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May 16, 2016, 08:35 PM
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2016, 10:15 PM by panc.)
I just draw a diagram for my idea of setting up a Home Multimedia System (see the attachment).
**The desired functionalities for my system are as follows.**
1. A network attached storage (NAS) to be accessible by various devices (including Linux/Windows/MacOS desktops/laptops, iPhone/Android cell phones, iPad/Surface Pro) . I can access the files from the NAS. Furthermore, the NAS will be the place where my download server (to be discussed later) save the downloaded files, my TV-top boxes (to be discussed later) read multi-media files, and my desktops/laptops/mobile devices backup their system files.
2. A download server. Currently, I am thinking about downloading via Usenet. It is designed to be running 24/7.
3. A pinter server. This will enable all the devices to access my home printers via Wifi.
4. TV-top boxes. Each box is designed to be a dedicated media player for one TV. By using the box, one can either watch videos/listen to music from online services (e.g. via KODI addons) and play local media files stored in the NAS mentioned above.
These are the functionalities I am aware of at this point of time. If you have any other suggestions, please let me know.
**Hardwares**
In order to realize such a system with the desired functionality, I plan to use the following hardwares.
1. The servers are configured on Raspberry Pi 3 (or some other single board computers (SBC)). The reason why I am using SBCs instead of fully-fledged computer servers is that each desired functionality can be separated and using one SBC for each functionality would be more energy and cost efficient.
2. A (or more?) switch is needed to enable communication between the SBCs.
3. Multiple HDDs as the main storage for the NAS (to be configures as RAID). An optional small size SSD may be added to server as a cache.
The above configurations are designed based on my current knowledge. While designing the system, I haven't fully consider the softwares.
I am relatively new to HTPC. I am looking for any advice to make my system more complete in terms of improving its cost efficiency, performance, and any mistakes I may have in the current configuration.
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Update: 2016-05-20
I updated the diagram (see homemultimediaconfig_v3.png) by making the following changes:
1) Removed the switch
2) All servers are connected (wired or wireless) to the router, so that they all have access to the Internet.
3) All communication (printing, file I/O to and from NAS) between the devices are via the router.
These changes are made to simplify the topology of my LAN. What do you guys think?
**The desired functionalities for my system are as follows.**
1. A network attached storage (NAS) to be accessible by various devices (including Linux/Windows/MacOS desktops/laptops, iPhone/Android cell phones, iPad/Surface Pro) . I can access the files from the NAS. Furthermore, the NAS will be the place where my download server (to be discussed later) save the downloaded files, my TV-top boxes (to be discussed later) read multi-media files, and my desktops/laptops/mobile devices backup their system files.
2. A download server. Currently, I am thinking about downloading via Usenet. It is designed to be running 24/7.
3. A pinter server. This will enable all the devices to access my home printers via Wifi.
4. TV-top boxes. Each box is designed to be a dedicated media player for one TV. By using the box, one can either watch videos/listen to music from online services (e.g. via KODI addons) and play local media files stored in the NAS mentioned above.
These are the functionalities I am aware of at this point of time. If you have any other suggestions, please let me know.
**Hardwares**
In order to realize such a system with the desired functionality, I plan to use the following hardwares.
1. The servers are configured on Raspberry Pi 3 (or some other single board computers (SBC)). The reason why I am using SBCs instead of fully-fledged computer servers is that each desired functionality can be separated and using one SBC for each functionality would be more energy and cost efficient.
2. A (or more?) switch is needed to enable communication between the SBCs.
3. Multiple HDDs as the main storage for the NAS (to be configures as RAID). An optional small size SSD may be added to server as a cache.
The above configurations are designed based on my current knowledge. While designing the system, I haven't fully consider the softwares.
I am relatively new to HTPC. I am looking for any advice to make my system more complete in terms of improving its cost efficiency, performance, and any mistakes I may have in the current configuration.
---
Update: 2016-05-20
I updated the diagram (see homemultimediaconfig_v3.png) by making the following changes:
1) Removed the switch
2) All servers are connected (wired or wireless) to the router, so that they all have access to the Internet.
3) All communication (printing, file I/O to and from NAS) between the devices are via the router.
These changes are made to simplify the topology of my LAN. What do you guys think?