Thanks in advance for any insight provided.
This is what I currently have:
- HTPC connected via USB3 cable to a 4 bay non-raid external HD.
- Hard drives are formatted NTFS.
- I'm beginning to run out of storage space.
This what I would like to be do (I know how to do this part):
- Build a NAS box out of spare parts.
- I ordered a few hard drives to help in transferring data if necessary.
- Install hard drives.
- Copy data from NTFS drives to EXT3 drives.
- Use Ubuntu Desktop and create shared drives via samba (sorry, but i'm a linux novice)
- Watch movies on the HTPC via Windows Media Center from the shared folders.
The part I need help with is this:
- I would like to also have android and IOS devices be able to play music, movies, view pictures and read books from files on the NAS.
- Should I raid or would it be simpler just to keep the drives as separate volumes?
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
- P
This is what I currently have:
- HTPC connected via USB3 cable to a 4 bay non-raid external HD.
- Hard drives are formatted NTFS.
- I'm beginning to run out of storage space.
This what I would like to be do (I know how to do this part):
- Build a NAS box out of spare parts.
- I ordered a few hard drives to help in transferring data if necessary.
- Install hard drives.
- Copy data from NTFS drives to EXT3 drives.
- Use Ubuntu Desktop and create shared drives via samba (sorry, but i'm a linux novice)
- Watch movies on the HTPC via Windows Media Center from the shared folders.
The part I need help with is this:
- I would like to also have android and IOS devices be able to play music, movies, view pictures and read books from files on the NAS.
- Should I raid or would it be simpler just to keep the drives as separate volumes?
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
- P