NAS options

[GeorgeO]

I have been using a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo for the past year and I think it is a great product. It sells for about $350 without HDD

NETGEAR'S Online Store


Netgear also offers a lower cost NAS called the Stora, which has a lot of the capabilities of the ReadyNAS but sells for only $229, alsol without HDD

MS2110 - NETGEAR Stora

It's worth a look.

George

 

[GeorgeO]

Or looking around on EBay one can get it for 199, shipped:

NEW NETGEAR Stora 1TB Home Media Network Storage - eBay (item 400075313719 end time Mar-23-10 23:47:58 PDT)

 

[santhosh]

Thanks George for sharing these wonderful deals with everyone.

I bought the Xtreamer Etrayz NAS and am currently running a 3Tb NAS. While I was in the market for a NAS, I had come across the Linksys NAS 200 as the most VFM. Please read the reviews before you buy, some reviews say the copy is slow but the access works fine.

It can be had for ~100$ from Amazon:

Amazon.com: Linksys by Cisco Network Storage System with 2 Bays (NAS200): Electronics

 

[GeorgeO]

Wow Santhosh 99 is cheap! That is real VFM.

I think the NAS option , which doesnt need a computer kept on all the time is a really good solution to those who like ot listen to music on demand.

George

 

[ashishkesarwani]

George even I have been using Xtreamer Etrayz for close to 3 months and I highly rate it for its VFM aspect. I got the same from Xtreamer.net for 59 Euro through the launch offer and I am at present using it for all my storage needs and torrents downloading. There are few minor bugs in the product which are bound to be fixed with future firmware upgardes.

 

[GeorgeO]

Hi Ashish

I was about to recommend the Netgear NAS to a friend who is getting a SB Duet( same deal as me!), but I may point him this way instead. This really looks like a VFM deal. After all the name of the game is to get the biggest bang for the smallest buck, right!

George

George

 

[anm]

some nas run squeeze center out of the box - very helpful for duet, classic etc. You do not need any other comp to be on to play music on your sb

 

[anm]

try span.com - one of my friend has ordered stuff from here and he was quite satisfied.
I am copying the search link with squeeze keyword.
www.span.com - squeeze - span.com storage span buy Hard Disk Drive RAID Tape SATA eSATA ATA SAS SCSI IDE FCAL iSCSI CD DVD Firewire 400 800 USB USB2 Travan DDS DAT VXA AIT SLR Mammoth DLT Ultrium Adaptec Fujitsu Hitachi IBM Maxtor Philips Pioneer Ple

this looks interesting - http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=26133

 

[venkatcr]

Guys, I have a fundamental (and possibly stupid question). Most of the NAS systems meant for home have 2 or 3 slots for HDD. That mean a max of, say, 4 TB. Since the time I have started ripping songs and movies which has been some 12 odd months, I have already crossed 2TB. Last time I saw my son, my collection went up by 1TB in one week !!!! If I give free reign to my collection habit, I am sure I will cross 4 TB by end of this year.

Then what? A second NAS drive? There must be a saner way of handling this.

Cheers

 

[teky]

Guys, I have a fundamental (and possibly stupid question). Most of the NAS systems meant for home have 2 or 3 slots for HDD. That mean a max of, say, 4 TB. Since the time I have started ripping songs and movies which has been some 12 odd months, I have already crossed 2TB. Last time I saw my son, my collection went up by 1TB in one week !!!! If I give free reign to my collection habit, I am sure I will cross 4 TB by end of this year.

Then what? A second NAS drive? There must be a saner way of handling this.

Cheers

There are NAS Drives with 4 Enclosures, Again 2 TB are becoming more common now. So we're talking to close to 8 TB of data which should be suffice for you until next year. But we are going to spend a lot more of money on these due to the increased enclosure. And of course if you fill that I'm sure if you're NAS Board is advanced enough you can increase the Drive capacity else time to upgrade your NAS.

 

[NetFreak]

You have two options:

1. Attach more storage via USB or eSATA to existing NAS
2. Buy a NAS that can scale up beyond 2 bays. 4 bay NAS costs 300 - 500 $. E.g. Amazon.com: Data Robotics Drobo 4-Bay USB 2.0/FireWire 800 SATA Storage Array DR04DD10: Electronics

This one can go upto 16 TB.

