central storage help

i have 'machouse'. use airport extreme base station, , have old airport express unused. wanted have central storage option computers access media, photos , backups to. computer store listened request , suggested nas ... sold me this: http://ain.mediasonic.ca/store/product_info.php?products_id=257

after saving , purchasing more drives (total of 4 @ 2tb each) have found out not have nas, 4 bay enclosure (set raid 10). how can set use wish. have ae if helps ...


thanks!

 

i set this baby 2x3tb drives , windows home server 2011

3tb raid 1, mirrored in case of data loss.

leave itunes running on , whole house or on home network ios device can access movies, music, etc or upload things itunes laptops.

works greart. have 1 airport express , 1 apple tv 3. working wonderfully on n network.

have know bit building computers set up, think it's better getting mac mini (which quite expensive , doesn't have internal storage space).

if don't care building mini server, can mac mini. buy used 1 , use external drives share media via itunes.

i'm happy setup, got hp server on sale $179. total setup hard drives , upgraded memory/ssd (60gb boot drive) cost me $500.

thing quiet , doesn't bother , feeds whole house media. it's been getting rave reviews online, if see on sale, grab it.

 

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