Over at the AVSforum, there is an interesting thread that includes instructions and a download link to allow you to turn a computer into a NAS using a version of Synology's diskstation software. The thread is eleven pages long and has many interesting posts. Overall, this approach does not seem feasible for any but advanced computer users. But, if you are interested in experimenting with NAS distributions, this is another approach:
Synology made NASs are one of the more popular home
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Thecus Has a New 2 Bay Raid 1 NAS - the N2310
This is the smallest Thecus NAS to date (as far as I can recall). The new NAS runs the full Thecus OS6 software that includes just about everything that a NAS can run including Plex media server. It includes a bitorrent client, FTP, RSYNC and just about the whole kitchen sink of NAS related software.
The new Thecus only sports a AMCC APM 86491 800 MHz SoC with 512 MB of DDR3 RAM, so don't expect super fast performance when transcoding video files. For normal file serving, this
The new Thecus only sports a AMCC APM 86491 800 MHz SoC with 512 MB of DDR3 RAM, so don't expect super fast performance when transcoding video files. For normal file serving, this
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Review of the Synology DS 1813+ NAS
The overclockers forum (AU) has a review of the Synology DS 1813+ NAS. This NAS comes with 8 hard drive bays and is compatible with Synology's DX513 expansion units (two.) With two expansion units, the NAS is capable of 72TB of storage. This is a massive amount of storage for a small business/home NAS unit, even if it is counting the expansion units in the total.
The DS 1813+ runs a dual core Intel D2700 processor and comes standard with 2 GB of RAM which is upgradeable to 4 GB of RAM.
The DS 1813+ runs a dual core Intel D2700 processor and comes standard with 2 GB of RAM which is upgradeable to 4 GB of RAM.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Seagate NAS Hard Drives
Seagate NAS hard drives have been around for a few months now and are getting generally good reviews. As you may know, consumer rated hard drives are generally not recommended for use in NAS devices for several reasons. Western Digital with their "Red" drives and now Seagate with their NAS drives have sought to provide low cost hard drives for the NAS market that fill the gap between straight desktop drives and enterprise drives that cost considerably more.
I have experience with the Western
I have experience with the Western
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