DIY Windows NAS

[jtjt00]

Is this possible?

OS SSD/HDD: AHCI mode
Storage HDD: RAID 1
Storage HDD: 2x 4TB
mATX motherboard

 

[Swiftbladez]

dedicated nas?

 

[jtjt00]

No, for media playback and file server.

dedicated nas?

 

[glenyang]

Is this possible?

OS SSD/HDD: AHCI mode
Storage HDD: RAID 1
Storage HDD: 2x 4TB
mATX motherboard

Yes. Possible.
But unless yr mobo has a builtin raid controller, you need to addon this.

 

[jtjt00]

No, using motherboard RAID controller.

Yes. Possible.
But unless yr mobo has a builtin raid controller, you need to addon this.

 

[glenyang]

No, using motherboard RAID controller.

Then problem solved. Setup raid first, install Win, set network, access permissions, servers and enjoy

Quite a few freeware and good servers run under Win, some if not better than its linux counterparts.

 

[blong]

Then problem solved. Setup raid first, install Win, set network, access permissions, servers and enjoy

Quite a few freeware and good servers run under Win, some if not better than its linux counterparts.

I always thought that there are access limitations to Windows. Unless using Windows Server OS.

 

[blackie83]

As long 64bit OS the volume can be more than 2TB.

 

[Swiftbladez]

if nas as a fileserver and media server, no need ssd. save that money and perhaps get a 3x3tb run at raid 5.

 

[jtjt00]

In term of read/write speed, RAID 5 and 10 slower than RAID 1?
If so, how mach is the drop in speed?

if nas as a fileserver and media server, no need ssd. save that money and perhaps get a 3x3tb run at raid 5.

 

[Swiftbladez]

from what i read for small writes raid 5 performance can be much slower.
as for read speed about the same as raid 1.

else just stick with raid 1 and forget about the ssd altogether.

 

[davidktw]

from what i read for small writes raid 5 performance can be much slower.
as for read speed about the same as raid 1.

else just stick with raid 1 and forget about the ssd altogether.

Is it? Where is your source?

 

[davidktw]

In term of read/write speed, RAID 5 and 10 slower than RAID 1?
If so, how mach is the drop in speed?

Where did you learn that RAID 5 and RAID 10 is slower than RAID 1? Any source to confirm your claims?

 

[Gribber]

Where did you learn that RAID 5 and RAID 10 is slower than RAID 1? Any source to confirm your claims?

if RAID 1 is supposed to be fast
the same can be said for RAID 10.

something is missing with those claims.

 

[Rock-kun]

I always thought that there are access limitations to Windows. Unless using Windows Server OS.

For home use it is very unlikely a household will ever exceed the connection limit that the client version of Windows imposes under typical circumstances.

 

[jtjt00]

Correct me if I am in the wrong.

Here is the link: RAID Comparison Chart and Enhance Technology Storage Systems

Where did you learn that RAID 5 and RAID 10 is slower than RAID 1? Any source to confirm your claims?

 

[davidktw]

Correct me if I am in the wrong.

Here is the link: RAID Comparison Chart and Enhance Technology Storage Systems

If you read the RAID10 description, there is no indication that RAID10 is slower in performance than RAID 1. In fact, due to the striping capability of RAID10, you will find some higher depth queue to be faster.

As for RAID 5, it will be subjective depending on what you use. My real life encounter on certain pure H/W Raid card, RAID 5 is faster than RAID 1.

Most RAID 1 implementation only work in active/passive mode. No read or write is load-balanced against the mirrored disks. As such it is as fast or slightly slower due to latency to a single harddisk. For RAID 5, if the parity calculation is fast(either by a fast host, or an accelerated H/W chipset on H/W RAID cards), it is actually faster than RAID 1 since RAID 5 do support simultaneous READ. Write wise, it can be faster than RAID 1 since it's distributed across multiple drives.

I have tried configuring RAID 1 and RAID 10 and RAID 5 on 4 sets of WD Velociraptors on the Highpoint RocketRAID 4310 and RAID 5 gives a much better performance. One thing is HPT4310 has dedicated XOR engine from Intel.

So your mileage may differs depending on your actual storage architecture.

 

[fribro]

you can try synology for your storage and any cheap media player with lan port. i'm using xbox 360 for my media playback.

setup synology 2 hdd with shr first if storage not enough can expand up to 4 more hdd if your using matx board got 6 sata ports. so no need to think of raid 1 or 5. read and write 100MB/s +/-

do note that raid is not a backup.

link for expansion

 

[jtjt00]

Btw, I have Synology DS212J in use and Astone AP-110D media player.

you can try synology for your storage

 

[fribro]

Btw, I have Synology DS212J in use and Astone AP-110D media player.

Oh i see