I've been wanting a network storage solution for backing up items to share across my home network and also backing up critical documents and storing them in a central location. Items I would like to share across the network include installable applications, drivers, some CD and DVD images, quite a large music collection in lossless and MP3 format, digital photographs, and some compressed movie clips.
I came across this unit today which caught my eye really because of the price. I wasn't searching for a NAS when I stumbled upon it. 500 GB would put a good size dent into what I'd need it for... for now.
Iomega StorCenter 500GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache 10/100/1000Mbps External NAS Drive Retail $189
http://www.clubit.com/product_...0195&CMP=EMC-Mix011008
A huge drawback with the Iomega though is there is no redundancy for hard drive failure. Since at this point I was in "research mode", I started looking at other options and came across this guy, (enclosure only. No hard drives). I downloaded the user manual and it's pretty slick the way they have it designed where you can easily slide 2 SATA drives in without needing any tools or installation cables. For another $200 I could pick up 2 500GB hard drives and configure them in a mirrored array.
D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure - Retail $178
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822155003
more specs:
http://www.dlink.com/products/...pid=509&rid=1951&sec=0
So what would you do?
A. Spend roughly $200 on 500GB of storage which offers you no protection in the event of a total hard drive failure and take a chance, -or-
B. Spend roughly $400 on 500GB of storage which offers you complete protection in the event of a total hard drive failure, -or-
C. another option altogether.
The only advantage the Iomega drive has over the D-Link raid set up is, it is supported in Linux as well as Windows.
TIA.
I came across this unit today which caught my eye really because of the price. I wasn't searching for a NAS when I stumbled upon it. 500 GB would put a good size dent into what I'd need it for... for now.
Iomega StorCenter 500GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache 10/100/1000Mbps External NAS Drive Retail $189
http://www.clubit.com/product_...0195&CMP=EMC-Mix011008
A huge drawback with the Iomega though is there is no redundancy for hard drive failure. Since at this point I was in "research mode", I started looking at other options and came across this guy, (enclosure only. No hard drives). I downloaded the user manual and it's pretty slick the way they have it designed where you can easily slide 2 SATA drives in without needing any tools or installation cables. For another $200 I could pick up 2 500GB hard drives and configure them in a mirrored array.
D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure - Retail $178
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822155003
more specs:
http://www.dlink.com/products/...pid=509&rid=1951&sec=0
So what would you do?
A. Spend roughly $200 on 500GB of storage which offers you no protection in the event of a total hard drive failure and take a chance, -or-
B. Spend roughly $400 on 500GB of storage which offers you complete protection in the event of a total hard drive failure, -or-
C. another option altogether.
The only advantage the Iomega drive has over the D-Link raid set up is, it is supported in Linux as well as Windows.
TIA.
