01-19-2011, 04:33 PM
Agreed.
I'm pretty happy with the LaCie Network Space Max I picked up last week. It's only a 2 drive unit, and the drives are not readily accessible. You have to take the outer skin of the unit off to access the drives (not that hard to do.)
It's my first time using RAID 1. I'm much more used to RAID 5 and 6, and would prefer them but for the added cost of the chassis which support that.
It streams beautifully to my Apple TVs, and the built-in Bit Torrent client is awesome. Haven't gotten around to setting up remote access for it yet. It also supports Time Machine, which I also have not set up yet. I need to rethink my backup strategy and incorporate the NAS, Time Machine and full backups into the plan. I'll probably plug an older USB2 drive into the NAS and backup the mirror to that. But the NAS will also be a Time Machine receptacle. It does have a DLNA server, but I don't have an XBox or PS3 to use it with.
So far I'm loving my first home NAS unit. And the price was right!
I'm pretty happy with the LaCie Network Space Max I picked up last week. It's only a 2 drive unit, and the drives are not readily accessible. You have to take the outer skin of the unit off to access the drives (not that hard to do.)
It's my first time using RAID 1. I'm much more used to RAID 5 and 6, and would prefer them but for the added cost of the chassis which support that.
It streams beautifully to my Apple TVs, and the built-in Bit Torrent client is awesome. Haven't gotten around to setting up remote access for it yet. It also supports Time Machine, which I also have not set up yet. I need to rethink my backup strategy and incorporate the NAS, Time Machine and full backups into the plan. I'll probably plug an older USB2 drive into the NAS and backup the mirror to that. But the NAS will also be a Time Machine receptacle. It does have a DLNA server, but I don't have an XBox or PS3 to use it with.
So far I'm loving my first home NAS unit. And the price was right!