2008-05-08, 22:11
hazeh Wrote:I've tried unraid (no trust in it), very briefly tried openfiler (required another machine running), setup my own simple servers (.) and I've used a readynas (haha) - and have stuck with and use freenas for storage.
No time to elaborate more atm. My reading of this thread was completely blinded by some silly posts, if you are actually planning on storing 24tb of data you obviously will be doing some research and testing.
Personally I think the idea of running windows, running apps on the same machine and letting parents/girlfriends control it is completely nuts.
Not sure if you thought the data would be stored on the same computer as the HTPC, but they are seperate. My parents wouldn't actually use it. I just was trying to say it would be nice if someone that totally technologically inept could use the system. I only have about 2.3tb of data right now so I wont be filling it up instantly. With the ever expanding availability of HD content 24tb wont really be that much space.
I'll have to look closer at FreeNAS, it looks interesting. I was thinking of using the server to re-encode dvds to H.264, but that was just a thought. FreeNAS would kind of mess that up, but I guess it wouldn't be a big deal. I could just keep them in Video_TS folders and skip the re-encoding. It looks like a lot of people have some interesting setups and ideas.