HTPC & Network Attached Storage

[moosejaw]

Have you looked into BeyondTV ? I ran it on my old boxing machine (Q6600) and it worked great. The software can manage your network storage according to your needs. You can store a show locally and it will move it to the NAS after it recodes it. Fully scripted handling of recordings.

[MiRai]

This article/guide about building your own file server popped up on Anandtech yesterday.

[pinotnoir]

This article/guide about building your own file server popped up on Anandtech yesterday.

I have an old AMD 3500+ machine that has 6 Sata ports, gigabit network, and 2 gigs of ram. If the 3T drives go on sale at newegg again for $100 I plan on buying several of them to build a freenas system. If it doesn't work out I will eventually buy the synology nas. If I get into the htpc serious I wonder if I can make a few extra bucks by selling them online. Once people see how they work they will be the next greatest thing for consumers. There will be a day in the future where everyone has an htpc hooked to their TV's.