I'm a bit new to NAS. I've been reading for weeks trying to figure out what to buy/build. I've narrowed my choices down to either buying a Synology, or building a mitx box and running either Unraid or an OS with DrivePool.
Since DrivePool requires and OS that's another layer of semi-maintenance (updates, security, etc) but from what I've read DrivePool is also the fastest solution and, like Unraid, I like that everything is stored in NFTS (just in case).
Whatever I build will just be for serving media files to HTPCs, documents/pictures/files to user PCs, and backing up files from user PCs to the box.
If you were starting from scratch today and money wasn't an issue, what is the ideal OS for DrivePool and Scanner? Are they all basically the same or do some just "work better" with the software? I'm trying to get as maintenance free as possible, which is why I originally looked at Synology, but I read about how to recover data in the event you loose more than one disk and I'd prefer to stay with NFTS if possible, which brought me to DrivePool and Unraid.
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I'm a bit new to NAS. I've been reading for weeks trying to figure out what to buy/build. I've narrowed my choices down to either buying a Synology, or building a mitx box and running either Unraid or an OS with DrivePool.
Since DrivePool requires and OS that's another layer of semi-maintenance (updates, security, etc) but from what I've read DrivePool is also the fastest solution and, like Unraid, I like that everything is stored in NFTS (just in case).
Whatever I build will just be for serving media files to HTPCs, documents/pictures/files to user PCs, and backing up files from user PCs to the box.
If you were starting from scratch today and money wasn't an issue, what is the ideal OS for DrivePool and Scanner? Are they all basically the same or do some just "work better" with the software? I'm trying to get as maintenance free as possible, which is why I originally looked at Synology, but I read about how to recover data in the event you loose more than one disk and I'd prefer to stay with NFTS if possible, which brought me to DrivePool and Unraid.
Thanks.
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