I am deliberating between building a cheap server or buying a NAS and would appreciate your input on which would be the most cost effective solution.
I tend to take a lot of photographs in RAW and videos on my miniDV too, so at least 4TB of space is a must. I tend to work from one of my laptops, desktop or tablet, so having all the material centralised would be a bonus. Auto-backup of my desktop and laptops would also be a big help.
Additionally, I'd like to try and connect it to my non-smart, old school TV. I read that a NAS can be connected to an old TV with a DLAN media hub, but also wondering if it would be cheaper to just buy an old ATX and stick a graphics card in it with S-video output.
Given that it would probably be left turned on all the time, would an off-the-shelf NAS (eyeing up an 8TB WD Sentinel DX4000) be better, or can I get the same benefits from a cheaply build system using greenline HDDs?
I tend to take a lot of photographs in RAW and videos on my miniDV too, so at least 4TB of space is a must. I tend to work from one of my laptops, desktop or tablet, so having all the material centralised would be a bonus. Auto-backup of my desktop and laptops would also be a big help.
Additionally, I'd like to try and connect it to my non-smart, old school TV. I read that a NAS can be connected to an old TV with a DLAN media hub, but also wondering if it would be cheaper to just buy an old ATX and stick a graphics card in it with S-video output.
Given that it would probably be left turned on all the time, would an off-the-shelf NAS (eyeing up an 8TB WD Sentinel DX4000) be better, or can I get the same benefits from a cheaply build system using greenline HDDs?
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