What NAS to go for?

NachT

NachT

NachT

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Hey guys,

I'm looking at buying a 1TB NAS, and if possible for it to be able to do most of the following;

I'd like to be able to store files on the drive without using some extra software that you need to install on your computer, I'd like to be able to add the drive into My Computer (Like a network drive).

Also if possible, I'd like to be able to give certain users access to certain files on the drive, if this is possible. Like create accounts on the drive?

Store any type of file on the drive (I read something about the LaCie Internet Space drive only being able to store certain file formats?)

And.. to be able to access the drive remote over an internet connection, without the need for additional software at the remote location.

Anything ells is a bonus, if there can be anything ells lol. I'm not sure if I'm expecting a bit much from just a NAS. The reason for not getting a file server is because of the room it would take up.

I've been looking at the Mybook World, seems nice, but some reviews say it's noisy.. I might be able to open it and replace the fan?
Also read that it's possible to edit the firmware.software on the MyBook World to allow it to act as a webserver etc, which seems kool.


Sorry for the essay :)
 
How negotiable are these specs? At present they're not possible. In sequence,

Yep, that's what nas is. Its a network hard drive. Windows treats it almost the same as any other hard drive. No extra software needed.

Nope, you're not going to do this without software. Might not be possible with windows, perhaps someone else can tell you. Comically easy with linux, but odds on you're not using that. How many users do you have in mind?

If you format it as fat32, no files over 4gb. Thats the only practical limitation, ext2 or ntfs will take any size file. Files don't come in different types, they're all just a damned great line of 1s and 0s

Impossible or easy. Depends if you have a computer running on the same network as the nas. If you remote into the computer, it'll work as normal. If you don't, you're not going to be able to remotely access the drive. Certainly not with any pretence of security.


You should pretty much get a file server. Mini itx is 17cm by 17cm by 5cm, its not hard to fit one somewhere. Any of them come with two + sata ports, and most cases come with a power supply. Theyre also significantly cheaper than any multiple disk nas, and solve all of the above problems. Assuming you'll run linux on it anyway, otherwise over to the windows forum with ya

I looked into this a while ago. Ended up building an amd matx file server. I'm posting from it now, its proven useful as a back up when my main rig is on rma
 
I've got an old snap nas that's capable of all of that so it is definitely possible. Mine is very old so only has a 120GB drive though.
 
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