ReadyNAS Duo v2

gobble wrote:
Hi guys

Welcome

gobble wrote:
I'm basically going to be using it to get rid of my desktop machine as it only serves as a machine to host my movies/music. So I will just be setting my NAS into Raid 0 (I have backups of my important info already) and loading it up.

I'd suggest you choose the JBOD option. With RAID-0 if one disk fails all data on RAID-0 volumes utilising that disk are lost. With a separate RAID-0 volume for each disk if a disk fails only the data on that disk is lost.

gobble wrote:
I've bought it currently without any drives and just have 2 drives I'm going to put in and hope they work with it for now till I can afford to buy some bigger drives. Should I only buy drives from the compatibility list or am I risking getting something that isn't?

Stick to the compatibility list. Also please make sure you have the v2. There's a guide to telling the v1 and v2 apart here: How to tell whether I have a Duo v1 or Duo v2 or NV+ v1 or NV+ v2

gobble wrote:
I read somewhere that the 3TB drives = slow transfer speeds. Is this true and would it have any effect on my setup for streaming 1080p/24 films to a Media Centre?

Speeds shouldn't be slow for 3TB drives.

gobble wrote:
After looking at the compatability list, how important is the RVS?

Not very important at all in a 2-bay NAS.