Flexraid runs on top of any windows os. Whs2011 can be had very cheaply -----Original Message----- From: "Steve Tomporowski" <didym...@gmail.com> Sent: 11/12/2013 8:03 AM To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> Subject: Re: [H] NAS Software
Are you using WHS2011 for streaming? I'm assuming that flexraid can be used standalone? On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Chris Reeves <tmse...@rlrnews.com> wrote: > I've been using whs2011+flexraid. Whs2011 can be found for $29. I paid > $39 for flexraid. > > I currently have 48tb online and performance has been really solid > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Steve Tomporowski" <didym...@gmail.com> > Sent: 11/11/2013 5:40 PM > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> > Subject: [H] NAS Software > > After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a couple of E8400's, > I've got a bunch of stuff to build a NAS. > > For software, I want something that will give me some sort of parity, so > that I can replace a dead drive without loosing stuff and the ability to > add storage without doing a nuke and reinstall. I looked at FreeNAS, > but that's a pain to increase storage, but then noticed UnRaid (I think > it's been mentioned here before), which seems to fit the bill. > > Anyone familiar with UnRaid --- good/bad points --- or is there some > other software I missed? Free is to be preferred, but UnRaid seems to > be worth the extra $70. > > Thanks...Steve >