Hi all.
My current set up is as follows.
2011 Mac mini. (USB2/Thunderbolt)
Connected to this I have 2TB & 1.5TB FW800 WD external drives.
TV Shows on one, Movies on the other.
I'm up to capacity so looking to add a little and simplify things.
I'm considering a 5TB WD USB3 single drive.
I'm wondering how this will perform in comparison to the FW800's bearing in mind the mini only does USB2.
I'm considering swapping out the 500gb internal on the mini for a SSD. This will do any encoding/transcoding of video files and they will then be dumped onto the USB drive where my iTunes library will be located.
What's people experiences of this kind of setup and then streaming to an Apple TV?
At the moment it works fine with the FW drives, but I'm wondering if I'll notice a difference with USB2.
My current set up is as follows.
2011 Mac mini. (USB2/Thunderbolt)
Connected to this I have 2TB & 1.5TB FW800 WD external drives.
TV Shows on one, Movies on the other.
I'm up to capacity so looking to add a little and simplify things.
I'm considering a 5TB WD USB3 single drive.
I'm wondering how this will perform in comparison to the FW800's bearing in mind the mini only does USB2.
I'm considering swapping out the 500gb internal on the mini for a SSD. This will do any encoding/transcoding of video files and they will then be dumped onto the USB drive where my iTunes library will be located.
What's people experiences of this kind of setup and then streaming to an Apple TV?
At the moment it works fine with the FW drives, but I'm wondering if I'll notice a difference with USB2.