Want to setup a NAS

[MadMouser]

My NAS is separate from my HTPC, and in a different room to keep noise down. The HTPC is in a small case with very few lights to distract. It's a pretty minimal build, done that way on purpose. A Sandy Bridge G840, Radeon discrete GPU, 4 gig ram, Win 7 + XBMC. The NAS is a CentOS box with 8 2tb drives in a software RAID-6, XFS. I've got 11tb usable storage, about 50% full now. All DVDs are full disc ISOs. BluRays are MKVs of the main movie track only. Everything streams just fine over gig-e.

[Drac]

My NAS is separate from my HTPC, and in a different room to keep noise down. The HTPC is in a small case with very few lights to distract. It's a pretty minimal build, done that way on purpose. A Sandy Bridge G840, Radeon discrete GPU, 4 gig ram, Win 7 + XBMC. The NAS is a CentOS box with 8 2tb drives in a software RAID-6, XFS. I've got 11tb usable storage, about 50% full now. All DVDs are full disc ISOs. BluRays are MKVs of the main movie track only. Everything streams just fine over gig-e.

That is sort of what I'm looking to do. The first case is what I want in the living room using the TV as the monitor. The second case would be the NAS.

But NAS is something new to me. I have book coming in but I have found they rarely cover the little issues that can happen.

Jim

[MacBean]

I bought an LG-NAS N2A2. 2T. RAID (but not 5 or hotswappable). Plug it into the network, install a bit of software, and you have a web server of your file system. OK, the web interface is something less than Windows Explorer, but for the occasional file while in remote parts of the world, it works fine from any Web Browser.

The backup software is too simplisitic. I haven't figured out streaming video or tunes yet, but it says you can do it.

Price is very right for home use.