Network Attached Storage Question

Rexxar · 3 Mar 2013 at 18:50

Hi All,

Currently looking to put all my music and photo's on a NAS so that i can access the files from the laptop, phone, and when I'm away from the house.

So I've established that i need either an empty NAS device, or i can get one like the "MyBook" type where they come with a 1tb Disk installed.

However, my issue comes from needing to locate it away from the router without a physical connection beyond the wifi...but i can't seem to find any sub £250 with Wifi, anyone got one they would recommend or solutions?

Also, i take it that when it's picked up by the router (BT Hub) i will be able to add it as a network drive on any pc? How would security work with that?

Thanks

Rob

bremen1874 · 3 Mar 2013 at 18:56

You could use Powerline adapters rather than wireless.

welshdragon · 3 Mar 2013 at 21:10

bremen1874 said:
You could use Powerline adapters rather than wireless.

This to be honest. A homeplug setup would be best. You can even get the ones with wifi built in to extend you wifi network.

I believe most Synology units will support wifi though by using a usb dongle. Compatible ones are listed HERE

FerretBoy · 4 Mar 2013 at 13:22

If the cash back offer is still active then take a look at the hp proliant microserver. The where around for under £90 after cash back. Add a wireless card or dongle and freenas. Gives a very powerful nas

bremen1874 · 4 Mar 2013 at 13:26

FerretBoy said:
If the cash back offer is still active then take a look at the hp proliant microserver. The where around for under £90 after cash back. Add a wireless card or dongle and freenas. Gives a very powerful nas

No cashback at the moment. It's possible it'll return when the new model becomes widely available, but nobody really knows.

Rroff · 4 Mar 2013 at 14:30

The Synology DS213AIR is £240 til Wed when it goes back to £250 - not sure how that compares with anywhere else on price or if what your ideal budget is. I do highly reccomend if you can afford it paying out for a decent Synology or QNAP tho - I spent a lot of time trying to do it on the cheap and ended up spending a lot of money on stuff that either lacked all the features I wanted or had either poor hardware or software - been completely happy since buying a TS-412.

Got a feeling some of the Synology/QNAP ones can handle an external USB wireless adapter but I'm not 100% sure think I saw something about it in the manual tho.

Rexxar · 4 Mar 2013 at 16:50

Thanks for the input guys, managed to pickup a WD Mybook 2TB and going to powerline it

I take it that as long as the router is secure, then the drive is too?

Attu90 · 4 Mar 2013 at 17:57

Have you thought about cloud based storage ?

I have all my Photos on Picasa and all my music on Google Music and I can then access them from pretty much anywhere.

Ive also got a couple of NAS drives but find it much easier to use Picasa and Google music for on the go stuff.

Rexxar · 6 Mar 2013 at 21:43

So got the MyBook up and running, for remote access it's via a web interface, is there a way of mapping it remotely to access from another machine like another drive?