tomjal

Because I don't know what other option I have to stream it to my TV from the server. Is there any other way? Yes, the tvs are connected to LAN, and i'm planning to connect them via Chromecast. What do you think?

Hi, I'm looking for advice and feedbacks for my upcoming UNRAID NAS setup. Before I ask the questions, I'm gonna share my intention for the setup, the specs, last, the reasons I chose those specs and the questions releated. First, my intention are to use this as Plex Media Server, 4K streaming across the house, and file server for 4K Video Editing and Audio Productions. I aim this setup for a long long term use, like 5-10 years, then maybe i'll upgrade the GPU along the way if I need. Also, based on my work and data usage management, I need at least 50+ TB to start, and I will definitely add more drives Second, the specs are: Processor: Intel i7-4790K. MB: ASUS Z97-K : 4xSATA ports (the other 2 ports are unusable because i'm using the M.2 port for cache), 1xM.2, 2xPCIEx16 (1 for GPU, 1 for 10Gbps Ethernet card), 2xPCIEx1 (Both for SATA card, 4 HDD each Card), 2xPCI (Both for SATA card, 2 HDD each). **The PCIe x1_1 and PCIe x1_2 slots share the bandwidth with the PCIe x16_2(@x4) slot. RAM: 8GBx4 DDR3 2400 MHz (I have no other reason than this is the capacity I have from my previous setup) GPU: MSI 1060 3GB ETHERNET: Intel X540-T2 10Gbps SATA Cards: Both PCIEx1 and PCI cards are from my area's marketplace, if you want to suggest any brand or type, please do. M.2 : WD Black SN850 - 500GB (This is for cache, if you think the size is overkill, please let me know). HDD : 16x10TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM ST10000DM007 (2 are for Parity. And, I won't start by filling all of them at once, I'll start from 6, and will add more as I need more. OS: UNRAID OS (USB 3.0 Flash Drive) Third, my reasons and questions: I need that GPU to transcode my 4K streamings, and that what I currently have. I've googled something and I learned that this GPU might be able to do atleast 2x4K streams simultaneously, is this true? Earlier, I wanted to buy an SAS card instead, I think this card is much faster and could provide me with 8 SATAs out of the box. The problem is, if I use this, I wouldn't be able to use my 10Gbps Ethernet card, and that's why I decided to use PCIEx1 and PCI cards instead. My questions are: Based on the speed of PCIEx1(2.5Gbps) and PCI(1.3 or 2.6Gbps), would I bottleneck my HDD speeds? Do you have any other ideas for the better HDD setup? or maybe I should not use all the SATA ports instead to reach max speed? or maybe, it doesn't really matter at all anyway? I really need an enlightment for this. Is there anything else I need to add or remove for a better performance, or maybe a better setup. Will it be enough for me to use the data to edit 4K? That's all, maybe I'll add more questions if I do have more. Thank you so much in advance!