Network Attached Storage been fancying a networked alternative to my hard drives recently. ive got a 500 gig western digital my book which i dont wanna hoy away but im looking at getting a deent looking enclosure so i can just chuck 3.5 inch hard drives in as and when i need to expand. anyone came across and decent looking ones with atleast 2 bays which would go well with a black htpc setup?
http://www.digitalera.co.uk/products/QNAP_TS_209_II_Two_Bay_NAS-1127-0.html Or if moneys not too tight... http://www.digitalera.co.uk/products/QNAP_TS_410_HOME_4_Bay_NAS-1285-0.html
first one looks like itle do everything i need like, nice to see itle run a usb printer aswell like as the one ive got aint wireless. nice one Aaron any others kicking about that might be cheaper but do same trick http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Network+Products/Wired/Network+Storage+Enclosures+%28NAS%29/LG+Super+Multi+N2B1D+2-bay+BluRay+NAS+Enclosure+?productId=39167 just seen this which looks canny considering i was gonna get a blu ray writer
No idea mate i just checked hotdeals and there was on one that site for about £250 but wasn't as good as either of them so posted them. You could try dabs/ebuyer or just keep an eye on the computer section on hotdealsuk if any decent ones are avaliable cheap they'll get posted on there.
aye, i keep an eye on hotukdeals a canny bit like, gonna payn a bit more attention to nas enclosures like.
ive just set up a homegroup for the time being, only prob is the htpc has to be on for me to get files onto the laptop
a homegroup is basically a piss easy setup for a home network. u follow the instructions to setup a homegroup on one pc and itle give u a password. on the other pcs u select join homegroup and provided your all connected to the router either wired or wirelessly u just enter the password and your all connected. u basically select what folders u want to be able to share by right clicking on them and clicking share with then select homegroup. basically easy home networking for novices.
[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-N2B1D-Blu-ray-Attached-Enclosure/dp/B002YDN12U/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1"]LG N2B1D 2 Bay Blu-ray Network Attached Storage: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo[/ame] or [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-Stora-Home-Media-Server/dp/B002SNBCSQ/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1"]Netgear Stora 1TB Home Media Server - 2 Bay Network: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo[/ame] or [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-ReadyNAS-RND2000-Storage-Solution/dp/B001O35S7M/ref=pd_cp_ce_1"]Netgear ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 Home Storage Solution: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo[/ame] which one do you's reckon would be best,
Get an old PC, fill it with every spare hard drive you have and stick http://freenas.org/freenas on it i set 1 up as a test, i had it so it would turn on at a certain time every morning (bios) and shutdown at a certain time (cron) - also set all the drives up in a software array - worked pretty well
