NAS Question

ace2109 · 29 Aug 2007 at 19:02

Hi guys i want to order a NAS that is either 1tb or one that i can put HDD into, hope that made sense.

I have the netgear sc101 at the mintue and it is ****, i hate having to install software all the time so the new one must be able to be controlled directly from MY computer like a proper Hard drive.

I was looking at this one here: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-140-MD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=707

Is it good or bad

any suggestions are welcome, oh one last thing it must have gigabite ethernet for large file transfer

milkinc13 · 29 Aug 2007 at 19:14

u don't need Gb ethernet. But large files will take longer on 100Mb ethernet compaired with Gb.

Well Splattered · 29 Aug 2007 at 19:32

Anything with Samba software installed will give you direct access from my computer (mapped drive) or through network neighbourhood.

Gb ethernet will help but only with huge files. I see a 1mb/s difference between 1Gb and 100mb connection. If your moving that size of file you really need FTP access in case the worst happens!

Bomag · 29 Aug 2007 at 19:37

milkinc13 said:
u don't need Gb ethernet. But large files will take longer on 100Mb ethernet compaired with Gb.

Copying 1Tb on a 100mb ethernet will take a smigin under 28 hours. I paid £600 for a Thecus N5200 as it will transfer data at 30 mb/s, which is vital if you want the NAS to run as a surrogate hard disk.