Recommend me....... NAS

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!

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!

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

^ 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

^ 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

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

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