Network attached storage

[Tim]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a networked storage solution? I was actually thinking of using one of my old dinosaur computers and put a few SATA drives in it (RAID 1) and plugging it into the network. Then I found these Network attached storage units where it houses your hard drives and contains the necessary network hardware so it's ready to plug into your network.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[Tim]

I was looking at this one Linksys.com - Products/Wired/Network Storage/Storage Systems/NAS200

 

[GmaN]

netgear ReadyNAS is awesome, we use it at work

ReadyNAS Duo Network Attached Storage

 

[ConTRo13R]

Why dont you just run a linux based server? for your network?

 

[GmaN]

Why dont you just run a linux based server? for your network?

Not all people KNOW how to run linix, thats why.

 

[Tim]

I could run a server, but it's a little more than I need. I'm only looking for shared storage right now and I hate using one of the computers for this task.

 

[SgtSpike]

I've never really heard good things about dedicated consumer storage devices like that... they tend to be slooooow. But, if you can find one with good reviews and a good price, go for it. Just don't buy the first one you find on sale, it might only be able to handle 4 MBps, lol.

 

[bass_man1989]

I've got my desktop set up with a bunch of shit in the shared folder and the printer shared. It's pretty nice, slow, but I am on wireless.

 

[SgtSpike]

I've got my desktop set up with a bunch of shit in the shared folder and the printer shared. It's pretty nice, slow, but I am on wireless.

Yea, I would definitely prefer setting up a dedicated file-sharing server myself, but that's just me. Most people don't want to spend that much money or time on it. Though, I found a good package deal on tigerdirect and ended up building my Athlon 64 server for about $200 total.

 

[Siphorous]

This is really old but I'm considering one too - for the ps3 for streaming without the pc etc being on.

Could go cheap and noisy with issues or expensive and very quiet (no fan enclosure) with little hassle and lots of stuff.

Cheap = about £130
Expensive = about £380

*ponders*

 

[Ertragen]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a networked storage solution? I was actually thinking of using one of my old dinosaur computers and put a few SATA drives in it (RAID 1) and plugging it into the network. Then I found these Network attached storage units where it houses your hard drives and contains the necessary network hardware so it's ready to plug into your network.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

that linksys is gonna be crap. it doesn't have alot of features.

Go with D-Link DNS-323
or
Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ RND4000

DNS-323 is great for homenetwork and it's cheap and very very excellent and fast.

NetGear ReadyNAS however has the WebDAV and be better if you want to be able to access your files from outside.

You can accessfiles from outside on D-Link DNS-323 as well but only if you setup a vpn server on one of the internal network computers. Since most ISPs probably block port 445 which is needed for windows file and print sharing.

Note: D-Link DNS-323 does FTP feature you can access files from outside but I would rather be able to map it as a drive.

 

[Ertragen]

This is really old but I'm considering one too - for the ps3 for streaming without the pc etc being on.

Could go cheap and noisy with issues or expensive and very quiet (no fan enclosure) with little hassle and lots of stuff.

Cheap = about £130
Expensive = about £380

*ponders*

For that price, (cheap) I recommend the D-Link DNS-323

 

[Ertragen]

Not all people KNOW how to run linix, thats why.

and that also requires management. people want something that works out of the box.

 

[!]

I would recommend looking at the netgear or iomega units as I have several of these stil in production after 3years of daily use. They have all sorts of models depending on what you are looking for, use a site like newegg to do research and read reviews. As mentioned there are a few Linux projects out there that can turn a desktop with a bunch of consumer grade drives into a NAS but you need to be somewhat tech savvy. There are all sorts of options depending on your budget and configuration.

 

[Siphorous]

For that price, (cheap) I recommend the D-Link DNS-323

I went with a Qnap 119 for a few reasons including media server, fanless operation, bt. I'm very happy with it. Combined that with a WD Green 2TB drive and the thing barely gets warm even after a heavy session of file backup/copies.

Love it. :thumbup