 

[GeorgeO]

Netfreak is right.adding external drives is an easy and low cost option. The Netgear NAS devices come with the SB software preloaded. Also two drives do not mean twice the capacity, since they run in RAID.


I use mine for audio so it is not too easy to cross 2TB in a shot period-in fact I am now only on 200GB. For video its a different ballgame and I plan to connect external HDDs to my Popcorn Hour.

However no question large amounts of data storage will be the order of the day!

George

 

[venkatcr]

Thanks Guys.

The other option I thought was to have a simple NAS with hot pluggable bays. So we can have HDDs (of say 1-2TB each) containing music/movies of different genres. Depending upon your mood, you can plug in your HDD for the day/week/month. That way your capacity become literally limitless.

I remember in the old days, we used to have these large disk drives that were used with main frames. Depending upon the requirement, the DB people would plug in or remove a drive. These were top mountable. You twist a handle and the whole drive comes off. You mount another drive and twist the handle to lock it in place. On desktops also this had become popular for a few years, particularly in Japan. Instead of a HDD, desktops used to have an empty bay. You bring your own HDD with OS and applications, plug it in and start using the machine. When you leave, you shut down the machines, pull your HDD out, and Poof, the machine becomes ready for use by someone else.

Cheers

 

[gobble]

For all your TBytes worth of precious data, while you droll over the cool n compact enclosure, remember it is very easy to walk away with - for a thief.

I would recommend you acquire metal brackets made to order for your NAS dimensions and screw it down into the table or lock it down somewhere hidden. Atleast it will reduce opportunistic theft.

Regards

 

[venkatcr]

eSanthosh is talking about barbed wire fencing, Hell Angels, and other forms of protection in http://www.hifivision.com/what-shou...e-questions-confused-newbie-2.html#post116948. I have also advised him to hire a few Dobermans and mustachioed Hariyanavis for added protection.

I might as well lock the damn thing in a bank locker if I am so afraid of losing everything. I have lost a lot of books and CDs, but losing a FLAC file means hours spent on ripping gone down the drain.

Gobble, let us all become Sanyasis and settle down in the Himalayas. We will at least have a few Apsaras around us to sing to us. They can be 'kind' to us also.

Cheers

 

[gobble]

Gobble, let us all become Sanyasis and settle down in the Himalayas. We will at least have a few Apsaras around us to sing to us. They can be 'kind' to us also.

Cheers

The trouble is ... some of my "apsaras" are stored in "illegal" torrents downloaded from the net

They are closer to me here than they might be in the cold Himalayas :licklips:

Now don't force any further admissions of guilt upon me ...

Cheers

 

[teky]

How about backing up into multiple BD's - Shouldn't that help you protect the data. I know we are talking huge data - But it's so important to us isn't it?

 

[anm]

its too cold there, so apsaras would have hard time (un)dressing up the way the you would like them to Maybe our class A gadgets (electronics!!) should keep the environment warmer.

eSanthosh is talking about barbed wire fencing, Hell Angels, and other forms of protection in http://www.hifivision.com/what-shou...e-questions-confused-newbie-2.html#post116948. I have also advised him to hire a few Dobermans and mustachioed Hariyanavis for added protection.

I might as well lock the damn thing in a bank locker if I am so afraid of losing everything. I have lost a lot of books and CDs, but losing a FLAC file means hours spent on ripping gone down the drain.

Gobble, let us all become Sanyasis and settle down in the Himalayas. We will at least have a few Apsaras around us to sing to us. They can be 'kind' to us also.

Cheers

 

[venkatcr]

How about backing up into multiple BD's - Shouldn't that help you protect the data. I know we are talking huge data - But it's so important to us isn't it?

It is not the backup, but the usage convenience that I am worried about. You remember the days when Sony made 500 disc players? You load it with 500 discs and you don't have to move your backside for a year at least. All you need are your fingers working on the remote. FLAC, AVIs, etc., give us that convenience on a larger scale.

If we go on collecting music and movies, we are going to run out of HDD space very quickly and very often. The question is how do we make some 10TB of HDD data available to us without too much effort?

Cheers.

 

[venkatcr]

its too cold there, so apsaras would have hard time (un)dressing up the way the you would like them to Maybe our class A gadgets (electronics!!) should keep the environment warmer.

My push-pull Onkyo with 'Darling'ton circuits would be an ideal recommendation for keeping them warm, pliable, and singing.

Cheers