Looking for a good NAS without drives

[DietDrThunder]

I scored 3 Hitachi XL1000 external desktop 1TB drives from Office Depot clearance. 3 @ $52.93, - $10 off $30, - $11.42 in Office Depot rewards. With tax $149.35, or $49.78 each.

When I opened the cases, the drives were all Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 0F10383.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...4&Tpk=7K1000.C

Now I'm looking for a good 2 bay, NAS without drives (the 3rd drive is going in my desktop).
My only real criteria is that it be compatible with Windows 7 Pro 64bit, have a RJ-45 port,
and support Raid 1.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[chucky2]

I really don't know much about NAS's, but, the one I got was made by Synology. And, had I to do it all over again, I'd have gotten a 4-bay instead of a 2-bay. When the drivers in the 2-bay eventually run out of space, 2 more drives could be added and another RAID-1 array setup on them...or I think the Synology would add those two new drives to the available space on the existing RAID-1 array.

Two other things:

1. When you get the NAS, make sure to use the latest firmware/software for it before dropping all your data onto it.

2. Before dropping your data onto it, but after putting the latest firmware/software on, check online to see if you can have Linux (I think most run some flavor) run a disk check on the drives. People on the Synology forum were talking about this, and one guy said it was useless as Linux managed that itself, but, when I did the scan it did find issues that it had to correct. Rather do that before dropping on my data than after (or never).

Chuck