Hi, Newbie here 🙋‍♂️

I'm trying to find out if an Unraid configuration is best for my needs. 

 

My current setup includes an HTPC (Win10) with 6 external drives the vary from a 250gb ssd to a 16tb hhd. 

My main use for them is to store media files (Music & Movies).

I use Jriver as my main music player and for movies I'm using my Oppo 203 UHD player to stream (mainly 4k movies) from various drives.

 

I'm thinking of taking all the drives and attaching them to a mini pc that I currently don't use.

It's not a power mini pc, so I don't know if it'll be a good match for a NAS server.

I would also want to use one of my HDD's as a backup to some of my content. 

 

Here's the specs:

CPU: Intel® Atom™ x5-Z8350

GPU: Intel® HD Graphics

RAM: 2GB DDR3

ROM: 32GB eMMC

LAN: 10/100/1000

WiFi: 2.4G + 5.8G

USB: 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0

Audio/Video: HDMI, Headphone Jack, SD card (up to 128 GB)

Other: Bluetooth 4.0

OS: Windows 10

 

Do you think that this mini pc will suffice for Unraid and for my needs?

Edited April 30, 20215 yr by ThatsNotME

USB is not recommended for array or pool disks 

Also that RAM isn't really enough for much except bare NAS functionality. But trying to use external disks is the main problem with this.

Thanks for the reply.

So even if I'll get a more powerful pc, the external disk issue is problematic?

22 minutes ago, ThatsNotME said:

the external disk issue is problematic?

For external drives you need to use eSATA without port multipliers, or SAS. USB isn't stable enough for parity array disks.