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photon · 08-14-2011, 11:25 PM

You don't even really need software on the NAS to stream, I just meant that the different devices (Mac, PS3, PC, Hardware media player, whatever) can just read the file share directly and read the media file. From that point of view I don't think there'll be any compatibility issues; my MacBook Pro reads my 411j fine, I can play media files off it if I like.

So it was more just referring to the file serving portion rather than streaming software running on the NAS. Though it does do some of that kind of thing as well for streaming to iPhone or something like that (for the Synology anyway).

Not having it networked would be a crime IMO, it's just way too useful. I have my NAS in my furnace room, and I can access my media files directly on a file share with my PC, Mac, PS3, WDTV (and Xbox if I turn on the UPnp thing). Plus the file sharing is great, I can backup all my computers to it, no worries about multiple copes of files, etc.

Plus it works as a Time Machine endpoint, so you can backup to the 411j over the network.

RAID1 vs JBOD, RAID1 gives you the partial redundancy of mirrored drives, while JBOD doesn't give any redundancy. Some devices might support mirrored JBOD groups, but I don't think I've ever specifically read something like that. If they don't then you'd have to have some kind of other solution doing backups between the two groups of drives.

To me drives are pretty cheap, so better to just go with a large capacity.

If 3GB mirrored isn't enough per volume then you could go with RAID 10, where it mirrors the drives, then stripes the mirrored set to give you 6GB per volume with 4 3GB drives.

Synology also has what they call Hybrid RAID which seems like some kind of cross between RAID and JBOD, more flexible I guess.

08-14-2011, 11:25 PM	#8
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	You don't even really need software on the NAS to stream, I just meant that the different devices (Mac, PS3, PC, Hardware media player, whatever) can just read the file share directly and read the media file. From that point of view I don't think there'll be any compatibility issues; my MacBook Pro reads my 411j fine, I can play media files off it if I like. So it was more just referring to the file serving portion rather than streaming software running on the NAS. Though it does do some of that kind of thing as well for streaming to iPhone or something like that (for the Synology anyway). Not having it networked would be a crime IMO, it's just way too useful. I have my NAS in my furnace room, and I can access my media files directly on a file share with my PC, Mac, PS3, WDTV (and Xbox if I turn on the UPnp thing). Plus the file sharing is great, I can backup all my computers to it, no worries about multiple copes of files, etc. Plus it works as a Time Machine endpoint, so you can backup to the 411j over the network. RAID1 vs JBOD, RAID1 gives you the partial redundancy of mirrored drives, while JBOD doesn't give any redundancy. Some devices might support mirrored JBOD groups, but I don't think I've ever specifically read something like that. If they don't then you'd have to have some kind of other solution doing backups between the two groups of drives. To me drives are pretty cheap, so better to just go with a large capacity. If 3GB mirrored isn't enough per volume then you could go with RAID 10, where it mirrors the drives, then stripes the mirrored set to give you 6GB per volume with 4 3GB drives. Synology also has what they call Hybrid RAID which seems like some kind of cross between RAID and JBOD, more flexible I guess. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.