A couple things:1- What type

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July 29, 2011 at 3:12 pm #5053
mikinho
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    A couple things:

    1- What type of video content do you primary haveplan to have?

    I’m asking the Core i3-2100 will do a better job of transcoding content assuming QuickSync supports it.

    In general, you don’t want o build a NAS for power.  An ideal NAS does three things very well in my opinion.  It is 1) Stable 2) Efficient 3) Flexible

    2- Are you tied down toe Linux or would you be open to FreeBSD solutions as well?

    3- Did you want suggestions for off-the-shelf products like the Synology, Netgair and Drobo?

    4- If you do go DIY, do you have any existing hardware you would be re-using?

    If I was doing a DIY NAS I would go w/ an Intel Atom D525 board that had dual Intel NICs for teaming.  To be specific the Supermicro X7SPA-HF-D525.  Low poer, 4GB RAM, good SATA controller, 6x SATA ports, IPMI (huge IMHO) and extremely important to me dual Intel NICs.  I use this board for my routers and a backup NAS.