NAS Recommendations

Smiler · 1 Jan 2014 at 21:50

Hello folks,

I'm looking to buy a NAS enclosure (preferably with Cloud capability I think) to store and steam my DVD and music collection to the home theater type system in the lounge and the kids devices in their bedrooms.

I haven't yet found any on the overclockers website but the enclosures come without drives and overclockers do appear to be very competitive with prices on HDDs.

I have been looking at the D-Link DNS-320L ShareCenter™ 2-Bay NAS Cloud
and possibly the overly long named Buffalo LinkStation 421E - Marvell ARMADA 370 1.2GHz ARMv7 , 512Mb RAM ,2 Bay Diskless NAS Device

Can anyone pass on any advice?

Smiler.

Smiler · 1 Jan 2014 at 22:26

Ah, I did find the right page then. Though they are populated so the price difference isn't so big. I was looking for bare enclosures so that I could build it in stages utilizing old HDDs and replacing them one a month.

Thanks for the reply.

Smiler · 1 Jan 2014 at 22:48

Looks like I need to save up a bit more then. I think I might have to postpone this venture then as I have more pressing needs for that kind of money. Apart from the main computer requiring a new SSD (currently have an old HDD slaved in place with the lid off the small form factor machine) I also have a couple of old cars (my main hobby) requiring a bit of investment. I'll shuffle on with the slow old 1TB buffalo linkstation live NAS for now.

Thanks again for the help.

Smiler.

Smiler · 2 Jan 2014 at 11:24

Thanks again for the replies, it does look like this may have to wait though until I have more disposable funds that the other toys aren't fighting over. I shall certainly bear all this information in mind for when the time comes.

Cheers.

Smiler · 7 Jan 2014 at 20:23

Thanks for the help, and also for those two links in the last post. It has helped to confirm that a decent NAS will meet my requirements, to stream media files to various devices.

Just one question that I was unsure of after the demos, will it stream music and video files when accessed remotely over the internet as opposed to through the home network? Just wondering for the odd camping trip when the bored kids can watch videos/listen to music instantly streamed from the 'cloud' as opposed to having to wait for them to download first.

Thanks again.

Smiler · 7 Jan 2014 at 22:15

Ah, I see. Ok, I shall bear that in mind. There won't be anything more sensitive than family photos on the drive. I take it though tat the security risk also includes a risk if viral attack onto the drive which will then promulgate no an other devices that connect to it.

Smiler · 10 Jan 2014 at 19:59

Really? I don't mind giving it a go but don't know what I need to look for. Would this be a server?
Would I be able to configure it for secure access over the internet? Would I be able to access it from XBOX 360 and tablets?