NAS Advice

Ph4lanx · 24 Apr 2010 at 20:58

Hi guys,

Apologies if this is in the wrong forums, it's the closest I could find to the subject I'm looking for information for.

I have a NAS at home which backs up to a plugged in USB HDD every 24 hours, however I would like to replace this setup with a NAS that has, let's say, 2 x 1TB HDD in it and they mirror each other.

Can anyone recommend a NAS system that can handle this whilst still having a decent noise level in terms of fan usage?

Thanks in advance!

Ph4lanx · 24 Apr 2010 at 21:04

It's a iomega StorCenter 750GB NAS. I've got an external USB HDD plugged into it that it copies to every night at about 7pm scheduled, but it is quite loud, so I'd like to replace it with a single unit that I can just put a couple of HDDs in and let the RAID sort out the mirroring.

Ph4lanx · 24 Apr 2010 at 21:17

Thanks for that bigredshark, sorry if I misexplained anything. It's a home NAS. Would you happen to know what the ReadyNAS is like in terms of noiselevel?

Ph4lanx · 24 Apr 2010 at 21:42

Oh jeez. OK well looking through other NAS reviews, the Western Digital 2TB My Book Mirror Edition dual-drive storage system seems to be getting good marks.

Anyone had experience? It seems like EXACTLY what I need

Ph4lanx · 24 Apr 2010 at 23:09

I'm not too worried about speed. It's more for a file repository than anything else.

Thanks.

Ph4lanx · 26 Apr 2010 at 12:59

Hmmm, the DS209 from Synology looks quite good for my needs. I've just picked up a copy of Computer Shopper while I was out at lunch, as they're doing a 12 NAS side-by-side test. I'll have a look through that too.

Ph4lanx · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:13

Well that didn't take long! Synology is STREETS ahead of the competition according to these tests. I think I'll be looking at the DS210j.