I’ve been running a network attached storage (NAS) device for many years. I’ve really enjoyed the Netgear ReadyNAS product as an easy to use reliable appliance. I started out with a ReadyNAS NV+ and upgraded about 5 years later to a ReadyNAS Ultra. I’m still happy with the unit but I need to add more storage and I want to use my NAS box to also serve movies and other media. To do that I need a lot more storage and I need more processing power. The Plex media server that I’m going to use transcodes the movies to the target viewing platform on the fly so it’s fairly CPU intensive, a lot more than the ReadyNAS is designed for. It’s time to build a custom NAS and media server.
