Hi Everybody, With a music library of 600GB that is still growing, I finally made my decision to go for a dedicated RAID5/NAS solution to store my files. I find that handling all those external harddrives is just too much clutter, and the RAID5 configuration will give some protection against hardware failure.
(I know that a a RAID does not protect against data loss due to human failure, so there will be an additional backup, but I still think that the additional safety of a RAID makes sense) So here are my requirements for the NAS storage solution: - at least 4 discs, RAID5 configuration - works with Mac and PC - does not have to be absolutely silent, but quiet would be welcome - I don't plan to run SlimServer on the NAS, it will just be used for storage - use of SATA discs would be welcome for future upgrades My options: 1. Infrant Ready NAS NV: 688 Euro empty + 320 Euro for 4x250GB or 400 Euro for 4x300GB (total price 1088 Euro for 4x300GB config) 2. Buffalo Terastation Pro: 849 Euro with 4x250GB, not available empty (???) 3. Buffalo Terastation 739 Euro with 4x250GB (P-ATA only!) 4. ??? please recommend other options ??? My thoughts: - The Ready NAS NV looks great and has received a lot of praise here. It is more expensive than the Terastation Pro but can be bought empty, so I could use a 4x300GB configuration. Is it worth the extra money, even if I don't plan to run SlimServer on it? - The Terastation Pro is cheaper and seems to have all the features I need. Mac OS X is not officialy supported -- will it work with my Macs? It is not available empty, this means I would have to use the 4x250 configuration (I would like to have 4x300 if possible) - The "normal" Terastaion seems really reasonably priced at 739 Euro for 4x250... However it only uses PATA harddisks (not SATA). How sure can I be that PATA harddisks will still be as cheap as now in 3 years (the problem with a dying technology is that the price drops stops and eventually things can become more expensive again as they get rarer... I plan to use this thing for a few years...). Any advice or recommendations would be very welcome... Andreas -- AndreasG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AndreasG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4834 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23021 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
