Re: What NAS device to reuse existing SATA drives?!

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cheers Tim, much appreciated for remembering my post.

Looks interesting, think im just too damn tight to be honest! lol=20

personally i think the synology is the best option, its just flipping
hard to justify, the dlinks would give a saving of =A380 based on me
needing four drives of storage but the downside to that is a) it
involves buying something from dlink!! god help me now! lol i've never
had a good dlink experience altho im sure many others have and b) im
still struggling to justify the expense!!


=A3400 is lots and lots and lots of electricity :(  it also doesn't help
my when travelling addiction is fast outgrowing the gadget need and is
definitely more expensive!!! lol


i think when i upgrade my ibook to a macbook and then don't have the
dependency on the pc for dvd ripping etc then i think it will be more
possible and i'll just bite the bullet!!

thanks all tho

noel







--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@...> wrote:
>
> I spotted another one in the new Misco catalogue that arrived
> yesterday, see my post on the Automated Home Forums:
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3D5294#post5294
>=20
> HTH,
>=20
> Tim.
>=20
> On 1/6/07, noel_pilot <HA@...> wrote:
> > Cheers Andy,
> > In saw a couple of options on ebay but I was a biti wary of very
> > unbranded boxes to be honest!!
> >
> > at that price im better with a synology unit at about 400 for
four
> > drives but cheers for the headsup
> >
> > Its a challenge for me at the moment, im due to need to fit a lot
more
> > boxes in my node 0 cupboard (ok its a cupboard under the
stairs!!) and
> > the pc takes up a fair bit of space,
> >
> > however, i only turn it on when the disk access is needed so the
> > economics of upgrading to a NAS are challenging when I need to
spend
> > =A3400 to get essentially the same ability i have now just in a
much
> > smaller (and admittedly more reliable) footprint!
> >
> > god whats happened to me, bought my house last august and now HA
> > purchases get weighed up against such stuff as new floors and
desks!
> >
> > to keep this on topic the floor in question does involve a
project to
> > have numerous cables and conduit routed either under the floor or
over
> > the ceiling to minimise visible technology and the desk will of
course
> > be graced with a suitable piece of mac hardware but hey its
flooring
> > and furniture!! how did that take over stuff with flashing lights
and
> > plugs on the end in my mind!!
> >
> > help me! there must be some kind of course i can go on to help me
with
> > this problem ;)
> >
> > Noel
>