Besides the absence of storage disks, is there any difference between the diskless server and the other flavors?
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Same, except you have to do all the setup of the hard drives if you buy your own. If you buy it with the drives you can contact them about how you want it setup. If you buy it with the drives, they will install, configure, and check the drives before they ship. How they configure is up to you to contact them before they ship.
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Nope. I purchased the diskless server as well. The one with disks just ship with WD Reds.
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Also, if you have an existing FreeNas setup, you can move the drives into this chassis, copy the config over, and have things running on the new hardware with minimal effort.
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You don't "get the fact that its diskless". This simply means that the NAS is not shipped with hard disks. They must be purchased separately. I would suggest the WD NAS rated drives. Make sure to get 2 of them. Same size.
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Yes. You can also buy a unit with no drives and purchase what you want from the start.
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Yes. The server is sold separately. It's small - about the size of a laptop but about an inch thick.
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Dear Customer this particular server have 4 X 1 TB Hard drives but you can fo on aur web side an built you own server Best Regards Alex
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I don't have any experience with either of these programs, but being that it is solid state and 1Tb you should not have any storage problems. Sorry I could not be of more help.
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No, there is no disk drive. I thought that that would be a major set-back, but I hadn't realized I hardly use disks of any kind anymore. I download music online, and watch movies either via Netflix or on my TV. Having no disk drive makes this incredibly light and portable.
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This item you are looking at comes with storage installed.For a diskless system you need Model NETGEAR ReadyNAS 100 Series 2-Bay Diskless Network Attached Storage (RN10200) .From there you can review the specifications required of your HD.
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I have found that my two drobos work very well for my needs. The one thing I would like to see work better, but I think it is a limitation of Windows not Drobo, is to report the current size of the mass of drives not some specific value like 16TB when you only have 5TB total space. I've installed Plex Server on my Drobo5n and it's been working great even without a mSSD that can improve performance. I don't know or really care about the processor or other specs as long as it works well and performs well.
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Is no necessary, i'm use a netbook without cd/DVD drive and function spectacular...
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No DVD/CD drive. Should work well as a word processor. I run Media Center on it. Stream video from network attached storage and Netflicks with no performance issues.
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You have to provide the hdds for a diskless NAS, whereas a non-diskless NAS already has the hdds included. Consequently, a diskless NAS will typically be cheaper, but a non-diskless NAS will be simpler to purchase and set up, and my potentially be cheaper after factoring in the price of the hard drives. You also need to be somewhat selective about which hdds to add to a diskless NAS, and if you don't know much about hard drives and RAID, you're probably best off not getting a diskless NAS.
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You are paying for their software, which is arguably the best one. I haven't tried FreeNAS but I would be very surprised if it was better. In any case the enterprise drives are the bigger part of the cost. Also these boxes come with excellent cooling and temperature monitoring.
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Storage options are 256gb, 512gb or one 1TB. Anything else is not Apples standard.
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I don't know of any functionality other than the sharing/server functionality. I think they both do the same thing.
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I considered doing this myself, as the Mini is built from OTS parts. I even purchased the identical case ($200). However, once I created a spreadsheet and entered all of the parts and prices (as best I could; still can't find a source for the exact DOM used in the Mini), the total came to within $30 of the iXsystems price for the diskless Mini. So, is that a fair price for a guaranteed-to-work, out-of-the-box solution? OTOH, if you don't build an exact duplicate, you *can* save some money. But, as Brian L. Bailey pointed out, it comes down to the value you place on your time and data. In any case, whether you buy the diskless Mini or roll your own, be sure to use at least 8GB ECC memory (the Mini has two 8GB ECC DIMMs; ECC should be a ZFS requirement) and server-grade disk drives (Western Digital Red drives are highly recommended), neither of which is as cheap as consumer-grade hardware. Note that FreeNAS requires 8GB base memory plus 1GB per TB of disk space. (See my other answer for Amazon ASINs for DIMMs and Disk drives.) Bottom line: If you value your data, don't scrimp on the hardware. See the FreeNAS web site and forums, such as the thread about "So you want some hardware recommendations?" for more information. On the forum, there are numerous postings by folks who did not adhere to the minimum hardware recommendations for FreeNAS and ZFS and lost all of their data - don't become one of them. Since you still need to back up your data, and backing up, say 6 or 12TB, is no trivial task, I may go ahead and build a second unit using identical parts and locate it in a relative's home. This would help protect our family's data from fire, theft, vandalism, or other disaster.
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Yes. The server is indifferent to the type of OS you choose to run on it: ie, Win8.1, WHS, Windows Server, Ubuntu, etc: it will act like a PC with a small form and a lot of durability. Plex Media can then be downloaded and will run well even as configured; however increasing ram will make for a smoother video presentation, as will installing some Hybrid 1TB drives (which will act like SSD's in terms of speed), and provide for large amounts of media storage. Hope this helps, we have had impressive service from our HP Proliants.