Media backup solution

cerebus

cerebus

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Hi all another problem:

A friend of my wife's just had her backup drives stolen from her home office. As I understand it was a TurboNas with around 3tb of stuff, mostly pictures, networked in her home. She's looking to replace it, but not with the same solution, as the Nas was bulky and didn't interface well with her TV, which couldn't sort out the file structure very easily.

She is quite well off and I think any solution under 8-9k would be okay, but just needs something that works for her. I thought that an Intel NUC or a Zotac ZBOX, or even a Mac Mini connected to a 3tb external would do the trick - but does anyone have any other suggestions, as that seems a bit unwieldy?

Thanks!
 
That DS414 is a beast. I haven't really gotten into this NAS thing before but I like the look of it. Thanks!
 
For 7k I got a microserver with a WiFi card and 2 3TB HDDs and a low profile GPU

I know it takes a lot more tinkering than a prepackaged NAS/MediaServer but you can go far with it, also it may consume more power but it is by no means "ugly" to look at.

And I used a similar setup to this except it was all on ubuntu not on windows.
 
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CrazYmonkeY159 said:
For 7k I got a microserver with a WiFi card and 2 3TB HDDs and a low profile GPU

I know it takes a lot more tinkering than a prepackaged NAS/MediaServer but you can go far with it, also it may consume more power but it is by no means "ugly" to look at.

And I used a similar setup to this except it was all on ubuntu not on windows.
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The Microserver route was my first thought but the tech is very outdated by now - Turion II? Have they moved on since then?
 
I have a Synology at home, which I am ridiculously happy with. DynDNS, VPN, media, downloads, backups, IP camera security captures all just work. One drive developed problems the other day - absolutely painless to replace, with no data loss.
 
cerebus said:
The Microserver route was my first thought but the tech is very outdated by now - Turion II? Have they moved on since then?
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Yes theres a new HP microserver but it's badly priced right now, the previous gen (N54L) is still affordable.

As for tech, yeah the tech is outdated however, it can stream/playback 1080p, download NZBs, and run a moderate GUI "ok"

I guess when 4k comes along you may find yourself stuck however you will still have your HDDs :)
 
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