Hi there everyone,
Well I'm in somewhat of a pickle. I had purchased the D-Link 323 so I could have a Raid 1-capable NAS solution. Not only that, but I bought 2 1.5TB drives to go with it (different purchase than the 323).
After hours of woes, about 2 hours with D-Link tech support (worthless...and can hardly even understand their english...), I'm convinced that the 323 is not for me, will take the loss in shipping, and send back the unit to the place-of-purchase.
So, now I have myself two brand-new 1.5TB drives...and no NAS for them to go in!
I'm really looking for suggestions here, as I'd like to have this whole issue behind me. I have a RAID 5 custom-built server, but I'm out of space on the thing, don't want to cough up 4 new drives...and don't want to have to run the thing 24/7 --> it eats up electricity, and sounds like a jet engine!
What I'm looking for is, really, just a 2-drive Raid 1 solution that is fairly quiet, media streamable, low on power, and RELIABLE. Bittorrent capability would be a huge plus, since I wouldn't have to have my actual system on while downloading. FTP / remote access would also be a huge plus. Some recommend the readyNAS duo...which i would be all for, if I didn't already have these drives...so a BYOD solution is pretty much essential at this point.
And honestly, I'm really trying not to break the bank on this one; the drives alone were expensive enough; the D-Link -- before I found out its horrible tendencies, was a nice price-point.
I was almost thinking about buying a firewire 800 (I'm both a Mac and PC user) Drobo, and getting the Drobo Share...but then again...the drobo would be an expensive RAID 5 purchase that would ALSO need the extra money for the drobo share unit. I know they just released some apps for it to add bittorrent capability, and might even [soon] have cabability for FTP stuff -- who knows. The plus of going the drobo route is that it sounds like it's fairly painless to manage (big plus...), has a lot of apps emerging for it, and is a BYOD solution. I could always start off with a RAID 1 config and upgrade to the RAID 5 configuration as I eventually purchase more drives...and then just sell off parts for my old server (which is a FULL tower case...having the smaller footprint of simply the drobo might be very nice). Does anybody have any info on the performance of the Drobo Share? Some say it's "slow" ... but I haven't heard any numbers. Does it support jumbo frames and such?
Oh, and by the way...if I go the raid 1 route with a 2-bay solution, the thing doesn't need to SCREAM in speed; I'd still have my custom server for the raid 5 stuff. The biggest burden I'd put on the raid 1 would likely be streaming HD; anything "heavy" and I'd likely use the raid 5 server.
Anyway, any recommendations or thoughts? Sorry...I know this is along-winded post...but I figure the more info I give you, the better.
John
Well I'm in somewhat of a pickle. I had purchased the D-Link 323 so I could have a Raid 1-capable NAS solution. Not only that, but I bought 2 1.5TB drives to go with it (different purchase than the 323).
After hours of woes, about 2 hours with D-Link tech support (worthless...and can hardly even understand their english...), I'm convinced that the 323 is not for me, will take the loss in shipping, and send back the unit to the place-of-purchase.
So, now I have myself two brand-new 1.5TB drives...and no NAS for them to go in!
I'm really looking for suggestions here, as I'd like to have this whole issue behind me. I have a RAID 5 custom-built server, but I'm out of space on the thing, don't want to cough up 4 new drives...and don't want to have to run the thing 24/7 --> it eats up electricity, and sounds like a jet engine!
What I'm looking for is, really, just a 2-drive Raid 1 solution that is fairly quiet, media streamable, low on power, and RELIABLE. Bittorrent capability would be a huge plus, since I wouldn't have to have my actual system on while downloading. FTP / remote access would also be a huge plus. Some recommend the readyNAS duo...which i would be all for, if I didn't already have these drives...so a BYOD solution is pretty much essential at this point.
And honestly, I'm really trying not to break the bank on this one; the drives alone were expensive enough; the D-Link -- before I found out its horrible tendencies, was a nice price-point.
I was almost thinking about buying a firewire 800 (I'm both a Mac and PC user) Drobo, and getting the Drobo Share...but then again...the drobo would be an expensive RAID 5 purchase that would ALSO need the extra money for the drobo share unit. I know they just released some apps for it to add bittorrent capability, and might even [soon] have cabability for FTP stuff -- who knows. The plus of going the drobo route is that it sounds like it's fairly painless to manage (big plus...), has a lot of apps emerging for it, and is a BYOD solution. I could always start off with a RAID 1 config and upgrade to the RAID 5 configuration as I eventually purchase more drives...and then just sell off parts for my old server (which is a FULL tower case...having the smaller footprint of simply the drobo might be very nice). Does anybody have any info on the performance of the Drobo Share? Some say it's "slow" ... but I haven't heard any numbers. Does it support jumbo frames and such?
Oh, and by the way...if I go the raid 1 route with a 2-bay solution, the thing doesn't need to SCREAM in speed; I'd still have my custom server for the raid 5 stuff. The biggest burden I'd put on the raid 1 would likely be streaming HD; anything "heavy" and I'd likely use the raid 5 server.
Anyway, any recommendations or thoughts? Sorry...I know this is along-winded post...but I figure the more info I give you, the better.
John
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