media server on it's own but you'd be looking at £250 + drives to go in it, mine wasn't powerfull enough to run 1080p over dlna (2011 model) so I had to add the WDTV . You can add apps to it like Sickbeard and Couchpotato to get TV and Films for you automatically and/or add to your download list from your mobile etc. so it's ready when you get home, it's a great bit of kit. It has an itunes server too.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/netgear-s...ome_Network_Storage_NAS_2&hash=item35caa49c90
That's what I run - with the iTunes library on my mac mini
They're epic - you can even hack them to run full linux. Stopped making them now though so difficult to get hold of.
I'm going to pick another one up off ebay this month before they dissapear as my iTunes library has nearly filled my 2tb NAS lol
That's what I run - with the iTunes library on my mac mini
They're epic - you can even hack them to run full linux. Stopped making them now though so difficult to get hold of.
I'm going to pick another one up off ebay this month before they dissapear as my iTunes library has nearly filled my 2tb NAS lol
Problem with that is no backup. The stora has 2 hard drives running in raid, so if one goes down you don't lose everything.
Pretty essential for me as my whole Aperture photography library and every dvd I've ever bought is all on the NAS drive
Pretty essential for me as my whole Aperture photography library and every dvd I've ever bought is all on the NAS drive
Well I used to leave my pc on all the time until my electric bill landed and realised I was paying way too much and not using it enough. So I was hoping a nas drive would be a happy medium as in will stay on all the time with access to it when I want to (via ps3 and I was hoping ATV) and not consume so much power
I managed to get my hands on a Synology DS209+II nas from work that was being thrown away and it's fantastic. I stuck a few TBs of space into it, it will put stuff out over Windows sharing, NFS, all sorts of technolgoeis. You can download addons for it for example, you can make it so a .torrent file in a particular directory, will start the NAS downlaoding that torrent, amongst other things.
Synology devices are pretty good for the consumer - we got rid of it because it wasn't quiote 'enterprise grade'.
I would say NAS all the way, They're not very expensive either, be sure to get one with at least 2 bays, so you can have it in RAID either for redundancy, no REAL advantage putting it in performance mode (RAID0 stripe) since it's a networked device anyway and will be subject to multiple things slowing it down on the way.
Synology devices are pretty good for the consumer - we got rid of it because it wasn't quiote 'enterprise grade'.
I would say NAS all the way, They're not very expensive either, be sure to get one with at least 2 bays, so you can have it in RAID either for redundancy, no REAL advantage putting it in performance mode (RAID0 stripe) since it's a networked device anyway and will be subject to multiple things slowing it down on the way.
The drive will always be on, disks might go into standby. When you 'search' for it, the LAN port will 'wake it up' and the disks spin into life.
You can get some that will take external usb drives and share them out automatically too! I think synology would be the route for you to look down.
is your apple tv jail broken? if so you can get nas drives that will run plex media server on it... the less powerful nas units wont decode though, you have to have it in the right format or it wont decode on the fly... however the more expensive ones do...
but you are looking 300+ with out drives...
plex will stream to xbox etc.
but you are looking 300+ with out drives...
plex will stream to xbox etc.
coolspot007007
ClioSport Club Member
Seat Leon Cupra
If you get a Synology you can schedule it to power itself on/off with an app. I have mine coming on at 4.30pm -3.30am weekdays and 10am-3.30am weekends to allow time for downloading that days TV before I get in from work. They are pretty efficient anyway and if you don't want the power scheduled it supports wake on LAN too.
HP Micro Proliants are good, but the aim here is not to have a dedicated machine running like a server or pc. NAS offers much more low-power operation.
Polo + Micra
i've got ubuntu on mine running trasmission and samba with 5 drives and a graphics card and pulls about 70w max (average about 35w) it only has a 150w psu
from a price point of view it's better than the synology for a 4 bay
That's actually a lot less draw than I thought! My 2-bay synology draws 10-25W with 2 drives.
They did have a good deal on those proliants a while back, we got 2 in work for about £160 after cashback, not including drives though.
Rav4
Are you running plex off your mac mini or your NAS, I cannot remember
I have a Synology 1513+, which I have Plex running on it, but not too good, so will be running off the Mac Mini.
Plex is simply awesome.
I've just finally gone and bought a NAS, been thinking about it for years, need something raided to protect my photos.
Gone for a synology DS213J and 2x 3TB WD Red NAS drives.
Not sure I'm going to use it to stream using DLNA as i mostly watch my downloaded tv shows on my 17" MBP in bed, but we'll see.
Gone for a synology DS213J and 2x 3TB WD Red NAS drives.
Not sure I'm going to use it to stream using DLNA as i mostly watch my downloaded tv shows on my 17" MBP in bed, but we'll see.
OS X will be able to see the shared folders on your diskstation and they'll be treated as a network drive. No need to install any DLNA media server app on the NAS. You'll be able to play the files using VLC or the like. If you mount the shared folders in OS X, then Plex XBMC will be able to access them also.
