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Well, it does make for a much better system though... But it is definately more than i am able to afford now. So maybe start off with just 2 4TB reds mirrored and expand later. Basically, i want just want too much... - Fast performance for streaming HD content to multiple devices at once -...

You are right, i missed that. Any suggestions? Had a look at the Define Mini, but the reviews aren't that good (especially on airflow and non-silent series fans).

That's not correct. You can create a Striped Mirrored Vdev Zpool: VDEVs can be nested. A perfect example is a standard RAID-1+0 (commonly referred to as "RAID-10"). This is a stripe of mirrors. In order to specify the nested VDEVs, just put them on the command line in order (emphasis mine)...

Thanks for all the advice all! So....After some reading here and other forums, this is what i came up with until now, for use i.c.w. FreeNAS (ZFS, not sure about RAIDZ# level, leaning towards 4-disk mirrored+striped): Motherboard Supermicro X10SLH-F uATX, 6x SATA-3 Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN...

Hi there, I'm looking to build my own home nas. Thje ones in the title seem to be the best choices available at the moment, but their price is high. It seems to me that we should be able to build a better system, for less money. What components do you recommend and why? I'm looking for: -...

Budget and speed are issues. But the price difference between those HDD's is only 10 euro, so for comparison of these two, budget it's not an issue. Speed & reliability (durability) however are.

What features are you referring to? Which features do i need for this setup that are in the hH77 chipset and not in the B75 chipset? As for the HDD, which ones are better for 24/7 operation?

Changed the setup a little bit. Could use some advice on the following choices: - Motherboard : ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP // Asus P8B75-V - HDD : 3x Western Digital Red 3TB // Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB (= relabeled Hitachi 7K3000!) (put in a RAIDZ array)

Changed mobo to ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP and CPU to Intel i5 3570, since i'm not going to OC Aslo added the Corsair VX450W PSU. Got some great reviews and is actually over 500W. It should be Powerful, efficient and silent.

Thanks for your advise! Especially the ZFS part. I realise i have to do a bit more reading on the subject. Any place where i can find the best info on this particular subject/situation. It then seems like i realy don't need a 128GB drive. I wasn't planning on moving the files around between...

Thanks for the reply! A few remarks though: - Local transcoding of the movies for streaming is also very CPU intensive. - The processing of very large movie files is not only CPU-intensive, but also very stressful on the (SSD) drive. For downloaded movies, it has to verify (par2), repair...

Hi there. I'm want to build a multi-purpose NAS/MediaCenter. It is going to be used to: - Store pictures (thousends of them, RAW, JPEG, TIFF and other formats) - Store music & stream to various clients - Store HD (1080p) movies & preprocess (local, so on this system) & stream to (at least) 2...