Chris147
Standard Member
Hi all
Me and the family will be moving to a new property in the next month or so and it requires a lot of work doing so want to try and get the network stuff in whilst it's in a mess and just want opinions really.
The equipment will be housed under the stairs with adequate ventilation so was wondering what people think of the following and if anyone has any suggestions or better ideas.
I currently just have a WD MyCloud 3TB network drive which is nearly full so would like to upgrade to a four bay unit so that I will have plenty of storage for films and music in the new house. I'm not going to stay with WD as it is a very slow and clunky interface and have been looking at a Synology unit but having just looked on eBay there are quite a few decent rack mount units available which have caught my eye. I appreciate that they would be overkill for a home setup but obviously I could save a few hundred by buying used (I know you run the risk of failure etc with used equipment).
The plan is to use a NAS to supply video and music around the house as well as provide back up for photos (quite in to photography so eating up GB's of storage is quite easy). So far I've discounted having a DVD in the rack under the stairs because everything gets ripped to the NAS straight away but am open to suggestions. I'd use Kodi or smart TV's to access the films.
Ultimately I'm considering the following equipment and layout of cabling:
Router with wifi
NAS (open to suggestions but would like around 16TB of storage - unsure as to run RAID or not)
Netgear FS750T2EU ProSafe 48 port switch
LAN ports
Sonos - 4
CCTV system (standalone rather than IP) - 1
Living Room 1 - 2
Living Room 2 - 4
Kitchen - 2
Bedroom 1 - 2
Bedroom 2 - 2
Bedroom 3 - 2
Bedroom 4 - 2
Study - 2
Loft - 2
Garage - 1
Summer house - 1
(would run 2 cables to each though just in case)
So that would be 27 connections in total with a few spare for expansion in the future.
At the moment I'm using a small PC to run Kodi on the main TV and am not sure whether to put this with all the other equipment and use a HDMI matrix but given how cheap streamers are that will run Kodi or similar not sure if it's false economy.
I'd also consider fitting extenders outside as well so we can have wi-fi everywhere a few more ports may get used or possibly POE.
Any advice would be appreciated but does my idea seem feasible?
Cheers
Chris
Me and the family will be moving to a new property in the next month or so and it requires a lot of work doing so want to try and get the network stuff in whilst it's in a mess and just want opinions really.
The equipment will be housed under the stairs with adequate ventilation so was wondering what people think of the following and if anyone has any suggestions or better ideas.
I currently just have a WD MyCloud 3TB network drive which is nearly full so would like to upgrade to a four bay unit so that I will have plenty of storage for films and music in the new house. I'm not going to stay with WD as it is a very slow and clunky interface and have been looking at a Synology unit but having just looked on eBay there are quite a few decent rack mount units available which have caught my eye. I appreciate that they would be overkill for a home setup but obviously I could save a few hundred by buying used (I know you run the risk of failure etc with used equipment).
The plan is to use a NAS to supply video and music around the house as well as provide back up for photos (quite in to photography so eating up GB's of storage is quite easy). So far I've discounted having a DVD in the rack under the stairs because everything gets ripped to the NAS straight away but am open to suggestions. I'd use Kodi or smart TV's to access the films.
Ultimately I'm considering the following equipment and layout of cabling:
Router with wifi
NAS (open to suggestions but would like around 16TB of storage - unsure as to run RAID or not)
Netgear FS750T2EU ProSafe 48 port switch
LAN ports
Sonos - 4
CCTV system (standalone rather than IP) - 1
Living Room 1 - 2
Living Room 2 - 4
Kitchen - 2
Bedroom 1 - 2
Bedroom 2 - 2
Bedroom 3 - 2
Bedroom 4 - 2
Study - 2
Loft - 2
Garage - 1
Summer house - 1
(would run 2 cables to each though just in case)
So that would be 27 connections in total with a few spare for expansion in the future.
At the moment I'm using a small PC to run Kodi on the main TV and am not sure whether to put this with all the other equipment and use a HDMI matrix but given how cheap streamers are that will run Kodi or similar not sure if it's false economy.
I'd also consider fitting extenders outside as well so we can have wi-fi everywhere a few more ports may get used or possibly POE.
Any advice would be appreciated but does my idea seem feasible?
Cheers
Chris