Hi
I have been a Synology user for the past 3 years. I currently own a DS413. This unit serves MOST of my needs.
On it I currently run SabNZBD, Sickbeard, Transmission, PhotoStation, Antivirus & Wordpress. It also serves as a VPN server and serves all my media to Plex which is on a Mac Mini. I have been a mac user for around 7 years now but prior to that I didn't mind putting together my own PC's.
The reason I am thinking about moving away from Synology to a more purpose built NAS is so that I can get Plex transcoding directly from the NAS. Some it just wont do from the Synology. To be honest with you I have looked at UnRAID, FreeNAS, NAS4Free as well as Ubuntu Server. However I do like the look of OMV and its hats off to you guys.
Currently I am testing in a VM on Fusion before I rush out and buy new hardware. I am having an issue with Plex (http://forums.openmediavault.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4756) and have posted in the plugin area. The other packages I mentioned, do they work without issue on OMV? The Synology has been as stable as a rock and I would be reluctant to move away from it to encounter any issues. I also understand that version 1 of OMV is in the works and maybe I should hold off until then. If someone can maybe talk me through the pros and cons of what I'm looking to do that would be great.
So far I think i've found a case I like, the Silverstone DS 380. However I would like to change the fans to some quieter models if this is possible? Thinking of starting with 4 X 4TB drives in RAID10 with OMV running from a 32GB SSD that I have. Can someone recommend a board, CPU and passive cooler to complete the NAS?
Your thoughts and help are very much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
James