megatron99
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I have a old desktop computer with Windows 10 connected wirelessly to cisco dpc3941t 802.11 router. I just purchased TP-link Archer T9E wireless card for it and getting good 560Mbps connection.
My primary computer is macbook pro retina with 512 GB of SSD, wireless N connection of 450 Mbps. Essentially, what I want to do is save all my videos, pdf books, photos on my desktop and be able to stream it on my macbook. I recently bought two 3TB WD red drives. I have considered two options: Put the drives in RAID1 and,
My desktop components: http://postimg.org/image/hs560l0a9/
Option 1) Download the media on my macbook, transfer it to the internal drives of my desktop via wired network (how?) or wirelessly but I am getting only 8 Megabytes/sec of transfer speeds since both desktop and macbook are wireless. Finally, stream the content on macbook whenever I need it.
For offsite access: Create an FTP server on Windows and use a client to access it on my macbook on an outside network. My upload speed is around 12 Mb/sec. Would that be enough for streaming 720p mostly ?
The advantage of the first option is that I don't have to dedicate the desktop to FreeNAS. I can still use Windows 10 on it.
Option 2) Dedicate the desktop to FreeNAS, take it to my living room and directly connect it to router via ethernet.
I don't want to keep the computer on 24/7, only during the day when I need to access the files. I am afraid that my computer would run too hot and both drives would fail overtime - should I be worried ?
Also, how power hungry is my current desktop for my usage ? I would prolly keep it on for 12 hours.
P.S - having plex would a plus but not necessary.
My primary computer is macbook pro retina with 512 GB of SSD, wireless N connection of 450 Mbps. Essentially, what I want to do is save all my videos, pdf books, photos on my desktop and be able to stream it on my macbook. I recently bought two 3TB WD red drives. I have considered two options: Put the drives in RAID1 and,
My desktop components: http://postimg.org/image/hs560l0a9/
Option 1) Download the media on my macbook, transfer it to the internal drives of my desktop via wired network (how?) or wirelessly but I am getting only 8 Megabytes/sec of transfer speeds since both desktop and macbook are wireless. Finally, stream the content on macbook whenever I need it.
For offsite access: Create an FTP server on Windows and use a client to access it on my macbook on an outside network. My upload speed is around 12 Mb/sec. Would that be enough for streaming 720p mostly ?
The advantage of the first option is that I don't have to dedicate the desktop to FreeNAS. I can still use Windows 10 on it.
Option 2) Dedicate the desktop to FreeNAS, take it to my living room and directly connect it to router via ethernet.
I don't want to keep the computer on 24/7, only during the day when I need to access the files. I am afraid that my computer would run too hot and both drives would fail overtime - should I be worried ?
Also, how power hungry is my current desktop for my usage ? I would prolly keep it on for 12 hours.
P.S - having plex would a plus but not necessary.