NAS

Scotteh · 9 Jun 2012 at 21:47

Ok well basically I need NAS

Needed to;
- upload files from any computers to use with WDTV
- upload files from any computers to share with others
- backups of each computer

Needs security (not sure if every NAS comes with user accounts by default or not)

Was looking at the WD My Book Live 2TB drive (£120).

I'd be looking to spend like 200 at most.

Any suggestions?

Scotteh · 9 Jun 2012 at 22:03

Is there any major differences between microserver to do backups/file share and a NAS?

Scotteh · 9 Jun 2012 at 22:10

So would the microserver do a better job than a NAS? (for backups etc)

Thanks.

Scotteh · 9 Jun 2012 at 22:21

What would the power difference be compared to a typical NAS?

Is it very quiet (it'd be in the room I sleep so noise would be an issue

)?

Would the typical set up (2GB ram afaik) be enough to run it simply as a NAS, and ofc I could throw in some stuff at a later date and upgrade RAM but for the time being it'd simply be NAS

Scotteh · 9 Jun 2012 at 23:15

Thanks.

Think i'll look into getting the microserver and 2x 2TB drives in RAID1 using FreeNAS.

Scotteh · 10 Jun 2012 at 23:23

I'd using FreeNAS OS on a USB drive and you can add RAID through the web UI (from what I seen)