February 23, 201412 yr So I think I've come to my final build idea. I have some of the parts already, but can still return if anybody has a better option. I'm trying to accomplish two things: (1)dedicated NAS with the unRAID box for less stress on hardware and (2)no exposure of unRAID box to the interwebs. I plan on isolating the unRAID box, as to eliminate any outward facing connections (plex). For the purposes to streaming/transcoding to both in-network and out-of-network devices, I plan to build another box which may or may not be a HTPC (my Samsung TV has the plex app already). My layout (I'm pretty sure this is possible, but any advice would be great): cat6 from unRAID box to HTPC w/ Plex Media Server. This is the area that I'm not to sure about. I've seen a few threads that go over this, but is it still possible? The HTPC will have read only access. unRAID hardwired into network. It will not be running any plugins on the unRAID, which should help with security TV hard-wired into network to allow me to watch 1080p rips any management or writing will be done from an old box running ubuntu. This is where I get dumb: does this mean that the unRAID box or the ubuntu box will be doing the work for writing? Now for the good stuff: unRAID box MSI H87M-E35 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130743 Pentium 3220 4gb Crucial DDR3 R4 case Silverstone PSU WD Reds HTPC ASrock z87e-itx - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157374 i3-4340 8gb Crucial DDR3 Samsung 120gb SSD HTPC case (TBD) PSU (TBD based on case) So my two questions are: [*]will this setup work? [*]is the hardware able to handle that, or do you have any suggestions?
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