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    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    Hi Stevech I had hoped they might have turned their quality issues around but the risk that they haven't is too high, for me. Off to research another vendor. Cheers
  2. M

    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    That is the feedback I wanted to get - thanks Lacie appears to have had some quality issues a few years back - anyone know if they have addressed them? I'll spend some time looking over the g-drive Cheers
  3. M

    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    LOL I have been accused of being 'out there' more than once - I have 40 yr old speakers that weigh more than our fridge and drive an old truck that had a 454, but it got tired so I replaced the engine with something bigger... I seem to mix it up some old and some new junque - the apple...
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    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    Thanks for the continued input/comments I take some comfort in seeing some folks are supportive of the osx server + ext drives approach. Every time I have mixed Apple and non-apple stuff I get burned, so as much as possible I am trying to embrace an apple only environment to avoid unnecessary...
  5. M

    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    Thanks, I need to go do some more homework on the osx server + ext drives vs osx + nas. Cheers Mark
  6. M

    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    Just poked around the synology demo - slick. It begs a question though - I can't understand why someone would use osx server and a nas - they seem to have too much overlap/duplication... What am I missing? Cheers
  7. M

    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    Stevech, In my simple understanding: 1) the Mac mini is both a workstation and the central server/data warehouse 2) The mini is in place but only has 256Gb SSD and i7 for processing speed so all data/media needs to be external to the mini. 3) the mini needs to serve both OS X/iOS...
  8. M

    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    It seems the consensus is osx server with external storage, raid or otherwise and people rightly state raid is not a substitute for a backup strategy. Do people have strong recommendation on a particular brand of raid hardware or at least ones I should avoid? Haven been looking at...
  9. M

    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    There 2 similar topics, regrettably both mine (one old and one new) but I very much want your input. Maybe a moderator can slam them together... Regardless, why a NAS vs mini + raid/external storage? Again, I am trying to make my mini the central server in our house. Thank you for your time. Mark
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    Windows moving to Mac - home network planning

    For clarity, I am presently working on a concept where the Mac mini is the central server for everything as well as a work station. However the mini only has a 256Gb SSD so large external storage is a must. Everything else will be wireless devices. There is an appletv which does conventional...
  11. M

    Windows moving to Mac - home network planning

    Can I pound you with a few follow up questions?:) 1) I think you just recommended mini with raid vs mini with nas for iTunes server 2) if I got 1 right then for central access for wired and wireless clients does the raid unit get connected to the mini and shared or to the extreme and shared...
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    Windows moving to Mac - home network planning

    Hi Mike, I got off track for awhile - thanks for the input. I wandered off and chased stereo stuff for awhile... Back onto the home network planning issue and thru a question up in the general forum - nas vs raid box... I still don't really understand the difference - I want central storage for...
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    Mac mini home server and need for a NAS?

    Hi, I have read so much on NAS's vs Mac mini as media servers that I am totally confused - I am hoping someone will enlighten me... :) I have just converted our house to osx on a Mac mini with a 256gb ssd. It is the central working family computer in the house (4 of us, each with an account)...
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    Windows moving to Mac - home network planning

    Sigh, I was hoping the Apple ecosystem had become more tolerant of other vender equipment. Thank you for your input. Mark
  15. M

    Windows moving to Mac - home network planning

    Hello, I am new here and am hoping people will indulge me a few questions that will get me pointed to where I can read about what I am hoping to learn ... I am an old (50) windows user (not an administrator) and am moving my family computing environment over to Mac based one from a simple...
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