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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1289075" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>When people use the term "NAS", they usually mean a computer that is running Linux. MP cannot run on Linux -- MP runs only on Windows. So if you wanted to use a pre-built NAS from (say) Synology, you would need <strong>two</strong> computers:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The NAS running Linux</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The HTPC running Windows and MP</li> </ul><p>The Windows equivalent of a NAS would (I think) be Windows Server. I have a vague recollection that MP did not run on Windows Server, due to some required files not being included with Windows Server. However, that may have been fixed by now. A user who runs MP on Windows Server will need to confirm that it is possible and what the problems are.</p><p></p><p>I am not sure what you are expecting a NAS to provide that an installation of Windows Home or Windows Professional does not. Windows Home can provide files to other computers on your home network, and Windows Home can be setup with RAID that offers protection from disk failure. You need to have more than one disk -- typically you have to allocate one entire disk to store "parity" (or other) information that is used to protect the data. So in an n-disk RAID system, you would have storage capacity of n-1 disks. RAID systems that provide stronger protection against disk failure require <strong>two</strong> disks to be allocated to parity.</p><p></p><p>I don't what a DAS is.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1289075, member: 141969"] When people use the term "NAS", they usually mean a computer that is running Linux. MP cannot run on Linux -- MP runs only on Windows. So if you wanted to use a pre-built NAS from (say) Synology, you would need [b]two[/b] computers: [LIST] [*]The NAS running Linux [*]The HTPC running Windows and MP [/LIST] The Windows equivalent of a NAS would (I think) be Windows Server. I have a vague recollection that MP did not run on Windows Server, due to some required files not being included with Windows Server. However, that may have been fixed by now. A user who runs MP on Windows Server will need to confirm that it is possible and what the problems are. I am not sure what you are expecting a NAS to provide that an installation of Windows Home or Windows Professional does not. Windows Home can provide files to other computers on your home network, and Windows Home can be setup with RAID that offers protection from disk failure. You need to have more than one disk -- typically you have to allocate one entire disk to store "parity" (or other) information that is used to protect the data. So in an n-disk RAID system, you would have storage capacity of n-1 disks. RAID systems that provide stronger protection against disk failure require [b]two[/b] disks to be allocated to parity. I don't what a DAS is. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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