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Some help with a NAS solution

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Hi

At the moment i have an Asustor AS1002T NAS witch on the packaging promised a lot of features.

In reality only file storage worked. And now after an update i can no longer access the nas via my computer for some reson, so i'd like to replace it.

 

The features i want is:

File storage

Surveillance

Photo gallery

App for the phone to browse files and check the Surveillance.

 

Here's how i'd like it to work.

Use the file storage as an external hdd to move files back and forth.

Use the photo gallery to view photos on the phone via an app.

And via an app view 3 or 4 security cameras which also saves video on the nas

Cameras and nas will have an ups in case of power outage.

 

What can you recomend?

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5 minutes ago, ToxyRocker said:

 

Budget/Country?

 

Should probably just like build your own NAS and use FreeNAS.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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0. Budget?

1. Are you willing to build a NAS or do you need a prebuilt solution (building one is better and cheaper)?

2. What kind of camera system do you have?

 

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17 minutes ago, ToxyRocker said:

Hi

At the moment i have an Asustor AS1002T NAS witch on the packaging promised a lot of features.

In reality only file storage worked. And now after an update i can no longer access the nas via my computer for some reson, so i'd like to replace it.

 

The features i want is:

File storage

Surveillance

Photo gallery

App for the phone to browse files and check the Surveillance.

 

Here's how i'd like it to work.

Use the file storage as an external hdd to move files back and forth.

Use the photo gallery to view photos on the phone via an app.

And via an app view 3 or 4 security cameras which also saves video on the nas

Cameras and nas will have an ups in case of power outage.

 

What can you recomend?

1. buy a cheap PC with a 8x PCIE and a 1x PCIE

2 buy a raid card of ebay

3 buy a 1port gigabit nic of amazon

4 download freenas

5 buy a usb

6 lots of HDDS (as many as you want)

7 enjoy the same nas i have. never had a problem

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Budget for the nas around 2000 sek (≈225 usd) 

I can build one but i have zero experience with the software part of this. i have herd of freenas but dont really know what it is.

i don't have any cameras yet but they need to be PoE cameras

 

nas is priority one

cameras comes in second hand

ups in third

 

i'd like to buy all the stuff from this site: www.webhallen.com

It's in swedish but chrome should be able to translate it.

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5 minutes ago, ToxyRocker said:

 

You ain't getting any decent NAS for $225, your best bet is finding used server gear
 

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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9 minutes ago, ToxyRocker said:

Budget for the nas around 2000 sek (≈225 usd) 

I can build one but i have zero experience with the software part of this. i have herd of freenas but dont really know what it is.

i don't have any cameras yet but they need to be PoE cameras

 

nas is priority one

cameras comes in second hand

ups in third

 

i'd like to buy all the stuff from this site: www.webhallen.com

It's in swedish but chrome should be able to translate it.

My suggestion is buy a used PC and stick with windows (if possible, also avoid Win 10 if possible due to the annoying updates), the software I use for security cameras is linked below, been using it for years, it fits most or all your needs and it's free.

https://www.ispyconnect.com/

 

As for that site you can't grab a CPU for the price you're asking, for a computer there with any possible storage upgrade is nearly double your budget...

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5 minutes ago, ToxyRocker said:

I have an old spare computer with an intel core 2 duo E8500 cpu, a gigabyte ga-ep45-ds3 motherbord and 8 gigs of ddr2 ram running windows 7

Is that useable?

You could certainly try to run freeNAS on it.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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