QUOTE(1kokies @ Oct 20 2017, 05:34 AM)
Happy Dee to you too.....just back myself.
Really depends on what you want to do with a NAS, i download FHD, rip blurays,(rip with another PC ah not the NAS), Plex, FTP, work, personal cloud for work. FHD/bluray means those 8GB-30GB movies where got all the subtitles/audio options.
Again i have had help from a supersonic server admin, did not do it alone, but through all the set up i have a running NAS to do all the above. There are many disks in the NAS and need ECC rams.
Your intel G4400 rig looks ok, better than mine as i use ddr3 rams ECC. The problem is using Windows as the OS. Similar with your dilemma i started out with the same OS but as things becomes more serious i have changed the OS. My advice- if just to stream HD movies, store work, have about 4x4TB space, Windows 10 will suffice. Anything more we are going to server land already.................
Here's my opinion:
1. Dlink is ok but sure not as powerful as your other rigs, can use to store work but please raid it and have back ups. Don't need CPU power to stream ie MPC, VLC but if a device like a tvbox or mobile surely cannot or will lag when playing a FHD movie.
2. G4400 rig with W10 OS raid the disk in Storage Spaces in 'mirror' mode, it is like raid 1. if 4x4TB have 2 x raid in mirror. Parity have write speeds of 150mbps though will get more space but it is slow. Storage Spaces are W10 software raid in NTFS format, just the sata on board will suffice. This is basically to create your database space in your server.
3. Install Plex server and configure the settings, guides are on Google. Basically need to create an account, configure the server settings and log in on the web to test. This is basically to create your applications in your server.
4. Open Plex on browser of any device, sign in and click to watch, if it there is an app for the device works the same
5. At this point when you watch on your devices there will be transcoding on your server, this is OK, have to transcode one. The quality of movie i find is similar to watching a bluray disk, streaming a 15GB movie in your home network to a tvbox only.
6. On streaming it is best to use LAN cable, any router has some ports, wifi is not stable, it is just that need to do the cabling(hard work at first but then you are setting up your future network hub once and for all)
7. All these via W10 can only remote via RDP for you to manage the server and Plex is on the browser. You are right the GC is not required/no monitor for the server.
8. All these we are not talking about remote access from outside your home network, you need a good router, VPN, to set that up if want to but the caveat is internet speed
10. But what you get is recycle your rig to centralize/manage all your files, download, RIP, convert, stream it to low cost devices to watch or listen, scale your server when ever the need arises, eliminate purchases of redundant hardware.
Good Luck in your experience !
Oh. I only download FHD movies and animes. I dont rip, cause I dont buy Bluray movies. haha.. All DL.. lolol. For work the file/folder not that big, so I dont really need to use it. Only mainly my animes, now taking up 2.5TB/3TB HDD. haha.. And this disk just RMA only, the previous one gone in less than 1 year as I torrent it a lot, sometimes up to a week at one go. So i think thats why die. haha. Most of my animes got lost there. But I did manage to save about 2TB of my movies and uploaded them into the Dlink NAS that i bought, and the total damage there was 350+400 i think. lol. 350 NAS, 4TB WD Red 400 i think haha.. O well, I didnt have any choice cause I was actually planning to get a NAS which can directly stream movies, but that NAS cost like RM2k for even the basic one, excluding hard disks. At the moment I dont think I can afford 4x4TB hard drives. Planning get one 6TB or 10TB one for my PC and discard some HDDs, or put into my G4400 system as torrentpc. (no plans yet). ahaha. Just a thought. If I can use my G4400 as a NAS then I would be more than delighted to work on it. I have a spare monitor around too. haha.
1. The Dlink I have is the Dlink 320L i think, so its not meant to stream through 4G connection. Only from wired locations from the NAS to PCs. Even laptop cant. I tried. Unless there's a software which I didnt know about.. haha
2. Raid 1 meaning the hard drives are mirrored? Ive asked some sellers in lowyat and they said if u want faster stream must raid two hard drives (which ever capacity doesnt matter) at least to get a faster streaming speed. So meaning if 4x4TB, it'll be 2x4TB and 2x4TB?
3. Plex is 100% free? No ads? I tried to search for softwares, mostly require to pay before can use. haha.. but the features are cool with them, easy to use and stuffs, hassle free.
4. Seems straight forward.
5. Oh.. I dont really get what you mean here. So if my download quality suck, it'll suck even more? lol.
6. I have ports, but at the moment all used up. hahaha. Shizz. I bought a second hand router for my room. ahha. RT-N12HP. Used up all slots, 3PC and 1NAS. one of the 3 is my sister's pc in another room. May have to disconnect my NAS then.. If i really have no choice.
7. RDP means? Probably can sell the GC but I think it has some problems with it. lol. PC restarted when I tried to play CS previously on my AMD spec pc. Probably didnt go well with legacy mobos.
8. Ah.. So meaning. All these can only use from home? If 4G cannot access?
9. Yes. That is what I am looking for, and I like to tinker with my PC. hahaa. Added a few HDDs to my pc and cleaned it also. Now my AMD one also dusty like crap. Needs some cleaning soon already. haha.
Thank you bro. I will try to do it this sunday as tmr Im busy. haha. Will try to get it done quick, then probably can look for a 12TB Seagate Ironwolf drive. ahahaha. Rumored to price at 2.2k i think. Compare to 10TB 2k hahaha..
Thanks for your help. Will bookmark this page so I can check back on unknown issues. xD haha. If there is. Hopefully not. LOL
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