![]() My movie library is ~5000 files so indexing it takes forever the first time) SO I am splitting the services between devices at the moment. I've used a Mac mini as a network storage device in my home for 8 years, and I'm quite happy with how it's performed. This is after having used a Synology NAS. I run Plex, SecuritySpy, and occasionally use Transmission for BT. My other macs back up to the server with Time Machine. ![]() My current setup is a base-config M1 Mac mini, with 2x Thunderbay 4 RAID enclosures (running soft raid beta), 3x 8TB USB 3.0 WD external HDDs. The RAID enclosures are set up with RAID5 one RAID backs up the other. These house all of my media files for Plex. I use one of the WD external drives (8TB) for SecuritySpy continuous/motion captures, and the other two are for network Time Machine backups of our other macs. The M1 never gets hot, and what I'm asking it to do barely taxes the CPU or RAM at all. Yes, the initial investment for the enclosures and HDDs was substantial. However, the only thing I've upgraded over time is the Mac mini itself. I've gone from a 2012 2.3 i7, to a 2012 2.6 i7, to a 2018 3.0 i5, and now to the M1, selling the previous one to help offset the cost for the new one. Everything else stays the same - I guess the only other thing I needed to buy was a TB3 to TB2 adapter. ![]() The M1 in particular is very well suited to the task IMO. Performs (1Gb network) like more expensive models. that means: multi gig managed switch and CAT 7 cabling. That should do it for quite some years to come. Up until now I was running a TB3 drive or external SSD's and that goes very fast (HP TB3 drive, Samsung T5, Sandisk extreme). So I got back to QNAP TB-NAS reviews and costs. NO GO! It's better to get a 10GbE NAS and get a TB3 to 10GbE adapter. So my question concerning speed, reliability, uptime.: do I need a NAS or a file server? Both have advantages. #Chronosync sparse bundle Pc#Ī fast NAS needs multiple drives and better hardware (and gets more pc like features and power usage). ![]() But Plex? Too slow, and for a 4K transcoding NAS the cost skyrockets. and I think I might hold on to that QNAP for IP cams, pics, backup files. #Chronosync sparse bundle how to#īut how to configure the Mac mini for file serving purposes. ![]() I have a Canon DSLR that shoots 40MB RAW files and 4K footage. What would be the best solution considering cost/speed/useability? Running the Mac mini with external disks or going for an external enclosure (hardware or software raid)? Could I connect to that enclosure like a DAS while keeping it available on the network over my Mac mini? I can place the mini close to my switch and main workstation (for photo and video editing). looked at varrious forums of "sparse disk image", "sparse bundle" with & without compression and or encryption and the resulting bakcups from these approaches was actually a larger file size than just copy the file(s) over I found out a lot of modern file formats are already compressed so wast of time to try and compressed them any further Last year I re did my home network backup: #Chronosync sparse bundle software# any type of bundled image puts another layer of complexity when it come time to recover a backukp file. Both the Apple macOS Finder and the ios "Files" are error prone. Lets say you have a family photo album with 10,000 images well 10 or 20 files will have errors. ![]()
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