Networks ReadyNAS Duo or FreeNAS

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  1. happyhammer7

    happyhammer7 What's a Dremel?

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    :DHi,

    Sorry for the misleading title as I already have a ReadyNAS duo. I think it's a good piece of kit and serves my other PCs well. However, I do not like the limitations to upgrade the hard discs and would rather have the benefits of raid with added storage capacity. I was thinking about doing away with the Readynas DUO (damn it's loud) and building a FreeNAS from scratch.

    What I wanted to know is how well does it work as an itunes server and communicate with DLNA compatible devices, such as my PS3 & XBOX 360?

    Any advice is always appreciated.
     
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  2. happyhammer7

    happyhammer7 What's a Dremel?

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    Also does it work well as a torrent server?

    Thanks again
     
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  3. saspro

    saspro IT monkey

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    Freenas can do all the things you've listed and it does them well.
     
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  4. happyhammer7

    happyhammer7 What's a Dremel?

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    How much would you say it would cost to build a freenas pc from scratch?
    This will be my next project as I am just finishing off my i7 build.
     
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  5. Edwards

    Edwards Minimodder

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    There was a really good thread on a freenas build last month. It may be of some help to you:

    Here
     
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