Im after a NAS...

[M4T VW]

Hi guys

The server is going on ebay, Not what i wanted at all.

I think what i was after was a NAS. Ive been looking at loads of them and they are just what i want....But i cant find one that fits all my needs!

I want...
4 hotswap bays.
Raid 0/1/5
USB
BT Download

The Thecus N4100+ fits all the bills but ive read that it has REALLY bad write performance. So bad that people are taking them back. The CPU is not fast enough apperently.

Then came to the Synology CS407. It gets great reviews and looks great! But it doesnt have hotswap or USB on the front.

That seems to be the only ones out there with that kind of spec and 4 disks. It then goes up to 5 disks and like £500!!!
Im looking to spend £300 max!

Does anyone know of one im missing? Ive been looking for ages and havnt found one that fits my spec

Mat:sad:

[wonderlust]

http://www.trustedreviews.com/networking/review/2006/06/19/Lapistor-RAIDMate-NAS/p1

A bit too expensive :D

[wonderlust]

I have found a 5 bay Thecus for £430 ish inc vat,

Shame you have to have 5 bays, thermaltake do a nice 4 bay one

The thecus 5 bay also has an esata port to add extra drives, does the 4 bay?

[PeterStoba]

He wants 4?

[M4T VW]

5 bay is fine. But the price puts me off!
The 4 bay one doesnt have Esata so its good..But still look at that price!

Ive seen the thermal take one. Looks ok but there doesnt seem much support for it:sad:

[Jiggles]

Buffalo Terrastation?

[M4T VW]

Needs to be diskless...

Unless Aria can take the disks out of this for me:mrgreen:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Network+Products/Wired/Network+Storage+Enclosures+%28NAS%29/Buffalo+TeraStation+Live+1.0TB+?productId=28405

[M4T VW]

This one looks good...
http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=86

Getting on for £400 with VAT though:|

[Jiggles]

The terra station you can easily take the disks in and out. We have a few of them at work and thats what we do.

[wonderlust]

It's a little over your price at nearly £400 but there is a review of the Qnap TS409 Pro

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/QNAP_TS-409_Pro_Turbo_NAS/index2.shtml

[M4T VW]

For the use that im going to get out of it i dont think i can warrant more then £300:cry:

[wonderlust]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ThermalTake-N0001LN-Muse-NAS-RAID-4-Bay-S-ATA-Sil-Blk_W0QQitemZ310058715718QQihZ021QQcategoryZ86758Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Edge10-EdgeStore-4-Bay-NAS-Chassis-NAS400_W0QQitemZ120270615076QQihZ002QQcategoryZ867 58QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[M4T VW]

The edge10 one looks great and has all what i require but cant find any reviews

The thermaltake has no USB and no reviews either:sad:

[wonderlust]

It cant be that bad BT sell it in their store and it's cheaper too :D £305


edgestores web site

http://www.edge10.com/19_edgestore/edgestore_nas400.html

[M4T VW]

Just been looking into it and so far so good. Cant find if it does Http/FTP/BT downloads though...

[wonderlust]

http://www.edge10.com/download_guides/Edgestore/EdgeStore_NAS400_UserGuide.pdf

user guide


Protocol Support

EdgeStore NAS400 supports:
• Windows 2000, XP Professional, 2003 Server; and Vista Business,
Enterprise, and Ultimate clients through SMB and CIFS protocols
• UNIX and Linux clients through the NFS protocol
• Macintosh clients through the AFP protocol
• FTP clients through the FTP protocol
• DLNA clients through UPnP protocol with an optional plug-in
• Up to 16 concurrent connections

[wonderlust]

It runs Linux and has the ability to have plug ins, so if it doesn't do BT at the mo (and it appears that it doesn't then it may well do in the future. Or you could diy depending on your skill level. (way beyond my abilitites :D)

[M4T VW]

I dont do linux...:mrgreen:

It does look good but that is a downfall for me:sad:

GAH:mad:

The thecus is great but i cant beleve they put a slow processor in it!

[wonderlust]

edge10 seem to be a british co too. (btw 99% of nas run linux)

[M4T VW]

I know, But i didnt want to get into the custom part of it.

I could loose a disk and go for the Thecus N3200 but i dont think it will be enough afte raid 1...

[wonderlust]

review of the qnap TS-409 if it is of any interest

http://www.elite*******s.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=580&Itemid=27

*****= fatherless child

[Nifty]

Interesting, but I think you mean a child born out of wedlock.

[wonderlust]

true :D

[Audigex]

Yeah, most children have a father ;)

What OS were you running on the box? Try a command line version of Linux, cut out all the bells and whistles and you can probably get the boot time down to under a couple of minutes.... disable the password prompt and it'll just boot straight up. Press the on button, go to your PC and wait 90 seconds and you'll be on :)

[M4T VW]

http://www.barrys-rigs-n-reviews.com/reviews/2008/hardware/ts409pro/ts409pro_1.htm

Major review on the Qnap TS-409:|

[M4T VW]

Qnap TS-409 looks great!

Whats the max space i can get out of 4 drives but with security of the data? Im thinking its 2TB? One TB mirrored onto the other?

[PeterStoba]

4TB with no security!!!

[M4T VW]

Qnap TS-409 looks great!

Whats the max space i can get out of 4 drives but with security of the data? Im thinking its 2TB? One TB mirrored onto the other?

Read it all Peter:P

[PeterStoba]

I did :lol:

[M4T VW]

Think im going to get the Qnap in a few days. Just thinking if anything is against it.