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Hello, I want to upgrade to a 2.5g wifi 6e network. I’ve currently got an old asus router running merlin and two switches. Current setup is Router > switch > switch > poe injector > ubiquiti ap. This works great all cat6. I want to replace the switches for 2.5g ones, then i’ll replace the...

How did you get on with this..? Looking at the readynas forums.. It looks like it might a bunch of issues really - which I know doesn't help at all. I'm thinking its the "old" firmware on the Sparc based Readynas. I'm referring to Raidator 4.1.6 here. The x86 Readynas devices have recieved a...

expanding in what I said about mobos... doing some more quick searching - there doesn't look to be a 6x sata raid mobo even in the pipeline in this form factor.. so choices are - change case and get a mini atx or settle for 4 ports... i'm looking at the Intel DH57JG now. settle for a 4 drive...

Depends what you are after really.. Speed, or low operational noise, low power consumption. - Some go hand in hand these days. I'm not looking for breakneck speed, personally I'd prefer something quiet and low power. I would also suggest you look for discs with rotational vibration sensors...

I've did ALOT of research on hardware and software last night including a rather interesting forum post on someone using the Lian Li case I mentioned above. Have a look for case mod project: shrink. I've made the decision to change the PSU after the recommendation here, so I started thinking...

very interesting Roush! So FreeNAS works in a similar fashion to WHS where it doesn't need hardware RAID to have an "array of disks" if you like. Cool. Seems like I need to do alot more reading on FreeNAS and it's setup before I proceed. Thanks for chipping in ! From a power consumption...

Thanks for the responses! This has become vastly more complex now - due to the motherboard not supporting RAID! how bad is that!! H55 Chipset limitation apparantly. So - was looking at windows home server. As I understand it is uses some kind of file duplication method (not raid) for...

Hello, I currently own a Readynas Duo and it's been great but i'm looking for more storage capacity now and I don't think going down the route of another readynas is the smartest move financially. So, after some looking round on the web I've come up with this setup. Case Lian Li pc-q08b...