NAS 8 bay?

tim81517lh · June 12, 2014

After posting a day ago on QNAP vs Synology. I decided to take the matters into my own hands as paying 1500 for the TS-870 Pro was a bit over the edge.

Therefore, I need a NAS build with all the capabilities of the QNAP/Synology NAS setups and even more. I want the best software suite with the best hardware setup for $1500.

Also, I want it to be easy to setup since my original purpose in buying a QNAP/Synology was to get it workign ASAP. I realized that i ahve a little bit more time on my hand to get it working, so I will try to attempt this.

I don't know what to choose in terms of setup, other than a Core i3 and a really good RAID card?

Requirements:

-8+ HDD bays

-website hosting (as little latency as possible)

-remote access

-streaming full HD movies (DTS-HD MA) to my bluray player

Please help me pick out a case as well. I would like a hotswappable case (don't want to unscrew HDD to replace it) being as compact as possible with OK wire management.

Paralectic · June 12, 2014

You keep posting the same thing over and over again?

tim81517lh · June 12, 2014

You keep posting the same thing over and over again?

Well I posted about NAS case earlier in the other forum section. And previously, for a comparison between synology and qnap. But now I'm looking to build one myself.

Prodigydeadeye · June 12, 2014

Fractal's Node 804 would work pretty good as a NAS I think. r/buildapcforme might be able to help you too. I would look for suggestions from multiple sites/users before buying. Good luck.

ShadowCaptain · June 12, 2014

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About the best I could come up with for that budget, quite similar to my own home server though much beefier

I use software raid 10 on my MSI board and it works amazingly, I think this is a much more affordable solution

Chose windows home server, I use it on my server and it does a great job and is much easier to set up imo.... I use my server to provide on and offsite backup for 5-10 PCs/smartphone/tablets, it can be accessed remotely from anywhere.

I stream movies and music using plex to my tvs/phones tablets/ even access using my iphone over 3g. I also have my steam games installed here

I run a nightly backup with wake on lan enabled on all my computers, I then run a weekly backup to an unlimited cloud service which doenst cost me much per month or you could back up to a second nas

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.49 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($98.95 @ Amazon)