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Looking for a good NAS. At least 2-bay, but 4 would be nice.

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ned4spd8875   02-04-2009 at 07:50:21 PM

Anyone have any suggestions for a nice NAS that's not too expensive. I have a couple SATA drives and would like to have the option to add more later on for added space.

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rnbarr   02-05-2009 at 03:56:03 AM
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I just purchased a Thecus N4100Pro 4 - bay NAS. I chose it because it offered lots of features such as a FTP & Print Server. The FTP server is realy nie since I travel I can access all my files. It features RAID 0,1,5,6,10 and also has the capabilities of a Media & Itune server as well. Set was easy but building the RAID-5 was S L O W. I used 4 1TB WD 1001 FALS hard drives. I've only had it for 2 weeks and it seems to be all that the they said it would be. Check out their site. www.thecus.com.

Hope this helps

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antiacid   02-05-2009 at 03:14:01 PM
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Your thecus N4100Pro does not support eSata though, which is a big no-no if you are looking at moving a lot of content in and out of the box in a decent amount of time.

Anyway, if you could provide us with more info on your needs/requirements, that would help narrow down the list. Things like budget, capacity, type of connection, size, etc...

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cadder   02-10-2009 at 02:50:30 AM
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I think the DLink DNS-323 is a good compromise between features and price, I just got one for myself.

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acoz   02-27-2009 at 03:42:10 PM
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Drobo + Droboshare!!

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Incorporat3d   03-01-2009 at 05:12:05 AM
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I have a Thecus N2100 and it is an awsome little box, overheats with certain drives tho....

Unfortuanatly it was killed a few months ago by a direct strike, took out 2x UPS, 1x N2100 and 1x Server PC

N299 is same thing but without some features and is a bit slower....

I have a DNS-323 before these and hated every second, Mirror RAID does NOT work.

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