Alex Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I'm getting a NAS soon... And would like some recommendations. Mainly interested in QUIETLY serving iTunes, DHCP and a local website. Are they all much of a muchness or are there some real dogs out there? Anyone had a problem with any of these makes? I am intending to go with a 2tb (Raid 1) QNAP at present unless someone screams Nooooo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallshinyant Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Sorry not to hot on these. But have a look at the drobo range, thats my next IT purchase http://www.drobo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 The QNAP devices are meant to be good but unless low power draw is a concern I would consider buying a cheap small form factor PC and sticking some disks in it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 Power draw, physical foot print and noise are the major issues...otherwise I'd be going for a media centre like the H.340 or HP HomeServer. I had discounted the (very nice) Drobo (Data Robotics) as they only have 4+ bay devices and only one of them comes with GIGLan as standard (Drobo FS) and that is a 5bay job. I'd rather stick to a 2 drive Raid 1 mirror. for cost reasons. This is the QNAP I was considering...small but powerful. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Qnap-TS-259Pro-2x-Bay-NAS-with-166Ghz-CPU1GB-DDR2-2xGBit-Lan-5xUSB-2xeSATA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallshinyant Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 that looks good. I like all the ports on the back, very handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Not one of the ones you've mentioned but I have a DLink DNS-323 at home. I'd consider it a budget solution when compared against Netgear or Synology, but it hasn't crashed on me yet. It's quiet which was my main criteria, as the disks spin down after a user-defined period of inactivity (I think most decent NAS units do this TBH). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 I'll take a look cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I have used many NAS over the years and the 2 bay QNAP is by far the best unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 I have used many NAS over the years and the 2 bay QNAP is by far the best unit Sweet! Sold! The dual gig/and feature list was highly impressive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Looks good that QNAP one, got me thinking now, I really ought to back stuff up since my PC doesn't have a RAID setup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Just to resurrect, what did you go for Alex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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