NAS Basics (Data Protection, Performance, Configuration and more)

Dogbert682

Thanks for the tips. I was looking to buy the Synology DS107e but may stretch the budget and go for a DS207e now.

ntm1275

The 107e and 207e have almost the same performance, the main difference is that the 107e is a single drive and the 207e is a dual drive which can be used in either Raid 0 or 1 or no Raid

For a performance increase you need to go for the 107  or 207

Member 79251

Maybe a silly question of the week !

On the Synology DS-207 It states max capacity 2TB ? I have looked and can't find if it comes with a drive and if so what size ?

It looks like it would be perfect for me

Zarch

It comes empty Pixel.  Its upto you to buy the disks that you want for it. so you'd need 2 x 1tb for the 2tb. (but remember you'd lose 1tb in reslience if you mirrored them!)

SoloSid

Hi I'm in the process of just setting up a HTPC and what i'm  planning on doing is storing all my DVD's on Hard Disk and use WMedia Centre through an Xbox Elite my question would be

is it best to have a NAS set up or HDdrive set up


thanks for the good reading...its topics like this that make you think of a different way to do something...



Mark

linus1

Great thread, cheers MickWall. I have just started to read up on NAS units and this has helped loads. Didnt know much a week ago but now Im thinking about removing the RAID5 drive from my desktop and setting up a NAS so I can stream media to my laptop and HTPC without having to boot my (slow and power hungry) desktop

I guess now I need to decide whether having a NAS and a HTPC running compared to 2 PCs is worth the cost. And whether to buy a built NAS or to try and build one myself

Thanks again

HMHB

Thanks for the information chaps, top stuff Did you try ftp from the dos prompt to see if that was as quick as using cuteFTP ?

crashnburn_in

There is something else going on in the Windows Stack. Dear friend could you do me a favor and all of us by trying to use a slightly different method and reporting again.

I've recently been using TeraCopy (Google for it) to transfer files in windows. It shows accurate "time" and speed and amount of Data transferred. It might be better off than a stop watch and provide greater accuracy.

You could use a similar tool for FTP to ensure you got accurate transfer times. I havent been FTPing a lot since the advent of P2P but I am sure of the FTP apps such as CuteFTP, WS_FTP, FTP Voyager etc.

I am in the same predicament right now. Any thoughts on your experiment between HTPC vs NAS vs Build Your Own NAS. ??

linus1

I built my own NAS in the end. I have tried to make it as low powered as possible, using a EPIA board and a CF drive to run the OS. Using engery saving HDDs. Read all about it, its got its own thread :
My RAID5 self-build NAS project
I started off with FreeNAS, then changed to run XPe. Still running like a charm. Boot time is slow though, mainly because of the RAID card BIOS.

JUS

Yes, big thank you for this. The future is without doubt more storage

I'm a bit concerned though that if I go to all this expense and effort I'm going to be crippled if I have a fire, water disaster or god forbid a burglary....but how do you manage to back-up up to 4tb's of data??

With all my precious and irreplaceable photos, HD camcorder vids and other stuff I feel NAS is only the first step...anyone got offsite storage or a lockable fire resilient cupboard?   

part of me says I'm being paranoid...part of me is saying "everyone thinks it won't happen to them" lol