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Currently own a WD Mybook live, it has caused some problems, constantly reading/writing, slow data rate etc. (apparently some issue with MACs). Anyway, time for a new drive and it would make sense to have some form of mirroring. I know nothing about the various RAID configurations, so wondering what drives the Singletrack collective are using and would suggest. no WD please! Need twonky server, compatibility with SONOS. thanks
I've got a QNAP TS212. 4tb mirrored to 2x2tb, it just sits under the TV doing it's thing. I can stream to the tv with it, I've got it set as a drive for my PC backups, twonky media server, fast copy from USB drives, etc etc
OP - why the need for mirroring? It only gives up time in event of a drive failure and is no replacement for backup (virus, corruption, accidental deletion, hardware failure, theft etc)
I also have a Qnap enclosure, very good but if kit. I'd recommend a qnap or synology enclosure and hard drive(s) of your choice.
Sorry, you've said no WD but i've had a WD live duo for nearly 12 months which is set up for raid mirroring, and it's been great. I wouldn't say it's been faultless ( a couple of reboots) the only real issue i've got with it is that if I use a wifi encryption & password at some point between the mac-router-cloud it slows right down so I have to stick to MAC filtering, but this could be anything not specifically the WD drive.
Also does time machine so it's all a bit fit and forget, av receiver/ipad etc all talk to it to grab films and music nicely.
Although i'd have probably gone synology had I wanted to spend the extra, but i've always used WD drives and not had a problem with one in 15 years so thought i'd keep to it as it was the cheapest 4TB system by quite a way.
no need for raid, maybe go for an external green hard drive of your choice in a sata usb3 enclosure and some back software to image your stuff overnight and take to work or bury in the garden etc
as for nas, im using linux samba/nfs/upnp and hp microserver but synology have a good rep for nas.
check out serviio for an alternative to twonky for your upnp needs or for mobile devices and web check out madsonic/subsonic.