NAS questions

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Newmarket2

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I'm looking to buy an inexpensive NAS.
Is this the right forum to discuss brands, models, features, etc?

If not, where should I go?
 
Price range

I know I can get one with a drive or two for around $400. If that's the best price available, I'm going to wait. I was hoping to spend $150-200
 
Why not just get a really large external firewire hard drive and share it on the network, or do you need the separate entity of a NAS?
 
here's why not....

I would leave the NAS running all the time. We already have large drives on each pc which is networked. But, the PC has to be left on all the time for the other person to access the files.

I guess I"m making the assumption that an NAS would draw less power than a laptop or desktop. ???
 
Newmarket2 said:
I would leave the NAS running all the time. We already have large drives on each pc which is networked. But, the PC has to be left on all the time for the other person to access the files.

I guess I"m making the assumption that an NAS would draw less power than a laptop or desktop. ???
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Well I mean for your budget you will get more for just adding an external drive to one of your PCs and share it. Drives sleep when not in use and only would consume power when reading/writing to it.

I am not sure if you can get a NAS that cheap that would have any benefits other than being it's own standalone machine.
 
power usage

It's not the attached drive that I'm concerned about - it's the PC power draw that I'm concerned about.

But, the real issue (for now) is potentially the price. If $400 is the floor, I'm not doing it now - but will keep watching.
 
Newmarket2 said:
It's not the attached drive that I'm concerned about - it's the PC power draw that I'm concerned about.

But, the real issue (for now) is potentially the price. If $400 is the floor, I'm not doing it now - but will keep watching.
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If you can't add a single hard drive to a system you are already under powered. NAS systems are basically computers with a firmware OS on them that are designed for network storage.

You could always scrap one together from and older PC or something like that and use an open source OS to keep the cost down.
 
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