Before you buy a synology, check out UnRaid. I've got it running on a hp microserver. Great product, great support and community and can't beat the price. On 25 Jul 2015 8:24 am, "Dave Walker" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah I'm looking at synology as well. Any recommendations? > > I was looking at a https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS415play with > 2 3tb red drives for now. > On 25 Jul 2015 09:44, "Stephen Price" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Synology NAS. Any model, choose based on your storage needs. >> Does all your file sharing, media stuff etc. I even got Crashplan running >> on it >> >> It's brilliant >> >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 2:51 PM ILT <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I’d appreciate some advice, from those who dabble in this area (home >>> networking, media server). >>> >>> As Windows 10 RTM approaches, I’ve been thinking of replacing my aged >>> home network, based on a nice little HP Proliant Microserver N36L with 8Gb >>> RAM running the defunct Windows Home Server 2011. >>> >>> I’m not sure I need the capability of Windows Server Essentials. Maybe >>> Windows 8 or 10 would do the job? >>> >>> Currently the HP is not even serving media, being used as file storage >>> and not using its RAID capability. But with larger storage at good prices >>> these days (eg, WD Red or Black 3Tb at the best price-point), should I be >>> using storage spaces on a newer OS? >>> >>> I’d like to also use it as a media server, not sure what Windows 8 or >>> Server Essentials would offer. >>> >>> Thanks >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Ian Thomas >>> Albert Park, Victoria >>> >>> >>> >>
