NAS recommendations?
Discussion
Following lots of nudges from various sources (including here!) I'm going to invest in a basic network attached storage device for regular backups. I presume I can ethernet one of these into the back of my wireless router and back up all of the house PCs wirelessly?
Once I've got a basic backup routine sorted, I'll back that up to DVDs periodically too. Is it worth shelling out for a NAS that can RAID internally in case a disk goes down, or is this unnecessary?
Any recommendations which one to get? There is quite a choice out there, and lots of them have mixed reviews from different places.
Thanks
Once I've got a basic backup routine sorted, I'll back that up to DVDs periodically too. Is it worth shelling out for a NAS that can RAID internally in case a disk goes down, or is this unnecessary?
Any recommendations which one to get? There is quite a choice out there, and lots of them have mixed reviews from different places.
Thanks
Have a look at www.Synology.com
I have one of theirs and it has loads of features on it including uPnP server, itunes, FTP and download service
I have one of theirs and it has loads of features on it including uPnP server, itunes, FTP and download service
I've got a 500Gb lacie
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=1099...
Which is very good, it serves video and music to our 2 modded xboxes and various computeres scattered about and also has all our photos on it.
It contains a small twonky server which can also stream to a pinnacle thing we have in the kitchen..
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http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=1099...
Which is very good, it serves video and music to our 2 modded xboxes and various computeres scattered about and also has all our photos on it.
It contains a small twonky server which can also stream to a pinnacle thing we have in the kitchen..
D
http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php?products_i...
2x500gb RAID 0 or 1
1gb ethernet
Maxtor thingy - £210
Review here - recommended http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/100123/maxtor-shared-s...
2x500gb RAID 0 or 1
1gb ethernet
Maxtor thingy - £210
Edited by tybalt on Friday 15th February 10:10
Review here - recommended http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/100123/maxtor-shared-s...
Edited by tybalt on Friday 15th February 10:12
I've been looking into something similar. I'll probably get a Qnap TS-109 but it depends what you need it for. You might find this site useful for a comparison and reviews:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,co...
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,co...
Zumbruk said:
You used that..? Quite fancy having a go actually (I like tinkering, me) Podie said:
Zumbruk said:
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