Hello
I need help.
I own a 2012 Mac mini and need storage space for my music and video and photo library. I am also going to be editing RAW photos but occasionally.
Do I stop wasting my money and time and go straight to a Synology DS413?
I do not need most of the features of the NAS because the Mac mini can do it instead. However, the Synology product is expandable, RAID-able, and HDDs can be added incrementally unlike a RAID enclosure. Furthermore, the file format is Operating System agnostic and most importantly the device can run 24x7 with excellent noise, power consumption and hard drive protection.
Is the NAS dependable for hosting the Plex library and capable of having 1 computer reading a movie off it and another editing RAW photos?
Is going for a DAS RAID device the wrong way to go as transfer rate of 100-200-300 Megabytes per second are not important for playing a 1080p movie? Is the RAID also too Mac specific in terms of having Windows machines reading the data? I mean how would I give a friend of mine photos when the Mac cannot write to NTFS? Do I just solve this with 3rd party software?
On the other hand I do not want to fork out too much money and was considering a single bay external hard drive such as the Hitachi g-drive with 4TB. These look like they are quite durable and run cool so they can stay on 24x7.
The mini is really powerful at quad core, 16GB ram and I feel guilty as the NAS is a bit of an overkill but actually does make financial sense and is very flexible.
What do you guys use to run your Plex library etc?
Are things like Startech, OWC qx2, Icy Box, even remotely reliable? or do I stick with Promise DS4600 and Lacie and g-technology?
Thanks in advance (oh and be gentle!) and sorry for the sheer number of questions.
A paranoid, mac newbie....
I need help.
I own a 2012 Mac mini and need storage space for my music and video and photo library. I am also going to be editing RAW photos but occasionally.
Do I stop wasting my money and time and go straight to a Synology DS413?
I do not need most of the features of the NAS because the Mac mini can do it instead. However, the Synology product is expandable, RAID-able, and HDDs can be added incrementally unlike a RAID enclosure. Furthermore, the file format is Operating System agnostic and most importantly the device can run 24x7 with excellent noise, power consumption and hard drive protection.
Is the NAS dependable for hosting the Plex library and capable of having 1 computer reading a movie off it and another editing RAW photos?
Is going for a DAS RAID device the wrong way to go as transfer rate of 100-200-300 Megabytes per second are not important for playing a 1080p movie? Is the RAID also too Mac specific in terms of having Windows machines reading the data? I mean how would I give a friend of mine photos when the Mac cannot write to NTFS? Do I just solve this with 3rd party software?
On the other hand I do not want to fork out too much money and was considering a single bay external hard drive such as the Hitachi g-drive with 4TB. These look like they are quite durable and run cool so they can stay on 24x7.
The mini is really powerful at quad core, 16GB ram and I feel guilty as the NAS is a bit of an overkill but actually does make financial sense and is very flexible.
What do you guys use to run your Plex library etc?
Are things like Startech, OWC qx2, Icy Box, even remotely reliable? or do I stick with Promise DS4600 and Lacie and g-technology?
Thanks in advance (oh and be gentle!) and sorry for the sheer number of questions.
A paranoid, mac newbie....