They do sell just the bare box. check the netgear or buy.com website. As far as being the same, I think you can have 4 size disks, but the most storage you'll get is 4 x the smallest disk.
************************************************* --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Steve Ellenoff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Steve Ellenoff <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Building an easily expandable huge data share for home > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 4:02 PM > Thanks for the info Michael. The x-raid technology sounds > interesting. Do all the drives have to be the same on this > box, ie, > if you have 2x250gb and you want to then add a larger > drive, it works? > > Also do they sell just the bare box? > > > > At 03:02 PM 02/27/2009, you wrote: > > >We're using this at a client's site > > > >http://www.buy.com/prod/netgear-readynas-nv-1tb-gigabit-desktop-network-storage-2x500gb/q/loc/101/204696978.html > > > > > >4 drives, RAID-5, uses little power, has built-in > backup features, > >etc. It will send you an email when it encounters an > error. > > > >The only drawback we've seen is the throughput is a > little slow for > >live data. If you're using it for backup, or data > storage and not > >for live database operations, it works very well. > > > >I would recommend it and it hardly takes up any space > at all. > > > >It's now down to $650.00, we paid about $900 only > about 6 months ago. > > > > > > > >--- On Fri, 2/27/09, Steve Ellenoff > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: Steve Ellenoff > <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [NF] Building an easily expandable huge > data share for home > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 12:44 PM > > > My other post about interest in Windows Home > Server was > > > mainly due to > > > my strong desire to build an easily expandable > huge data > > > store for my > > > home, though I would think any corporate > environment small > > > or large > > > would have similar needs. > > > > > > Here are my goals: > > > 1) One single huge store of data in the 10-20TB > range ( I > > > can never > > > find all the files I want, as they are scatted on > many > > > 500GB drives ) > > > 2) Put to good use, all the various different > sized drives > > > I have > > > lying around ( I hate wasting a perfectly good > drive ) > > > 3) Ability to simply add new drives to instantly > expand > > > capacity ( > > > This rules out most RAID setups ) > > > 4) Ability to hotswap drives when a drive fails. > > > 5) Safety in case of a drive failure in the > storage pool > > > (ie some > > > form of redundancy) > > > 6) Ability to remove drives from the pool in > order to > > > recover files > > > in the event the server crashes (ie you cannot > read RAID > > > drives > > > outside of the RAID setup) > > > 7) Inexpensive ( ie, perfer to build from > existing parts > > > rather than > > > fork over for new hardware ) > > > 8) Ability to have automated backup computers in > my home > > > (many of > > > which have themselves huge drives 500GB) > > > 9) Keep everything as Green as possible, so the > server > > > could be a > > > fairly low powered energy efficient machine > > > 10) Super simple, minimal fuss, idiot proof > functionality, > > > both setup > > > and maintenance. > > > 11) Reliable and stable ( putting all your data > on 1 server > > > is a > > > scary thing, it must be super stable and have > easy external > > > backup of > > > it's contents ) > > > > > > I was attracted to the marketing of Windows Home > Server as > > > it claims > > > to address most if not all of my goals above. My > biggest > > > concern with > > > it is #11, reliability. Realize that I would be > building my > > > own WMS > > > from retired computers, rather than forking over > 500$ for > > > an HP > > > MediaSmart machine, so the outlay of $ is a > simple $99 fee > > > for the OS. > > > > > > I am not sure if there are any alternatives that > meet all > > > the above > > > goals, but I'm hoping you guys have some > suggestions > > > and thoughts? > > > > > > In researching a bit more, I found that Drobo > came close to > > > meeting > > > my desires of an easily expandable storage pool > (although > > > you're > > > limited to 4 drives only), however I've read > several > > > really bad > > > reviews of it online about data loss and slow > performance, > > > plus the > > > cost of the unit (500$ w/o any drives) all of > which makes > > > me less > > > than thrilled about the idea. > > > > > > FreeNAS seems to be recommended often as well, > but I've > > > not seen any > > > mention of FreeNAS having the ability to expand > capacity > > > and have > > > data redundancy easily. On top of that, > > > I've never loved linux command lines. > > > > > > I've not written off any of these 3 > solutions, so if > > > someone with > > > experience wants to chime in about which way I > should go, > > > please do, > > > or better, if there's a method I'm > overlooking, > > > please do tell. > > > > > > Thanks everyone- > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Post Messages to: [email protected] > > > Subscription Maintenance: > > > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > > > OT-free version of this list: > > > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > > > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > > > This message: > > > > > > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > > > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated > otherwise, are > > > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute > legal or > > > medical advice. 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