Hi All,
I've been contemplating a NAS for ages and can't seem to come to a decision - hopefully you can help me out! I end up changing my mind every few weeks between a ready built NAS or something I build myself - each has their own advantages and disadvantages!!
OK, to set the situation I already have 3 SATA drives (320GB, 500GB, & 1TB) in my desktop and NTFS formatted which have the data on that I want to put on my NAS - and I also want to use these disks in the NAS, which might present a bit of a problem to overcome! I'm thinking I'll need to get a new HDD to go with the NAS, prob a 2TB F4 or something similar.
Anyway, the options I have come down to are as follows:
1. Synology DS411j
- Great Software
- SHR allows great usage of my multiple differing sized disks in a RAID without wasting space
- Will have to use an External USB disk for backup
- Have to use Synology folders to share media for use on my networked PS3
- About £270
2. Build my own WHS
- No SHM type RAID solution like Synology, so cannot make such good use of all available space as well as RAID like DS411j
- Not really sure about what hardware around - can I get something good for £270 - happy to build myself
- Probably much more flexibility
- Other software options out there, but I've never used LINUX etc
- But can use an internal disk as a backup to the shared disks
3. Pre-Built NAS such as HP Proliant MicroServer has £100 cash back at the moment (so only effectively only £140) - any good & can it run WHS 2011 OK?
4. Any other similar NAS's out there?
Appreciate all thoughts and ideas - TIA!


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