Hi, If your working with just a couple of drives just about anything will work. If you have multiple drives over multiple servers than you will need a single server to mount them all from and then access this server to make things easier. In some ways it depends on how your data is laid out. If you have it in just flat files in folders and you just wants some access then something running https or sftp on the outside is the easiest way to go. If you have a media server with metadata on your files that keeps track of what you have watched / not watched such as plex or iTunes then you will want to use these process to control your streams. They will also have some abilities to scale down the original content to fit the screen / bandwidth of your remote connection if you need this.
If your looking for a complete remote network access situation then look at something you can use to create a vpn. In my case I use a vpn to pass all my traffic through my home network as well as I can use this to access my machines over ssh / rdp with out having to have external port forwards. For a file server I have a sinology ds415 with a dx513 external enclosure. Each is loaded with all drive slots filled with raid5. Inside the boxes I have in the ds415: 4 5 TB 7200 drives. Dx513 5 4 TB 5400 drives. There is a slower bus speed using the enclosure so using slower drives is ok. You will not see any speed gains by using 7200 rpm drives in the external enclosure like you will with the nas itself. In each box I have the ability to lose one drive with out losing data until I replace the drive. Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 6:16 PM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Subject: Re: NAS from Synologie or WD MyCloud Hi! Any unix based similar sollutions out there? I may install Debian to use on a raspberry pi and connect to a big hard drive. I have also thought of preparing my 2011 mac mini to act as a file server of some kind. /A > 20 juni 2018 kl. 14:17 skrev Erik Burggraaf <[email protected]>: > > For myself, I have a very interesting setup. I started with a mediasonic > ProBox, which currently has 18 or 20 tb I was originally going to power it > with a Raspberry Pi. I had the setup I wanted about 90% complete, when I hit > a major snag with my hard drives, and couldn't get it resolved. then I went > out and bought a Windows 10 Micro PC for $150. This is a piece of plastic > about the size of an Apple TV, with all of the features of a full PC. The > memory in this thing is low for practical purposes. I scrimped because I > wanted it exclusively for a file server, and for that single purpose, it > works very well. > > Then I installed tonido personal cloud and pointed it at my drives. Now I > have access to all my data in the cloud. So, I can play audiobooks and music > on my home server while on long car trips, and my family and friends can get > in and listen as well. > > The tonido server web interface leaves much to be desired but with patience > it can all be done. The IOS and android apps are accessible. They were not > totally user friendly when I started, but for my purposes they now work well. > I've spotted a new micro with double the ram for about $200, and I'm > considering the upgrade. As with most people I make recommendations for, I > am finding that I sit on the file server and try to perform tasks it wasn't > really intended for and doesn't really have the giddyup to handle. > > This may be overkill for most people's purposes, but now it's set up, I > really enjoy it. > > Best, > > Erik > > > On June 20, 2018 12:43:34 AM Jürgen Fleger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Eric. Do you still use an NAS? Or what you rather use a cloud service > like Dropbox or iCloud? > > > > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet > >> Am 19.06.2018 um 19:03 schrieb Erik Burggraaf <[email protected]>: >> >> My x bought wd mycloud and it worked really well. The browser interface was >> fully accessible. It connected to mac and windows desktops seemlessly >> across the network and it had fully accessible though not 100% cosey ios and >> android apps. All in all, a great effort as of three years ago. Hopefully >> it's still the same. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik >> >> >> On June 19, 2018 12:49:26 PM Jürgen Fleger <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> has anyone experiences which NAS is recommendable for VoiceOver users on the >> Mac and an i-device? >> >> What I mean is which interface to control the NAS is most accessible to VO? >> I consider one by Synologie or WD MyCloud and I don’t want to buy one which >> I’m not able to use in the end. >> >> Thanks and all the best >> Jürgen >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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