[ale] [OT] Home nas

[John Anderson]

I guess the issues other than the basic one of price would be:
reliablility.

raid 1

Ability to pop a drive out and read it if the unit fries. Are there 
systems with software versus hardware raid? My understanding is that 
software is easier to recover if the hardware fails.

Transfer speed is probably not an issue. This is more for the first 
layer of backup for multiple pc's in the household. It probably won't be 
getting hammered on a regular basis.

On 09/16/2012 12:39 PM, JD wrote:
> On 09/16/2012 12:02 PM, John Anderson wrote:
>> Any recommendations/cautions about picking up a home nas? It's for my
>> brother in law so he probably won't want a re-purposed PC. Looking to
>> spend <$500
> You usually get what you pay for.
> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-charts/view will get you (or him) started.
>
> There are many other caveats, but without requirements or use scenarios, I can't
> begin to make any suggestions.
>
> If he wants low price over all else, there are cheap 1 or 2 disk options without
> any advanced capabilities. However, these have pretty poor performance, but that
> may not be an issue.
>
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