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Last edited by voodooflux; 21 August 2008, 22:56.
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Be careful with a NAS solution. The most important issues with a NAS system is speed of file transfers (as this will be your main operation that is performed time and time again with a NAS).
If you’re only serving windows machines, then go for the HP Windows Home Server. This is very fast on transferring files back and forth from other windows machines.
However if you need to transfer files between non-windows machines then you have a problem if you want to map drives and use the native file system of your NAS (which will be the fastest method).
You see Windows uses NTFS which MS have not released the source code or API's for (so, it’s secret). Thus Linux or Mac systems cannot map this file system properly (yes Linux does have a NTFS driver, but its beta/unfinished).
So, how do current NAS systems work? They use FAT32 which is a way older slower file system. And it will feel slow when transferring large files. But this way they can allow all machines to map to them.
This is also why HP's system always beats the compo as it's only benched marked at xfering windows files back and forth using NTFS. Whereas the others have full o/s compatibility but WAY slower xfer rates using FAT32.
So, what other solution can you have if you have multiple o/s?
You could build your own NAS using a standard Linux file system format that Mac's can see and Windows can with an open source driver (Samba). This way your not limited to FAT32.
You will find ALL NAS solutions on the market that can use Linux and Mac, as well as windows use the very slow FAT32. So, the solution is either:
HP Windows Home Server.
or
Build you own Linux NAS.
That's if you want to use your NAS for file transfers :P
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postexactly!
some people just refuse to think outside the box! sheesh
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Originally posted by voodooflux View PostAnd any worries over power consumption could be fixed with a dedicated wind farm/solar array - sorted
some people just refuse to think outside the box! sheesh
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Posteasily fixed using an air conditioned sound proofed server room
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Originally posted by dmini View PostWell, I bought the QNAP TS409 Pro.
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Originally posted by fmz98 View PostWell NAS drive will use a lot less electricity than a WinTel server would, plus NAS drives are much quieter.
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Well, I bought the QNAP TS409 Pro. End result?
It's very quiet. Made it a WINS server, which helped all the devices see it.
It was very simple to connect to from all my machines - once I fixed my firewalls!
Copy speed to it varies, but so does the spec of the connected machines, and its not a Gb network yet! Put 200+Gb of data onto it so far
Overall very pleased
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Originally posted by voodooflux View PostThis thread now has me seriously considering ditching my home WinTel server box in favour of something like a QNAP TS-209 Pro II. Couple of 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1 drives in there for storage, and I can also stream media to the PS3/360/SqueezeBox. Sorted
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This thread now has me seriously considering ditching my home WinTel server box in favour of something like a QNAP TS-209 Pro II. Couple of 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1 drives in there for storage, and I can also stream media to the PS3/360/SqueezeBox. Sorted
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Just to kind of butt in here, but the WD in Standard form from WD is pants, however once you have cracked it and made it work to your needs it works perfectly.
There is a lot you can do with them, I currently use mine as a Secure Webserver running PhP so I can access everything on it when at the office. I have all my DVD's backed up on to it to and can easily stream both DVD's and music around the house.
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I might be tempted to buy a buffalo nas and rip the hard drive out of my WD NAS and put it into my comp at some point. I do need a larger hard drive inside my comp.
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Originally posted by pmeswani View PostDidn't mean to steal the limelight guv. honest.
Since upgrading to Virgin Broadband over the weekend, my access speed to the NAS has increased significantly.
IIRC the supplied software blocks sharing some file types as well. Not a problem for me but a nuisance if you want to allow others to access music and video files remotely as I understand it.
linkyLast edited by Peoplesoft bloke; 11 August 2008, 18:40. Reason: Decided to google for more info and post a link
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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostBTW it was me who originally warned against the WD unit - and there are more reasons than even I knew about to avoid it!
As well as the other stuff mentioned, mine is slow.
Since upgrading to Virgin Broadband over the weekend, my access speed to the NAS has increased significantly.
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