vchris Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Looks like an external HD but can also be used as a web server!!! you can run php/mysql, ftp server, runs on linux with 32mb of ram. I'm thinking of picking up one, finally a web server to develop on instead of my computer and storage for all my crap.http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/06/28/s..._nas/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I don't get it. I looked at some at tigerdirect.ca and I realise that you have to buy and attach the hard drive seperate but does it have a built in OS or what?How does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vchris Posted September 21, 2006 Author Share Posted September 21, 2006 Yeah I think it does. I believe it runs on Linux and the HD is in the device that you hook up on your network. You have software included to backup, managing shares/users, managing photos and more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 The ones I was looking at requires you to buy the HD serperate, upto a 400GB 3.4" ATA HD. And it said it was compatible with Windows and OS X (no Linux) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vchris Posted September 21, 2006 Author Share Posted September 21, 2006 This one is compatible with OS X and Win but it has a small Linux OS I believe I read that in the conclusion. I'm not sure if the HD is included but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 so what are the benefits of it. Isn't it just like an external HD?We had a 4TB SAN (Storage Area Network) at work for awhile but it turned out to be not owrth the mony because of backup software issues but we had 6 servers (without Hard Drives) booting from seperate partitions on the SAN.Is this not just a mini version of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vchris Posted September 21, 2006 Author Share Posted September 21, 2006 It is. I think this is more for the small business/home users. If you were thinking of getting a server well this is a cheaper and slower alternative but still for someone like me it's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 It doesn't include a drive, BYOD = bring your own drive. That's why they don't say what the capacity is. But there are 750GB SATA drives around now, it won't be long until they cram a full TB on one drive.A place I work at just got a pair of these Beefalo NAS boxes, the TS-1.0TGL/R5 model:http://www.buffalotech.com/products/storage.phpPretty cool, it's a tiny little box with 4 SATA drives in it, comes preconfigured with RAID-5. You can administer it from a browser, it sends alerts when a drive dies or the heat rises or capacity nears full. Pretty cool stuff. We are going to set both boxes up to be RAID-0, striped, so we get increased speed and the full TB, and have one back up the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 But how does it work? Id it meant to replace the harddrives in your PC or what?EDIT: Okay I did some reading. It is just a more affordable, smaller version of a SAN that you attach to your netowrk for common storage. I get it now, duh. Sorry . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vchris Posted September 21, 2006 Author Share Posted September 21, 2006 so might as well buy an old comp and make it a server... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Goat Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 But there are 750GB SATA drives around now, it won't be long until they cram a full TB on one drive.havent they already done that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webworldx Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod...terid=11165851/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Goat Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 yeah, I thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I think that external drive actually has 2 drives in a RAID array. Based on the size and weight, it's probably actually 4 250GB drives. Seagate was the first to come out with the 750GB drive, it looks like that's still the top one listed:http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib....55B%255D=1:394/It looks like Hitachi plans to release 1TB drives next year using a new technology:http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,120279-page,1/article.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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