okay so here goes, my plans for a DIY home NAS
> planning to setup home NAS using a cheap PC deal that i MIGHT be able to get
> old C2D or Celeron, 4GB DDR2 RAM, more than sufficient. ill just find a decent sized casing that supports 4 drives at least (i think its a microserver, HP7800 or HP7900 series)
> assuming they have enough SATA ports to support the amount of drives i plan to put, i might change to a 2 drive NAS setup instead of my original 4
> planning to boot it using FreeNAS through a pendrive boot (is this okay?)
> planning to throw in 1x4TB WD Green or Red atm, before expanding to more in future
> main purpose is for entertainment/media streaming and my regular PC data backup

okay now question time

1. How do i setup the NAS based on my network? This is what i think it is atm
PC<LAN cable/wireless<Router/Modem>LAN port>NAS
This is the usual setup right?


2. Using Maxis 10Mbps FTTH with default router atm, im quite concerned on how much will the bandwidth be eaten during my regular backups to the NAS as i have other family members using the same connection as well. Not to mention, what are my achievable read/write speeds through the NAS? is it extremely dependent on the Internet im currently subscribed to? Will be using this to stream FHD movies and standard MP3/FLAC songs.


really sorry for asking stupid questions and for spoon feeding, but i need a crash course regarding setting up a DIY NAS (been reading for days and hours but my mind seems to be ughh)


i would appreciate it alot too if someone is willing to take the time to recommend and guide me on DIY NAS. or even a better choice version in the event DIY isnt so feasible

i used to eye the WD MYCloud quite alot, but then the lack of expansion and upgradability puts me off

EDIT: might be setting up the NAS in a different floor of my router too, by connecting through Homeplugs. what are the issues that may arise from this setup?

This post has been edited by marfccy: Aug 21 2014, 05:14 AM

its an entire PC system afaik, for about <RM100 (if i secure the deal la)

sadly, it seems theres only 2 SATA ports or 3 max from what i heard about the specs

ouch, 11MB/s for writing? read wise? shouldnt have any prob streaming 1080p movies and anime right?

thankfully, ill be the only hardcore user atm

i can see the poison coming in

so the Gigabit switch will be connected from router's Gigabit LAN and sort of spread out for multiple LAN users?

using this Technicolour router from Maxis, i think there is another Gigabit LAN port right?


This post has been edited by marfccy: Aug 21 2014, 02:00 PM

this is the model name Technicolor TG784n v3

the specs said there is an extra Gigabit Ethernet port (ill need to manually inspect to make sure its there though)

using SSD as NAS? thats insane

wildwestgoh

say if im using a 200Mbps Homeplug connected through gigabit ethernet from router to my NAS at other floor, will the speeds be throttled by the Homeplugs?

there is a 500MBps one, but ofc more expensive

drill holes? still living with parents, anything that destroys house aesthetics is extremely forbidden :/

either HTPC or media player only afaik

yep, WD Media player, Android box, AppleTV etc etc

provided they can access into your NAS through LAN or wireless

just bought DLINK-327L, first time NAS user here running under JBOD with two random 1TB disk lying about

cant believe got stuck while installing/setup for 30mins cause Windows Firewall blocking device although enabled

backing up files atm, but such slow shouldve known better than chucking in multiple 2-3GB files in one shot

did you plug in to correct gigabit LAN port in router?

did you setup the NAS with encrypted mode on? (this one for me back then throttled me the most for my DLink NAS)

in the end went non-encrypted and voila, back full speed