I just did this with a roughly 1TB library. It ran over night, but was finished by the time I woke up, so I don't have the exact time. I would expect it to take a good chunk of a day though.
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iTunes library on NAS - performance OK ?
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I just did this with a roughly 1TB library. It ran over night, but was finished by the time I woke up, so I don't have the exact time. I would expect it to take a good chunk of a day though.
17.6 hours. Give or take an hour or two
okay, thanks !
i'll report back once i'm set up.
wrap up:
she ain't no beauty, doesn't really fit in my all-Mac environment. a couple of
stickers soothed that somewhat overall, i'm very pleased with the performance of the unit, though.
pros:
- i can use my own choice of HD's. LaCie and Iomega, for instance, require that you install their replacement disks.
- can expand to 12TB
- very quiet
- reasonably inexpensive
cons:
- does not support Mac formatted USB drives. maybe Synology will change that with a future software update ?
thank you all for your assistance and ecouragement. glad i purchased the DS411j
[*]can expand to 12TB
thank you all for your assistance and ecouragement. glad i purchased the DS411j[/QUOTE]
Expect that bullet to change. They just have to get their software to support it; no hardware restriction to that issue And you'll love it. Be sure to play around with the DSM to find the good hidden functionality.
thank you all for your assistance and ecouragement. glad i purchased the DS411j
[/QUOTE]Expect that bullet to change. They just have to get their software to support it; no hardware restriction to that issue
And you'll love it. Be sure to play around with the DSM to find the good hidden functionality.
Expect that bullet to change. They just have to get their software to support it; no hardware restriction to that issue
i'd rather they add support for HFS+ drives. i'll have plenty room for my iTunes content for some years with the current 8TB configuration.
care to point out one of those hidden functions
All of these suggestions sound good on here but nobody has really considered this scenario (unless you already have this sorted)
You have your iTunes library on your RAID 5 configuration, everything is running smoothly for the first few months,you wake up one morning and overnight the RAID controller died and you've lost all your data regardless.
Point I'm getting to is that it's all well and good having a NAS but this should be backed up with 2 drives rotated weekly (at the very least) so one stays off site at all times. At worst you lose 1 weeks worth of data.
Just a thought doesn't disregard all the other suggestions. Remember that RAID/NAS etc isn't a backup solution.
You have your iTunes library on your RAID 5 configuration, everything is running smoothly for the first few months,you wake up one morning and overnight the RAID controller died and you've lost all your data regardless.
Point I'm getting to is that it's all well and good having a NAS but this should be backed up with 2 drives rotated weekly (at the very least) so one stays off site at all times. At worst you lose 1 weeks worth of data.
Just a thought doesn't disregard all the other suggestions. Remember that RAID/NAS etc isn't a backup solution.
phew, that won't happen to me then because i auto-shutdown the NAS @ 2 a.m.
MUHAHA
seriously, though. i'm aware that nothing lasts forever and i'm absolutely paranoid when it comes to my precious iTunes library, so i'm having a pretty good backup scheme in place.
with respect, but i'm not going to rebuild my RAID once a week - sounds a bit like overkill to me. thanks for the suggestion, though.
point well taken.
He's not saying rebuild your RAID once a week. Just have two external drives you back the RAID up to....and rotate them
ah, my bad. got it now.
BUT, that'd mean i need to get two 4TB USB drives to cover my ever growing library. after investing in the NAS, it's just not in the budget right now. next up is a UPS for it.
but i'll keep it in mind and as soon as funds allow, i'll address that issue.
thanks !