Which NAS?

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syke

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Looking to have a network attached drive, and was going to get the WD Mybook untill reading reviews about sharing music etc, and decided its not a good idea.

Thinking about the LaCie 2big Network 1TB or the Maxtor Shared Storage II 1TB.

What should we get for ~150-250?

Was thinking of getting an enclosure and a Samsung F1 drive too.
 
Everything arrived this morning





Contents of DS207+





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Fitted Drives





All installed





First impressions are positive - feels well put together and installing the drives was easy. Had it installed and plugged in about 15 mins. That's when I hit my first problem - no matter what I tried I couldn't connect to it. I tried both from my desktop and laptop no luck. I could ping the NAS but installation software couldn't see it. Both my machines are connected via wireless so I plugged them directly to the router and all instant connection. So far I've been unable to work out if this is a feature or bug (you can access the shares via wireless no problem).

Software installation is simple, just follow the wizard and within 10 mins you're ready to create your volumes. I opted for RAID 1. I'm moving a 3GB of stuff across and getting around 12-13 MB transfer rate according to Vista Pre SP1 (not sure how accurate this is). As I type this I finally got SP1 download notification so I'll install it later and see what I get.

Not had a chance to play with any of the other features yet but will report back later.
 
Download the new firmware and the new synology disk assistant - I had the same problem but now its ok over wireless.
 
Bloody hell thats a lot of money! Did you not like the Icy Box IB-NAS4220-B at all? Personally I think it looks a lot better but then I have had so many white/beige PC cases over the years I am just sick of anything white ;)
 
fobose said:
Bloody hell thats a lot of money! Did you not like the Icy Box IB-NAS4220-B at all? Personally I think it looks a lot better but then I have had so many white/beige PC cases over the years I am just sick of anything white ;)
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I actually think the Icy Box looks ugly in that picture. I wasn't too sure on the white when I ordered but I liked the features and reviews persuaded me.

Now that I've got it I think it looks great but then I would say that having spent all that money. :D
 
shine said:
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I'm moving a 3GB of stuff across and getting around 12-13 MB transfer rate according to Vista Pre SP1 (not sure how accurate this is). As I type this I finally got SP1 download notification so I'll install it later and see what I get.
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Use task manager to see what transfer speed you're getting. I don't think Vista SP1 is very accurate.
 
fobose said:
Bloody hell thats a lot of money! Did you not like the Icy Box IB-NAS4220-B at all? Personally I think it looks a lot better but then I have had so many white/beige PC cases over the years I am just sick of anything white ;)
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It may cost a bit more than the icybox but its because unlike raidsonic synology actually release firmwares that work. It also has a lot more features compared to the icybox.
 
shine said:
I actually think the Icy Box looks ugly in that picture. I wasn't too sure on the white when I ordered but I liked the features and reviews persuaded me.

Now that I've got it I think it looks great but then I would say that having spent all that money. :D
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It does look good...

Was just having a look around the Synology Forum, to see if the DS-207+ supports installing SqueezeCenter, which apparently it does.....this is one of the main reasons I am looking at the QNAP.

Does the DS-207+ go into Standby with the F1s OK? :)
 
I have a samsung 500gb in my DS107 and that goes into standby no problem - but i had the same drive in my old Icy Box IB-NAS4220-B it would stay on constantly no matter what i set the time out to.
 
jbloggs said:
It does look good...

Was just having a look around the Synology Forum, to see if the DS-207+ supports installing SqueezeCenter, which apparently it does.....this is one of the main reasons I am looking at the QNAP.

Does the DS-207+ go into Standby with the F1s OK? :)
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The F1's have gone into standby fine. The fan is a little loud though and remains on full constantly. This is by design and the HDD's haven't gone above 32 degrees.
 
jbloggs said:
Handy enough.....I see QNAP have the same kind of thing in place as well...:)
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Fair point but there is a lot of information in the Synology forums so I was happy there wouldn't be any problems. Also it has recognised my UPS without any hassle so at the moment I couldn't be happier with my purchase.
 
In case anyone is interested I was able to use these instructions to get my HP C4180 setup as a network printer.

The multi function aspect doesn't work but that's not a problem for me as I use scan direct to memory card anyway.
 
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