[olug] DIY NAS/HTPC

[Matthew Botts]

I'd like to recommend the WD red series of drives. I think Amazon still has
them on some kind of sale.
On Jan 8, 2013 5:17 PM, "Obi-Wan" <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:

> > -          Energy
> > -          Heat
> > -          # disks (sata III no SAS) minimum 5 disks
> > -          Noise
>
> Proper cooling for 5+ spinning disks will not be quiet.  I'd highly
> recommend separating the storage from the head unit.  Get a nice,
> small, pretty, quiet head unit for the living room, and put the big,
> loud, ugly NAS in the basement with a hard-wired GigE connection to
> the head unit.
>
> For drives, I recommend the Western Digital Caviar Black drives.
> They're more expensive, but they have a 5 yr warranty, and they get
> the best reviews on NewEgg.  I've used both Seagate's & WD's customer
> support for warranty returns in the last year.  Seagate was a nightmare.
> WD was a dream.  I'm not gonna touch Seagate again for a few years
> because of that experience.
>
> > -          NAS software (no WHS)
>
> Freenas will get you ZFS, if it matterns.  I've not used any of the
> dedicated NAS software myself.
>
> --
> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth    obiwan at jedi.com    PrairieRimImages.com
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