mikinho wrote: 1- What type

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August 2, 2011 at 5:00 pm #5085
SpacemanSpiff2000

    [quote=mikinho]

    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

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    1) Good points. Will have to lookup QuickSync.

    I envision the video content being my ripped DVDs (and Blurays, as I accumulate them), direct DVR’d recordings from TV (think Ceton, later), PVR recordings from my present DVR and camcorders … can’t think of more (or what’s possible). FYI, I’ll probably want it to serve music, too … when I get an AVR and speakers.

    I guess I should clarify “transcoding” … does that mean just making files smaller and/or cutting commercials? I’m not sure what else is possible in this realm, so I’m not really sure how to use this word yet.

    And I’m surprised the hear the 2100 does so well … but is that still true while it’s recording other stuff? If I’m going to go for any automated transcoding, I just figured it should be on another box, and this NAS should be the only other box in the house that no one is trying to sit in front of and actually use … or I’ll have to build ANOTHER box (this $1K HDTV is getting expensive).

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

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    I am open to anything right now. I just suggested Linux b/c I figured that’s the common, user supported, home-use Unix now. It just has to serve the HTPC with WMC somehow. (I figure anything will take a backup from my other XP & Win7 PCs.)

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

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    Have not researched these. Please refer to my recent post. If someone thinks that’s better and can fulfill all the needs in the OP. (e.g., office/home backup, serve the HTPC, transcode?, easy disk pulls for offsite storage/disaster recovery/hot-swapping?)

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

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    Just a bunch of old PATA disks, so probably not (unless I can reuse them vs. chucking them). I’ve got those 2x 2TBs in my current WD NAS, but they will be needed to initially load this new NAS. Would love to use some old cases, too, vs. chucking.  I used to be all about rebuilding with old parts until the tech starting leaping too fast.

    I suppose I could also retire my wife’s Pentium E2160 PC (and spec her a new build), if that would work. She would like that. :^{D

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    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.

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    Thank you so much for the specific recommendation. I can look into those things and perhaps other similars (never heard of IPMI … will look).