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<blockquote data-quote="RavingMac" data-source="post: 1162904" data-attributes="member: 45350"><p>Every 4 months or so I decide I need an NAS and dutifully begin to research. Each time I reach a point of overload and indecision, lock-up and decide to forget the whole idea.</p><p>Part of the problem is I have no experience with NAS or NAS like setup other than using a Timecapsule (I also had a WD external HD hooked by USB to the Timecapsule for a while--but eventually abandoned it).</p><p>Second, I tend not to buy items that don't have a substantial number of reviews on Amazon (my vendor of choice) and especialy if the 1 star reviews are significantly higher than 10% of total reviews.</p><p>That brings me to three, which is all of the NAS devices I have looked at either have almost no reviews or have greater than 20% 1 star reviews, which makes it difficult for me to pull the trigger on them.</p><p></p><p>In my research I saw a reccomendation to just connect a RAID external HD to a computer that was always running, and use enable drive sharing. That piqued my interest because I use a Mac Mini as a home theater and it is always on. So that brings me to my questions:</p><p></p><p>1) Would this be a suitable alternative to an NAS?</p><p>2) If so, how do I go about setting it up?</p><p>3) Reccomendation on NAS vs RAID (specific equipment included)?</p><p>4) I was looking at the OWC 4 TB RAID -- good choice?</p><p>5) If RAID is the way to go, RAID 0, 1, 5 ????</p><p></p><p>My goal for this is file sharing, in particular shared iTunes, iPhoto and Video Libraries. Don't plan on using it for back up. I use individual Seagate portables with Time Machine for each computer.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for any input or help. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RavingMac, post: 1162904, member: 45350"] Every 4 months or so I decide I need an NAS and dutifully begin to research. Each time I reach a point of overload and indecision, lock-up and decide to forget the whole idea. Part of the problem is I have no experience with NAS or NAS like setup other than using a Timecapsule (I also had a WD external HD hooked by USB to the Timecapsule for a while--but eventually abandoned it). Second, I tend not to buy items that don't have a substantial number of reviews on Amazon (my vendor of choice) and especialy if the 1 star reviews are significantly higher than 10% of total reviews. That brings me to three, which is all of the NAS devices I have looked at either have almost no reviews or have greater than 20% 1 star reviews, which makes it difficult for me to pull the trigger on them. In my research I saw a reccomendation to just connect a RAID external HD to a computer that was always running, and use enable drive sharing. That piqued my interest because I use a Mac Mini as a home theater and it is always on. So that brings me to my questions: 1) Would this be a suitable alternative to an NAS? 2) If so, how do I go about setting it up? 3) Reccomendation on NAS vs RAID (specific equipment included)? 4) I was looking at the OWC 4 TB RAID -- good choice? 5) If RAID is the way to go, RAID 0, 1, 5 ???? My goal for this is file sharing, in particular shared iTunes, iPhoto and Video Libraries. Don't plan on using it for back up. I use individual Seagate portables with Time Machine for each computer. Thanks for any input or help. :) [/QUOTE]
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