Recommend me....... NAS

[phil24_7]

Not Nas the rapper, but a NAS drive/device for my home network.

Ideally I want 1TB, I also want it to be upgradeable in future (so maybe a 2 or more bay unit is best), and I also want it to be relatively cheap!

So... Recommend away!:D

Regards

[kbh]

Netgear ReadyNas NV+
Have a search on the web and you will find good reviews all round and certianly upgradeable & futureproof - not quite in the "budget" range but it does work well and will do everything you want it to & more!

[barwel1992]

i use a media Pc as a nas connected to the home hub lol was a LOT cheeper than a nas box (£0)

[yorkie_chris]

Hell of a lot more noise and power draw with a PC though

[barwel1992]

^ there is that, the system i use draws around 120w but i could remove the graphics card and use the onboard but prefer to have a GPU so will stick with it, but i think with the right components you could get it down to about 90w

ohh and its nearly silent, and could be in a lot smaller case if i could be botherd to modd this one or buy a Micro ATX case :)

not bad rely, just used old parts

[fastdruid]

I really liked the synology ones. Lots of features and very nice and easy to use, they're what I'm going to buy when I NAS myself up.

http://www.synology.com/enu/products/index.php

Druid

[barwel1992]

^ if your going to get one of those then i would get this one http://www.synology.com/enu/products/DS410j/index.php theres a lot of people saying good things about it

[phil24_7]

£400 quid is a little expensive for my tastes. Any other suggestions?

[phil24_7]

That Synology stuff looks cool though.

[fastdruid]

IMO the cheap stuff isn't worth it. We tried buying some cheap NAS devices at work, they're now sat in a cupboard as they munched disks, kept loosing connection/rebooting etc. If you are buying cheap you really need to take care of what you get.

The Synology stuff does way more than just NAS though, I was *really* impressed with them (and I don't get impressed that easily).

Druid

[phil24_7]

Anyone know of any Synology stuff going cheap?!?! lol

[Dave20046]

I've used a cheapo terabyte freecom one without issues.

[ravingdavis]

Ever thought of going the MS home server route, I have one with 2.5TB of storage, easily upgradable, loads more function that a NAS and not much more, I recon you could throw one together for just under £300. Mine draws 70 watts with 4 HDDs.

[phil24_7]

70W is a lot to be left on 24/7 and thrice as much as the multi-drive NAS route!

[rpwoodman]

Have a look at smallnetbuilder.com - lots of comprehensive reviews.

I was looking at the Netgear range (Pro Business) but Netgear don't seem to be keeping up with compatibility of disks - only a few options. Synology or Qnap are probably your best options.

[barwel1992]

70W is a lot to be left on 24/7 and thrice as much as the multi-drive NAS route!

a kettle pulls almost 800W :| so 70w aint that much lol

[yorkie_chris]

A kettle pulls more than that. I think one we have is over 2kW.

But, a kettle runs for 2 minutes and then you make your brew and don't touch it for another hour. Your machine is going to pull 70W 24 hours a day.

[barwel1992]

^ ahh i read 800w but if its 2kw wtf

so running the 70w 24hours is 1600kw ish less that one kettle boil if YC is right :P

[yorkie_chris]

2kw x 120s = 240kJ
70w x (24x60x60) = 6,048kJ

So actualy your machine uses 25.2 kettle boils per day.

[phil24_7]

I like the math YC. The lower the consumption, the better. The Synology stuff also has an automatic sleep mode, dropping the consumption even further!

[barwel1992]

2kw x 120s = 240kJ
70w x (24x60x60) = 6,048kJ

So actualy your machine uses 25.2 kettle boils per day.

ahh i see :shock::smt079

i would hate to know how much my PC uses a year :lol: takes 450w full load (most take about 250w) :silent:

[Dave20046]

You will when you're paying the bills!

[pookie]

I have a couple of diskstations that run about 13w . You can set to disks to spin down. I also have a cubestation which runs 37w I think. Great piece of kit that handles web server ( apache) , photo and downloads ( torrents and nzb). I believe the qnaps have fanless models. You can also expand capacity by hanging a usb drive off the back.

They aren't the fastest and backing up across the network takes an age.

[timwilky]

Qnaps ts-239 pro for chez wilky.

It has enabled me to turn off a web server and mail server as well. php/mysql installed as standard, Xdove/fetchmail added.

Pricey but does the job

[phil24_7]

I don't need anything too fancy as it'll mainly just be used as a central place to keep all my files and for computer/laptop back-ups.

[fastdruid]

In that case you could go with something as simple as a USB drive and a Netgear WNR3500L wireless router like I have.

Druid

[Kalessin]

Netgear ReadyNas NV+

+1

[phil24_7]

In that case you could go with something as simple as a USB drive and a Netgear WNR3500L wireless router like I have.

Druid

Not THAT simple! I want it to be a multi bay device so that I can upgrade it as my needs exceed the hard drive capacity.

[phil24_7]

What do people think of the Netgear ReadyNas Duo?

[Kalessin]

We've got some at work, a mate's got one, I want one!

[breakz187]

Try freenas

http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/freenas/index.php


I've been meaning to set one of these up for a while - pick you hardware carefully and you can get the power consumption down pretty low. Use some of those micro atx boards etc.

[phil24_7]

I have no interest in buying/building my own NAS. Off the shelf will do!