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<blockquote data-quote="BillyTheFish" data-source="post: 804008" data-attributes="member: 82282">If you aren't moving your TV card to your NAS, you could look at <a href="http://www.freenas.org/" target="_blank">FreeNas</a>.&nbsp; FreeNas 8, which is what I'm using, is very easy to use and can be managed via a web interface over the network (so no monitor needed after you have set up the box).&nbsp; They are adding more features and I think it is due to get UPNP, a bittorrent client, print server etc soon.Have a look for their recommended motherboard / CPUs as it can be a bit picky.&nbsp; You won't need anything expensive, just something with enough SATA ports for your needs, onboard graphics, Gigabit LAN port and low power.How do you plan to network it?&nbsp; Mine is running on a Gigabit LAN but via Solwise HomePlugs.&nbsp; They're pretty good but seem to run at half the speed I get by plugging the NasBox directly into the router.&nbsp; It's fine for streaming though.Do you plan to RAID it at all?&nbsp; FreeNas is good for software RAID and even supports RAIDZ2 (which I'm using as I'm paranoid about hard drive failures!).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BillyTheFish, post: 804008, member: 82282"] If you aren't moving your TV card to your NAS, you could look at [URL="http://www.freenas.org/"]FreeNas[/URL]. FreeNas 8, which is what I'm using, is very easy to use and can be managed via a web interface over the network (so no monitor needed after you have set up the box). They are adding more features and I think it is due to get UPNP, a bittorrent client, print server etc soon. Have a look for their recommended motherboard / CPUs as it can be a bit picky. You won't need anything expensive, just something with enough SATA ports for your needs, onboard graphics, Gigabit LAN port and low power. How do you plan to network it? Mine is running on a Gigabit LAN but via Solwise HomePlugs. They're pretty good but seem to run at half the speed I get by plugging the NasBox directly into the router. It's fine for streaming though. Do you plan to RAID it at all? FreeNas is good for software RAID and even supports RAIDZ2 (which I'm using as I'm paranoid about hard drive failures!). [/QUOTE]

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