Author: Philip Henderson Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Networking Attached Storage
[wasProductrecommendation]
I was reading an article in a copy of Which magazine recently (the issue
was a few months old) that rated the Qnap as 'best buy' if I remember
clearly. Might be worth checking out at your local library. The whole
article is on NAS devices, comparing the usual favourites - but only the
straight forward ready made solutions, therefore did not include a SLUG etc.
Philip
Imran Chaudhry wrote: >> Thanks all. It's looking more and more as if I'm going to have to build
>> something that'll take 4 SATA HDDs and install FreeNAS or something similar.
>>
>> Surprising there isn't something akin to a drive caddy that'll take up to 4
>> SATA HDDs and contain a minmal OS that would allow shares to all operating
>> systems. There seem to be products (like the LinkStation I have) which
>> come complete with HDDs - but I want to be able to go to 1TB (new father -
>> plenty of jpgs / videos of daughter) as and when I want.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Rob
>>
>
> Hi Rob, from your scenario I recommend you check the Qnap TS-201 or
> TS-401 for 4 SATA HDDs. Sadly I do not have one of these but would
> love the TS-201 though!
>
> The other reason I mention it is that I've recently started trading as
> a specialist in open-source media center systems. More than one of my
> customers has a Qnap NAS device and are very happy with it.
>
> Regards,
> Imran
>
>
