Howdy all!
I have all the parts ready to go (I hope!), and I'd like to build something like this:
An always-on NAS for my home network that is also a PC.
Most of its duty will be serving media and storing my files (8x4TB drives with Xeon CPU), but I also want to use it as the actual head unit going to my projector/amp, and would like to also be able to use it as a PC on the big-screen if needed.
Does anyone have any suggestions on the best setup for this? I've read that I could install FreeNAS then run a VM that passes through to the GPU and also sees the NAS itself even though it's inside the NAS. That's a little too Inception for me, and I don't wish to go insane quite yet, so again, any suggestions would be appreciated.
I have all the parts ready to go (I hope!), and I'd like to build something like this:
An always-on NAS for my home network that is also a PC.
Most of its duty will be serving media and storing my files (8x4TB drives with Xeon CPU), but I also want to use it as the actual head unit going to my projector/amp, and would like to also be able to use it as a PC on the big-screen if needed.
Does anyone have any suggestions on the best setup for this? I've read that I could install FreeNAS then run a VM that passes through to the GPU and also sees the NAS itself even though it's inside the NAS. That's a little too Inception for me, and I don't wish to go insane quite yet, so again, any suggestions would be appreciated.