NAS

Things to keep in mind:

• Need this on a UPS - preferably one which can shut down (and power back up) the NAS unit
• Many NAS devices are sold diskless and you need to get the drives
• Will want this wired to the main switch
• Ideally want some or all of the data to be encrypted on the drive
• Idaally want background trickle update syncing with a NAS at another location

Some RAID sizes:

• RAID 1 of 2x 1TB = 1TB
• RAID 5 of 3x 750GB = 1.5TB
• RAID 5 of 3x 1TB = 2TB

$150 Buffalo 1TB LSCH10TL Nov 2010 w/ free ship to store at walmart.com

$120 Seagate Barracuda ST315005N4A1AS-RK 1.5TB 5900RPM SATA-300 32MB cache at walmart.com Nov 2010 w/ free ship to store

Yellow Machine

• Discontinued but unofficially supported and can still buy new?
• 1 to 4 IDE drives up to 500 GB each
• $159 diskless Oct 2010

Synology Disk Station DS210j

• $199 Oct 2010
• RAID 1, iTunes server, Linux/MAC/Win support, limited USB printer support, IP camera support, much more!

Hitachi Duo Pro 4TB External Hard Drive

• $270 on w00t early Oct 2010
• Intro-ed by Hitachi for ~$400

Buffalo Linkstation Pro LS-XH

• $215 at B&H July 2009
• 1T
• iTunes server
• print server

Thecus N3200 Pro

• Pro $350 online July 2009
• non-Pro ~$330 July 2009 - with no drives
• RAID5 of up to 3x 1TB SATA drives with good speeds!
• iTunes and print server (Bittorrent too)
• http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=48&set_language=english
• Q: What is the total cost after UPS and four (one spare) large drives too? A: $750 = $350 NAS+ 4 x $80 1TB SATA drives* + $80 UPS = a 2TB RAID 5 NAS
• * = Seagate Barracuda LP ST31000520AS 1TB 5900 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

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