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ed

 posted on 13th Aug 09 at 09:29

Have a read about what RAID is, that will explain to you why some need two or more disks.


ash_corsa

 posted on 13th Aug 09 at 09:25

Whats the crack with some of these? are they just enclosures and you have to buy the HDD yourself? Also some have two HDD, why?

I really dont know much about these, just want to connect it via RJ45 to my wireless router then i can access music and photos etc from my PS3, sonos etc..

Cheers


Bart

 posted on 12th Aug 09 at 22:20

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Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by ash_corsa
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Originally posted by Bart
Synology for me :)


Any particular one mate? What are the prices like for them?


Solid devices, but can be expensive - look at the DS109j or DS109 enclosures. Also have a look at IcyBox (IB-NAS4210 and IB-NAS4220-B), Drobo, LaCie Internet Space, Iomega and Buffalo.


Indeed ^

I have the CS407, which is aimed a small workgroups (probably OTT For what you need), but its fantastic and all models have amazing features/firmware.

The support is the best i've ever came accross.
After 4 months of owning one, one of my Samsung HDDs failed (nothing to do with the NAS itself) and this didnt affect the raid5 array. When I swapped the hard disk a second samsung hard disk failed and I lost everything.
Synology then offered to take my NAS with two broken hard disks, pay for the shipping to China themselves, recover ALL the data, rebuild the raid array and return with all the data intact ALL for free, I didnt pay a penny....... and this is a drive I bought new from Ebay, not from them.

/hats off to them.

*edit* keep away from Samsung Spinpoint F1s (1TB in particular).

[Edited on 12-08-2009 by Bart]


noshua

 posted on 12th Aug 09 at 21:57

IB-NAS4220-B


Dom

 posted on 12th Aug 09 at 19:35

quote:
Originally posted by ash_corsa
quote:
Originally posted by Bart
Synology for me :)


Any particular one mate? What are the prices like for them?


Solid devices, but can be expensive - look at the DS109j or DS109 enclosures. Also have a look at IcyBox (IB-NAS4210 and IB-NAS4220-B), Drobo, LaCie Internet Space, Iomega and Buffalo.


ash_corsa

 posted on 12th Aug 09 at 18:55

quote:
Originally posted by Bart
Synology for me :)


Any particular one mate? What are the prices like for them?


Bart

 posted on 11th Aug 09 at 20:05

Synology for me :)


ash_corsa

 posted on 11th Aug 09 at 18:30

Hi
Im looking for a NAS (network hdd)
Dont think i need anymore than 500gb, just for music storage as it will be used with the new Sonos system.
Must support CIFS / SMB file sharing protocol.

Anyone got any recommendations? Not looking to spend a great deal!