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ReadyNAS 102 + single disks (non raid)
Hi, I've been reading the software manual of the ReadyNAS 102 and can't determine if the device meets my needs. I am trying to determine if I can put in 2x 3TB drives and have each drive be indepe...
Pretty much any NAS can stream the usual 1080p or 720p MKV - even my Duo V1 can do that w/o strain.
I'm not using Serviio or Tversity, but I can easily stream 10-12 mb/s 1080p to my NTV550 - either over CIFS or ReadyDLNA. I'm sure it would handle BluRay also, though I don't have any on there. Where it gets challenging is when you need the server to do on-the-fly transcoding. If you need transcoding, then don't go with the RN1xx line.
You could of course map a drive on the Win7 machine to each of your media folders and continue to use it to as your Serviio/Tversity server (hosting the media on whatever NAS you choose). In that case, the Win7 machine is doing the transcoding, so the CPU speed of the NAS is not a concern. I wouldn't use iSCSI for that (at least it wouldn't be my first choice), as iSCSI images on the NAS are too difficult to back up.
In terms of setup:
Install the first disk. It will come up XRAID2. After install, you can convert to flexraid. The existing volume is deleted, and you get a new single-disk volume. (This is different from the other ReadyNAS, in that you don't need to do a factory reset, and there is no 10-minute window with RAIDar. You do lose your data, but that is not a problem since you haven't put any on there yet).
After that completes, install the second disk. You then create a new volume from the GUI, selecting the second disk. That's it.
I'm not using Serviio or Tversity, but I can easily stream 10-12 mb/s 1080p to my NTV550 - either over CIFS or ReadyDLNA. I'm sure it would handle BluRay also, though I don't have any on there. Where it gets challenging is when you need the server to do on-the-fly transcoding. If you need transcoding, then don't go with the RN1xx line.
You could of course map a drive on the Win7 machine to each of your media folders and continue to use it to as your Serviio/Tversity server (hosting the media on whatever NAS you choose). In that case, the Win7 machine is doing the transcoding, so the CPU speed of the NAS is not a concern. I wouldn't use iSCSI for that (at least it wouldn't be my first choice), as iSCSI images on the NAS are too difficult to back up.
In terms of setup:
Install the first disk. It will come up XRAID2. After install, you can convert to flexraid. The existing volume is deleted, and you get a new single-disk volume. (This is different from the other ReadyNAS, in that you don't need to do a factory reset, and there is no 10-minute window with RAIDar. You do lose your data, but that is not a problem since you haven't put any on there yet).
After that completes, install the second disk. You then create a new volume from the GUI, selecting the second disk. That's it.
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