Hi,
I recently bought a Infrant ReadyNAS NV because of the great things and my desire to have lots of redudant data storage with only my laptop (no other computers). I intsalled 4x 160gb Seagata SATA drives. However, I should have investiage the system further. As far as I know, you can't hook up the NV directly to the computer, meaning you have to use the network (IE - Network Attached Storage :roll:
). I guess I didn't realize how slow it would be. It took 2 min 30 secs to copy about .75 gb, which seems pretty slow to me. Furthermore, I don't think I need to have it on the network, as I only want it hooked up to my laptop.
So I was investigating Direct(ly) Attached Storage so I can hook it up directly to my laptop (firewire/USB). I found the Maxtor OneTouch III that is a RAID 0/1 setup and comes with drives, however, it only has a one year warranty. I tried searching but I couldn't really find many other direct attached storage devices that would suit my needs. I'm basically looking for something very similar to the NV (4x SATA drives trays, RAID 0/1/5, etc.) but can be directly connected to a computer with USB or Firewire. I would like it to be "driveless" (without any hard drives) so I can install my 4x Seagate 160s, but it is not essenital. If need be, I could simply buy an all-in-one solution and sell my Seagates.
I'm looking to pay around $500-800 depending on the configuration. Do you have any suggestions/reccomendations for my current situation? I found this: http://www.pc-pitstop.com/das/psrv2600.asp , which looks decent, but I'd much rather have 4x SATA drives.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
-fool
I recently bought a Infrant ReadyNAS NV because of the great things and my desire to have lots of redudant data storage with only my laptop (no other computers). I intsalled 4x 160gb Seagata SATA drives. However, I should have investiage the system further. As far as I know, you can't hook up the NV directly to the computer, meaning you have to use the network (IE - Network Attached Storage :roll:
). I guess I didn't realize how slow it would be. It took 2 min 30 secs to copy about .75 gb, which seems pretty slow to me. Furthermore, I don't think I need to have it on the network, as I only want it hooked up to my laptop.So I was investigating Direct(ly) Attached Storage so I can hook it up directly to my laptop (firewire/USB). I found the Maxtor OneTouch III that is a RAID 0/1 setup and comes with drives, however, it only has a one year warranty. I tried searching but I couldn't really find many other direct attached storage devices that would suit my needs. I'm basically looking for something very similar to the NV (4x SATA drives trays, RAID 0/1/5, etc.) but can be directly connected to a computer with USB or Firewire. I would like it to be "driveless" (without any hard drives) so I can install my 4x Seagate 160s, but it is not essenital. If need be, I could simply buy an all-in-one solution and sell my Seagates.
I'm looking to pay around $500-800 depending on the configuration. Do you have any suggestions/reccomendations for my current situation? I found this: http://www.pc-pitstop.com/das/psrv2600.asp , which looks decent, but I'd much rather have 4x SATA drives.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
-fool
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