This is probably a weird question but being a nas newbie i have to ask. Im about to receive a pretty large 5 figure bonus the first of march and am thinking it might be time to create a nas. I do have a pretty nice i5 htpc that im running that has a usb3 mediasonic 4 bay non network box runing 2 1tb greens and 2 2tb spinpoints. I am debating if it would be more efficiant to build a nas or pick up another mediasonic 4 bay nd run the htpc as a server. If i did this id uplp through xbmc and just run cat cable ojt to some rasbery pies and laptops. If i do brake down and build the nas what would be the advantages of doing it? What would be the pitfalls of running things through the htpc? I think my main concern is getting life out of my drives and streaming to the pies.
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