[Gloucs] Cheapo NAS

[Glyn Davies]

nik wadge wrote:
> Glyn,
>
> We have recently got hold of a Buffalo TeraStation Pro (4x500Gb SATAs on a RAID mirror) This uses a proprietary *nix OS and an old version of Samba for those MS users. It also has the ability to schedule backups, link to LDAP server authentication and set-up folders/permissions, but.....
> All of this has to be done in its web-based front-end and I have to say it's a little clumsy, especially setting folder permissions as you have to add users/groups to the read only group then escalate them to read/write.
> All-in-all, not the best solution, but are reasonably priced. Links for the 4x250Gb version below
> http://www.shop.bt.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4MVS
>
> I hear the new MyBooks are quite good, but have no experience with them, sorry.
>
> Nik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gloucs-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:gloucs-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Glyn Davies
> Sent: 17 January 2009 23:54
> To: Gloucestershire LUG
> Subject: [Gloucs] Cheapo NAS
>
> 'lo again.
>
> Anyone have and experience with cheap NAS drives. Typically these are 
> like a USB hard drive but also have a 10/100 Ethernet interface.
>
> Ebuyer do this Freecom one - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147969 - but 
> reviewers say the underlying disk format is FAT32 which means you can't 
> store files greater than 4GB.
>
> This Ebay seller seems to have something similar but the description 
> suggests it supports NTFS, FAT32 and EXT3 (whether that is by Ethernet 
> or just by USB I don't know).
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/External-USB-Network-1000GB-1TB-LAN-NAS-Hard-Drive_W0QQitemZ110328467655QQihZ001QQcategoryZ16178QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> It looks like Ebuyer sells the enclosure but the reviews suggest it 
> needs a firmware upgrade.
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126893
>
> Any advice/experience on these beasties appreciated. I realise they 
> won't be high performance.
>
>   
Thanks for the reply.

At £330 the buffalo doesn't meet my cheap bracket. It's a really 
different beast to the ones I mentioned. Much better reliability I'm sure.

I've heard good things about QNAP NASes. Again, pricey beasts.

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Best Regards
Glyn Davies