Home Storage Options

Shelster · 8 Jul 2014 at 14:27

Would there be any difference between using one of these as opposed to clagging a 4TB USB HDD into the port on my ASUS RT-N66U and using the share facility on there?

Will be used as central repository for Music, Movies and pics and will also be writing to it with images / video taken from my telescope prior to them being edited

Nymins · 8 Jul 2014 at 14:54

Speed probably. Both solutions won't be the fastest, so probably not much difference between both options.

Can't say for certain if the N66u had DLNA features. Maybe with custom firmware it does?

KIA · 8 Jul 2014 at 16:11

A big difference in speed.

HEADRAT · 8 Jul 2014 at 17:04

Pats HP Microserver which will run almost saturate it's GigE link

Shelster · 9 Jul 2014 at 10:38

HEADRAT said:
Pats HP Microserver which will run almost saturate it's GigE link

Tell me more...tell me more.....

HEADRAT · 9 Jul 2014 at 12:28

Check out:-

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18216324

Basically its a little server box with 4 bays, you fill it with discs and but an OS on it and your away.

Nymins · 9 Jul 2014 at 12:39

Microserver is good if you have the money to spend on it. Not sure if the cash back offer is available anymore, so you'll pay a premium now for one.

If you want good performance and more features than required, a NAS from synology, QNAP, Asustor would be good.

Shelster · 9 Jul 2014 at 13:19

Just looking at the homeserver option seems a little walnut>hammer for my needs at the moment. May look at it in teh future when time and funds allow but think I will go with the HDD plugged into the router option for now and see how I get along with that

Craigius · 9 Jul 2014 at 14:33

Have you looked at one of these maybe?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-031-SY&groupid=46&catid=2125&subcat=2127

bremen1874 · 9 Jul 2014 at 14:40

Shelster said:
...I will go with the HDD plugged into the router option for now and see how I get along with that

From the reviews I seen it'll be painfully slow. With the best will in the world it's never going to be very fast as you're connecting using USB2.0.

The transfer rates for the Seagate in the OP are actually quite impressive for what it is.

Danny091 · 10 Jul 2014 at 21:26

Just a heads up from the microserver thread in the server section but it seems the cash back is back on on the microservers again so they can be picked up quite cheap!