Show me your NAS!

Posted by: A. Lawson on 24 January 2014

I figure that we show pictures of everything else, why not these?

 

I run a Linux based computer with

 

Dualcore 2.4ghz Intel processor

2gb RAM

2x 4TB Seagate 7200rpm drives for music only RAID 1

1.5TB Western Digital for movies and TV shows

250gb Western Digital for random crap

120gb Seagate SSD for Operating system

 

4x 120mm fans and 1x 190mm fan up top. All run full blast all the time.

 

I'll add a picture tomorrow.

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by garyi

Aleg whats the deal there? Wheres the server that just looks like an array?

 

i have a poweredge 2900 sat here, but it dont work.

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by Aleg
Originally Posted by garyi:
Aleg whats the deal there? Wheres the server that just looks like an array?

i have a poweredge 2900 sat here, but it dont work.


Garyi

the front section contains all the drive slots
the back section contains the mobo and SSD with OmniOS



This the Norco page for this model http://www.norcotek.com/RPC-4224.php

Cheers

Aleg

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by Aleg

Some additional information

 

Originally Posted by garyi:
Aleg whats the deal there? Wheres the server that just looks like an array?

i have a poweredge 2900 sat here, but it dont work.


Garyi

 

OmniOS offers several types of Servers. I manage the server environment with napp-it, which offers besides the ordinary fileserver, database and AMP-packages also 

- AFP Server,  

- Mediatomb DLNA mediasrver, 

- Owncloud 
- ProFTPD

 

Hardware needs to be pro-level server hardware or else not much support in the OS.

 

 

I just use it as fileserver, because I don't like the UPnP stuff, but Mediatomb could do it if I wanted to.


This the Norco page for this model http://www.norcotek.com/RPC-4224.php

Napp-it http://napp-it.org/napp-it/index_en.html

OmniOS http://omnios.omniti.com/

 

I also use it for a SAN for all the computers in the house.

Easier to manage and more efficient use of all storage. 

 

ZFS has error-detection built in because it has sector-level hash-numbers and raid redundancy. I run a scrub-run every 14 days which will check for errors in sectors and repair them from the redundant storage.

 


Cheers

Aleg

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by garyi

I run openmediavault with the drives in zfs.

 

i really like the look of that setup but i suppose its super expensive? Things live in the garage for me so it could sound like an airplane for all i care.

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by Aleg
Originally Posted by garyi:

I run openmediavault with the drives in zfs.

 

i really like the look of that setup but i suppose its super expensive? Things live in the garage for me so it could sound like an airplane for all i care.

The chassis was around £300 if I remember correctly, but these hot-swap bays already cost alot if you want to buy them as add-ons to a regular chasis. And smaller units than 24-bays can be had as well.

 

the additional controler cards I bought as cheap m1015 and reflashed them into proper firmware. A lot cheaper than their branded equivalent LSI cards.

 

the default fans do indeed sound like a 707 taking off, but the Noctuas are very silent and not that expensive and have regulated RPM.

 

Server mobo and Xeon is indeed just that bit (ca. 30%) more expensive than consumer boards, but a requirement for OmniOS.

 

OmniOS and napp-it are free.

Napp-it site has good guides and recommendations for choosing suitable hardware and installing OmniOS and napp-it. the most complicated was setting up the ComStar iSCSI target, but good guides can be found on the internet for this as well. 

 

In the end I did do much better than say a 8 bay Synology and have much more capacity available and I run it via iSCSI as SAN for my computers at home so they can be smaller and cheaper as well.

 

it is a bit of an investment but not excessively and will last a very long time.

 

cheers

 

Aleg

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by DomTomLondon
Originally Posted by Steve O:
 
Hey Steve, I did think about it when I first got the NAP100, but mostly for easthetic reasons. I might try and and see if it makes a difference to the sound.
Have you ever considered putting your Naim boxes side by side?
 
Originally Posted by DomTomLondon:

I've got a Synology NAS tucked away in a cupboard not too far from the UnitiQute. I know some of you might not approve having it so close to the audio system. I've set it to the lowest fan setting when in use and it goes to sleep when not in use so I never hear it at all.

At some point I might run some network cable to the storage cupboard in the hall and put the NAS in there, but for the time being it's fine where it is. The USB drive next to it backs up the NAS once a day.

 

 

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by Jota
Originally Posted by A. Lawson:

i think the Miele wins the vacuum round unless there are other takers

My Miele goes up to 11 but I fear if I ever set it to that it'd suck the planet inside out.  The motor inside it is a phenomenon, tiny, silent but unreal power.

 

Damn, I sound like a vacuum groupy.

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by Jota
Originally Posted by DomTomLondon:
Originally Posted by Steve O:
 
Hey Steve, I did think about it when I first got the NAP100, but mostly for easthetic reasons. I might try and and see if it makes a difference to the sound.
Have you ever considered putting your Naim boxes side by side?
 
Originally Posted by DomTomLondon:

I've got a Synology NAS tucked away in a cupboard not too far from the UnitiQute. I know some of you might not approve having it so close to the audio system. I've set it to the lowest fan setting when in use and it goes to sleep when not in use so I never hear it at all.

At some point I might run some network cable to the storage cupboard in the hall and put the NAS in there, but for the time being it's fine where it is. The USB drive next to it backs up the NAS once a day.

 

 

 

Hi, how do the KEF's sound with the UQ?  I have the UQ2 and NAP100 but I'm running with my old B&W DM303.  I've been thinking about either the KEF R300 or the LS50's.

Posted on: 26 January 2014 by DomTomLondon
Originally Posted by Jota:
hi Jota, I love the KEF100s and would recommend them for a small to medium room.
When I auditioned these I also listened to the LS50s and the B&w CM1s. The B&Ws souded very muffled to me. The LS50s were very detailed but lacked a bit in the low end. So I went with the 100s and have been very happy with them. I do hear the 300 are even better. But as you can see I don't have the space for them.... Yet ;-)
Originally Posted by DomTomLondon:
Originally Posted by Steve O:
 
Hey Steve, I did think about it when I first got the NAP100, but mostly for easthetic reasons. I might try and and see if it makes a difference to the sound.
Have you ever considered putting your Naim boxes side by side?
 
Originally Posted by DomTomLondon:

I've got a Synology NAS tucked away in a cupboard not too far from the UnitiQute. I know some of you might not approve having it so close to the audio system. I've set it to the lowest fan setting when in use and it goes to sleep when not in use so I never hear it at all.

At some point I might run some network cable to the storage cupboard in the hall and put the NAS in there, but for the time being it's fine where it is. The USB drive next to it backs up the NAS once a day.

 

 

 

Hi, how do the KEF's sound with the UQ?  I have the UQ2 and NAP100 but I'm running with my old B&W DM303.  I've been thinking about either the KEF R300 or the LS50's.