The Dougler

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My brother bought one for his condo to back security footage up too. He said setup was stupid easy.

Scrib

I dunno. The drobo is nice, but for the money there are better options.
Its thruput is no where near the speed of other devices the the market. The only thing it has going for it (other than it's retardedly easy to configure) is you can mix and match drives. But if you're needing speed, look elsewhere.

http://www.nas-pro.com/nas/drobo-fs-speed-test

"This puts the performance just about at that of the Thecus N5200 - a speed demon from about a generation ago of NAS devices."

KaMLuNg

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anyone?

http://www.buy.com/prod/zyxel-nsa221...217126189.html

doesn't look like it has print server capability tho...

Scrib

meh

Only a 2-bay, no RAID5.

svtmike

You get what you pay for...... there are no miracles for $90 in the NAS market.

stogie1020

FYI I have been hearing some disappointment with the Drobo units from people who use them a lot. Array failures that require having a second enclosure nearby to rebuild the array, etc... These are generally heavy users, though.

Mizouse

By heavy, how heavy are we talking?

stogie1020

Computer forensics labs using them to store and analyze multi-hundred GB data sets from the desktop.

Investigator may have three or four forensic images of 200GB - 2TB stored in it and would be doing a lot of disk I/O through out the day.

#1 STUNNA

That pales in comparison to Miz's porn torrent habits.....

stogie1020

This is my fear for him...

#1 STUNNA

#1 STUNNA

LOL at :stogie1020: avatar

Mizouse

I'd get a Drobo, but I don't know if it can do VPN or if there is a Drobo app thatll add the support for it

stogie1020

Don't encourage it... You will lose all your data.

Sly Raskal

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Not if all your base are belong to us.

doopstr

I'm thinking about sticking a mac mini on my main TV and running either Boxee or Plex. If I rip all my DVDs with Handbrake and put all the files on a ReadyNas will I be able to play the movies from any mac in my house with Plex or Boxee?

I've never done any DVD ripping before. I ripped a 30 minute Sesame Street DVD with handbrake (default settings) and it made a 700MB file. WTF, that seemed large to me.

Is wireless G fast enough to stream movies from a ReadyNas to a mac mini?

Sly Raskal

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The higher the quality, the larger the file. The larger the dimensions, the larger the file. High quality and large dimensions =

#1 STUNNA

I made a handbrake thread and specifically listed all the options I checked. maybe I could export the profile and send it to you.

#1 STUNNA

The mini doesn't have 802.11n? The mac I got from late 2006 all got upgraded to 802.11n

The Dougler

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could be limited due to his router.

Sly Raskal

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Probably, because the latest gen does support Wireless N.

http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html

Can't speak for the last gen.

doopstr

Yeah I'm still using a WRT54GL. I could put up an N if I had to.

doopstr

I took at look at the thread, I will play around with the settings. Thanks!

doopstr

Stunna, what's the average file size you see for a 1.5-2hr movie?

#1 STUNNA

It can vary. Anywhere from 750mb-2gb though I've got ones that are more and some that are less.

They vary due to their resolution which can be 720x480, 720x368, 720x272 or a wide variety in between. Basically more pixels = bigger file. I use h.264.

heres my thread.....

https://acurazine.com/forums/technology-16/what-settings-do-you-use-handbrake-749577/

and this is the important post

https://acurazine.com/forums/showpos...7&postcount=27

einsatz

So I've got a file server at home running RAID 5 on four disks. It's a large, noisy tower. I'm planning to move to a smaller place and I'm considering a NAS enclosure to reduce footprint/noise/power consumption.

I've got an external USB drive that I backup the RAID array to, and I'll be using the drives I've already got. So I'm looking for something that's quiet, cool, 4-bays, can do RAID 5, uses GigE, and can backup to USB - the old NV+ seems to be the best bang/buck. Newegg has it for $300.

Anyone else have other options that go for under $400?

doopstr

Cisco NSS 300 NAS now has built in MOZY online backup support. Neato.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1573...ciscomozy.html

einsatz

I just got my NV+ today. Loaded up 4x1TB drives and I'm moving the data over now from my file server to the NAS. It looks like this is exactly what I was looking for. XP, Vista, 7, and OSX clients all see it without me doing anything.

So far I'm satisfied.

KaMLuNg

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finally pulled the trigger on an NV+... it is on the way... has anyone had any luck with mixing drive manufacturers? or should they all be the same brand?

Sly Raskal

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To play it safe, stick to the same drive for all bays and only use drives on the Hardware Compatibility List.

http://www.readynas.com/?category_na...atibility-list

KaMLuNg

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tried to upgrade the RAM in the NV+... even used a brand that was on the approved list... didn't work... just hung on booting... popped the old 256MB back in and it booted no prob... FAIL!!!

Sly Raskal

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Are you sure the RAM Module isnt faulty?

KaMLuNg

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it is a possibility... but i am more certain that the manufacturer may have changed something in their chips... another person on readynas.com is experiencing the exact same thing after many others before us had success with that brand...

i may just leave it at 256MB? from wat i read, the extra memory just helps with accessing the frontview?

Sly Raskal

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It certainly does help with accessing FrontView. But from what I know it also greatly helps during syncronization of the drives.

KaMLuNg

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damn!!! okay ill prob opt with trying another brand...

svtmike

That was certainly my experience with it.

Sly Raskal

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So I'm taking a gamble. I just ordered 4 Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB drives (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148681). NewEgg sent me an email promotion that included a coupon code (#EMCKEHD24) that brought the price of the drives down to $69.99/ea + Free Shipping. And since I live in So Cal, I can get them as early as tomorrow.

The gamble I am taking is that these drives aren't yet listed as compatible with the NV. They are however listed as compatible with the NV+. Been wanting to upgrade the drives for a while now. they work.

I'll report back after I receive them and attempt to install them.

Mizouse

wow thats a low price.


(i think )

#1 STUNNA

Yikes! Those are advanced format drives (4k instead of 512b sectors), I'm not sure if your NAS supports advanced format drives. The drives supposedly have builtin smart align technology but IDK if that will make it compatible.

Scrib bought Advanced Format disks and they didn't work with his NAS and he had to return them

Starting at post 102

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...+format&page=3

Sly Raskal

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The WD Caviar Green 2TB (Model #WD20EARS) has 4K sectors and is compatible with the NV. Although it's a specific firmware of the drive that is required for it to work.