PS3 as a Network Media Player - I ain't Playing Playa
I am currently using my PS3 as a network media player. Reasons that you may want to do this are:
1. You don't store any media (pictures, video or music) on your PS3, so it remains fast
2. The media on network attached storage is easier to manage
The setup I have at home is PS3 connected to a Netgear router, a Netgear ReadyNas drive (which is a DLNA certified NAS drive) also connected to the router. The PS3 is connected to my Sony STR-DA3200ES ES 7.1 Channel Surround Sound A/V Receiver via a single HDMI cable. The Sony Receiver sends full high definition (Full HD) images to my Sony Sony KDL46EX500 television.
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| Sony KDL46EX500
 Netgear Stora 2 Bay NAS Drive |
I am currently using the Netgear Stora as my NAS drive. I am running two 2TB drives in RAID mode. I previously ran the NAS drive in JBOD mode which gave me 3.6 TB capacity without any protection. Besides not having any protection, I had a lot of I/O error when I copied files to the NAS drive. This means the NAS drive could not work reliably as backup for my laptop and other computers in the house. I had to delete a lot movies (sigh) so that I can have enough space to return to RAID mode. In future I intend to have a 4x3TB NAS drive running in X-RAID mode. So far I have all the hard drives, I must just save for the ReadyNAS 104 4-Bay (Diskless).
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