I want to build a home media server for my home network. I want the ability to stream DVDs, music, photos to various clients in my house. The clients include: xbox, roku box, win7 laptop, imac, ipad. Might need to stream to 2-3 clients simultaneously. Since I have a variety of clients, I put together a list of components so far that can handle on the fly transcoding. I reaize my list of parts is overkill otherwise. My other requirement for the server is that it be a mini-itx form factor. I want a smaller unit so that I can place it in my entertainment center connected to by main HDTV and my Asus RT-N56U router which is there. I want to start with 6TB of storage with the ability to add more down the road. I think I may run this machine as a PLEX server to handle the variety of clients I have. I am intrigued with putting Ubuntu on the machine as oppose to Win7 or Win8 in order to save some money on the OS.
I originally was leaning towards a synology ds413 NAS instead of building a unit but I learned that they are not adequate to do transcoding if that is needed. My budget is around $800.
My list so far is at:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/robalan88/saved/1uex
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks
Rob
I originally was leaning towards a synology ds413 NAS instead of building a unit but I learned that they are not adequate to do transcoding if that is needed. My budget is around $800.
My list so far is at:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/robalan88/saved/1uex
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks
Rob
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