Steve
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Am after a basic NAS drive for film streaming and storage etc, under 100 quid
found this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WESTERN-DIGITAL-2TB-My-Book-Live-Ethernet-NAS-Network-External-Hard-Drive-/181191391274?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item2a2fd9382a
Anyone any other suggestions?
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andy_mk3
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Should be ideal tbh mate. Although I'd buy elsewhere for a UK power adapter and a 3 year warranty though.
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Dom
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Synology or QNap, personally i wouldn't touch anything else.
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Steve
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We use qnap at work but they are rather expensive especially the ts412
[Edited on 25-08-2013 by Steve]
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Bart
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quote: Originally posted by Dom
Synology or QNap, personally i wouldn't touch anything else.
This, and its surprising how similar how all their products and software are
I would say always try and stretch with storage, what ever you think you'll need, you'll soon be wanting another 1 or 2 TB and be wanting to expand. It'll be cheaper to do it right first time round.
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LeeM
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quote: Originally posted by Steve
Am after a basic NAS drive for film streaming and storage etc, under 100 quid
found this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WESTERN-DIGITAL-2TB-My-Book-Live-Ethernet-NAS-Network-External-Hard-Drive-/181191391274?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item2a2fd9382a
Anyone any other suggestions?
how does this work steve? plug it in to my router and just have a folder accessible by the other computers on the network?
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Bart
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Yes
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jacko198
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Can you remote log into that one?
Was looking at a LaCie CloudBox 9000323EK 1TB Network Attached Storage Solution
http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B009ZU3SXC
Has its own softwear to log into it away from home
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Dom
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Depends on the NAS box and it's features. Certainly with Synology or QNap, you can either use the built in VPN server (better option) or they offer a 'personal cloud' type setup.
If you're going to be storing anything remotely important then i'd be looking at a Raid 1 (>= 2 drive enclosure), minimum, for some form of redundancy.
[Edited on 26-08-2013 by Dom]
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Steve
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surely youd only really want 2 discs for raid 1? 3 you'd be looking at raid 5
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