I do agree with you though about media being precious, even thought it is just media, but it takes a long time to rip, sort and arrange and I too wouldn't want to lose it either, thats why I am using a NAS. I have 3 different models and they work brilliantly, no problems scanning through hundreds of movie/tv files, I currently have 4x 10TB discs of 4K movies and TV shows on a Synology NAS DS918+ and it handles them perfectly. But having owned tonnes of media players of the years, I would recommend a Zidoo 4k player. I dont have any issues with my APTV4K with high res cover arts, infuse loads them fine and very quickly as it updates the cache when when it scans for new media. BTW budget will be between £1000 - £2000. That said whatever route I choose needs to have the scope to expand without the need to start a fresh. If I was to opt for a HTPC with consumer grade parts and a standard RAID setup, would this cause problems if at a later point I wanted to move those discs into a ZFS Freenas setup?īecause I'm the only one needing access at this time, and all hardware (will currently) be just in one room, I am concerned that having a server and a client is a bit overkill.Could I have a Freenas server and Kodi client all-in-one, which I switch on and off as of when I want to watch media?.Is using Freenas, ECC ram and ZFS RAID really essential for a media server OR would a RAID array on lower grade consumer components be suffice?.To help make my decision a little easier I have some questions: This HTPC would house a RAID array, be low powered, and operate as both a media server and a client.
To add to my confusion I've toyed with the idea of an all-in-one HTPC (as I'm only going to be watching the media on one tv). I've also considered going down the cheaper route of building a media server using non server grade components (consumer mobo, i3 non-ECC ram etc). This would be located on a 10 gigabit network along with my PC and client with Kodi. I've been looking at building a tower server with Freenas, ECC ram, server grade motherboard and Xeon CPU, using ZFS RAID. Ideally I am looking for something that suits my current needs but can also be upgraded or expandable as of when it comes to buying my own place. My current arrangement means that the setup would be in one room including the client / TV. I'm looking to build a media server storing nothing more than movies and tv series.
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