dheerajjotwani
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Hi... How does unraid handle power failure and improper shutdowns?
Hi... How does unraid handle power failure and improper shutdowns?
1. Ability to make plugged in NTFS USB drives automatically available over network as shares (with optional user access restriction, nice to have)Hi Sam, thanks for your response.
My main requirements are below
1. At times if I have my PS3 open I may not open HTPC separately rather I may use PS3 to play music / video / photos from shared drives. Also my Panasonic Plasma can access UPnP sources and may be for small movies / tv serials I may not want to open HTPC to playback rather directly use TV (works now from Win7 based UPnP but fails to work with the UPnP service of my DNS323)
3. OK, I will be using wired connections only.
Regarding NTFS, your destination being NTFS did you mean than you copied from Reiser FS to an NTFS drive connected to USB of the DIY NAS?
Also I may not add HDD at this point since internal HDDs are already with my DNS323 and for now I am only looking for sharing my USB drives over network.
Lastly can I use Fusion platform for low power usage? Any recommendations? And can I run a fusion based system for hours like typical NAS?
Hi sam
This is the configuration I am planning for my Unraid based on the inputs/inspiration from your thread. I already have an old system with me (lent from my sister) so I do not need the case. It is an old compaq case with PSU but i felt that it is actually very old so thought of investing in a new one as the major load of hdd will rely on this. These are the items/prices from flipkart.com site. Looks reasonable for me as it is free shipping. I will be adding my current 2 TB + another couple of 2 TB from US (parents are coming back from US in Sept). I looked the specs for MB and it supports 10/100/1000 Mbps so I felt no need for a separate NIC. I believe this should support gigabit LAN.
Psu Corsair CMPSU-430CXV2UK PSU - Rs. 2536
AMD AM3 Cooler - Rs. 281
Motherboard ASUS M5A78L-M LX Motherboard - Rs. 2703
Processor AMD Athlon II 260 Processor - Rs. 3222
I have the silverstone PSU of 500w 80+ certified in my htpc and replace that with this. Also I have a gigabyte MB + GT440 + 30gb SSD in my htpc and I feel that I can manage with a PSU of less than 300w but unable to get any with this wattage. Do you think the Corsair 430w is more for my htpc needs I do not do any gaming just movies/music.
thanks
Hi Sam, can you plese check this configuration once for me?
http://www.hifivision.com/media-streaming-players/26821-synology-usb-station-2-a-2.html#post377068
No issues what so ever with this config, the NAS would run like a charm with this. The only thing is the onboard Realtek Gigabit port. Personally I am not a fan of on board gigabit ports, for what ever reason they do not provide that much bandwidth as against a dedicated quality gbps LAN card. Even I had an onboard gbps port, but was not satisfied, I went for a dedicated D-Link Gbps LAN card and it performed much better.
As far as PSU goes does not make much of a difference. One is 430 and other is 500 and both are decent Brands and both wattage is more than sufficient for HTPC and NAS. I'd say put corsair one in your NAS, if you are planning to run it 24x7.