I've tried a few different NAS Devices over the years and never really cared for them, they were always way slower than anything that I built and were really costly. If you add in a RAID Controller you are kind of defeating the purpose of going with FreeNAS other than the cost of the operating system. That said I was at the point where I started looking to go in a different direction and tried FreeNAS which seems to be really reliable but is limited to the number of SATA Ports you can get on a single motherboard.
So I need to either expand or add more storage to my network. At the same time Blu-Ray Rips take up a significant amount of space (usually 2 to 4 or more times that of DVD). Now I am completely hooked and ran in to issues with my current HTPC Systems being several years old not being able to play Blu-Ray Rips properly. Super Micro Hard Drive Enclosures fitted in a Tower Caseīecause I was happy / content with my existing set up I never ventured in to Blu-Ray until this past Christmas. Personally after lots and lots of trial and error I've had tremendous luck with the hardware that I have chose which is as follows: So the solution is completely subjective and depends on you, your needs, your budget, your technical ability, your desire / ability to "Tweak" things on a regular basis. Even the fastest system today (which would be very expensive) will be "Slow" in 3-5 years but might still work for your needs but will eventually need to be updated or completely replaced depending on what your needs are at the time. There is always going to be something coming out (usually the week or month) after you decide to buy something so you can forget about that right off the bat. Keep in mind that there is no such thing as "Future Proof" when it comes to anything technology related.
I've also built HTPCs that I have connected to my TV's and use them to play my DVD Collection. With that in mind I've done exactly what you mentioned and built a few servers with RAID Systems that hold all of my movies, photos, music and documents (About 15TB Worth).
I am a computer guy, I love building, maintaining and upgrading computers as well as servers.
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