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ReadyNAS 316 Worth Purchasing?
Newegg has a deal where I can purchase the ReadyNAS 316 and a 4tb drive for $558. This seems like too good of a deal to pass up. Currently I'm using a Dell PC as a media server (Plex/Kodi) and have ...
At this point I don't plan to run Plex from the NAS... though that could be a possibility in the future. I'm going to still run it from the Dell (I have a backup server running on my iMac also). I do worry about the speed of transfer of the media files from this system. I guess I'm still just a bit confused over NAS systems. I'm quite the geek when it comes to technology, but hot swappable NAS systems are still new to me and I'm working to figure out what I want out of it beyond storage... and backups.
Several apps are available, but limiting it to storage/backup is a fine approach.
Apps can be found at http://apps.readynas.com/pages/ and https://rnxtras.com/ Its important to realize that most of these are third-party apps, and Netgear doesn't warrant that they work (and doesn't provide support for them).
Plex tends to run slower on the NAS (particularly library updates), and full HD transcoding might stutter/stall. The benefit is that you don't need to leave the PC running 24/7.
Thanks!
Right out of the gate I will not have any redundancy running, I have only a 4tb and 5tb drive to install into the 316. If I later add another 4 and another 5tb drive will I be able to span those to become backup drives for the earlier installed drives? Or will I lose the data on those existing drives?
I don't really understand raids completely as I've never used them. My backup systems to date have simply been OS based such as TimeMachine.
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