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ReadyNAS Ultra 2 as Media Server
Hello, I have to admit, that I'm not really a veteran on these matters, but I want to learn. The idea is to have a NAS that I can use as media server. It needs to be fast enough to not cause pro...
if the 6 bay is out of your price range, the ultra 4 should be sufficient for your near/medium term.
with 4tb drives available now, you can get up to ~11tb usable with 4x 4tb drives which I would expect to last quite awhile even with bluray storage.
In any case, you will be able to see how quickly your storage gets used and start planning for a second 6 bay device farther down the road.
If you stay within the readynas line and architecture (ie x86 to x86), you can even move your existing drives over to the new chassis without any changes.
alternatively you could get additional drives so that one nas can backup to the other.
with 4tb drives available now, you can get up to ~11tb usable with 4x 4tb drives which I would expect to last quite awhile even with bluray storage.
In any case, you will be able to see how quickly your storage gets used and start planning for a second 6 bay device farther down the road.
If you stay within the readynas line and architecture (ie x86 to x86), you can even move your existing drives over to the new chassis without any changes.
alternatively you could get additional drives so that one nas can backup to the other.
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