sata or IDE gigabit NAS enclosure $25 at geeks.com DEAL DEAD, discussion only

[hans007]

Originally posted by: superHARD
If it only held more than one drive!

you can connect more drives by usb if that is any consolation.

i was going to test mine out last night, but i fell asleep . sigh.

i will post about it tommorrow...

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: nobodyknows
They still have the IDE version.

In for one IDE. Thanks, OP.

$9 shipping though, lol.

 

[OSULugan]

Too late for SATA...

Got 2 for IDE, though

 

[kevman]

how is the performance for anyone that got in on this ? I have an NSLU from linksys, but I get a lot of corruption issues and performance issues.

 

[SunnyD]

SATA one is showing up as in stock today... listed as "Almost Gone". Just ordered one.

 

[maximusfarticus]

I was holding off to get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822154195 because it streams media to the 360. Can anyone tell me this one streams to the 360?

 

[imported_madMike]

Is this able to stream to a 360??

 

[SunnyD]

Too bad they don't offer this guy in the states yet...

I'm honestly not sure about the single drive version, I would venture a guess it might, but their specs don't say anything about it.

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
SATA one is showing up as in stock today... listed as "Almost Gone". Just ordered one.

D'oh.
It is OS again.

 

[flashbacck]

I would appreciate it if people would post their impressions when they try it out.
Thanks!

 

[Replay]

25 left of the IDE version as of 6pm est.

Funny, the SATA version is pictured with a european power plug wall-wart psu. Edit: "Euro to US plug adapter" included.

Finally bought the IDE version. That's the sort of drive laying around getting dusty. Could probably put in a sata drive someday, maybe even a cool running 2.5" model, with a usb converter or an IDE adapter.

 

[VirtualLarry]

In for four of the IDE version, hopefully they won't cancel my order due to overselling.

Looks like a great deal, and a fun new toy to play with. Thanks, OP!

(I'll have to pick up some 500GB IDE drives to use with these. Does anyone know if they've ever made IDE drives larger than 500GB? I think I saw some strange 640GB Seagates at one point.)

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
In for four of the IDE version, hopefully they won't cancel my order due to overselling.

Looks like a great deal, and a fun new toy to play with. Thanks, OP!

(I'll have to pick up some 500GB IDE drives to use with these. Does anyone know if they've ever made IDE drives larger than 500GB? I think I saw some strange 640GB Seagates at one point.)

Yes, I think the max size for IDE was 1TB.
Of course, finding IDE (PATA) drives now is getting to be pretty rare.
Oh, and not all controllers supported 1TB IDE drives.

 

[Schmide]

From the page linked above from me. Max sata drive size is 750gb. I think the IDE is the same.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: Schmide
From the page linked above from me. Max sata drive size is 750gb. I think the IDE is the same.

oen of the pages for sata said 1TB.

i think its just whatever the top size is whenever they put up the page. I doubt it matters... though I have heard there might be issues over 2TB with most sata controllers.

 

[Schmide]

Yeah. After thinking about I thought there is no real size limit for technology past the ATA-1 28-bit LBA. Makes you wonder.

 

[SunnyD]

Looks like mine shipped. Yay!

I'm curious to tear into this thing and see what powers it. I'm betting a VIA Eden or some sort of x86 mini-ITX system, since their big one is a Celeron.

 

[Schmide]

Different company same name. Looks like it's a Freescale MPC8241LVR266D 266 MHz RISC processor

Some specs from a Linux distro site NSLU2-Linux (see PowerPC based Diskstations)

 

[Schmide]

and the IDE is OOS as well

 

[hans007]

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1538&page=6

link to a similar unit, with same cpu, and gigabit and likely similar performance. It seems to be quite a bit faster than say the linksys nas 200... or well 10 MBps is about twice as fast

 

[Zap]

Eh, would have bought a SATA one to play with. Ahh well.

 

[StormRider]

Darn, I missed my opportunity to get one.

 

[lokiju]

Noooooooooooooooo!

SATA sold out.

Dammit I wanted this!

Oh, that it says "up to 750GB" I couldn't have used it anyway then since I have a 1TB I'd use in it.

 

[maximusfarticus]

Originally posted by: lokiju
Noooooooooooooooo!

SATA sold out.

Dammit I wanted this!

Oh, that it says "up to 750GB" I couldn't have used it anyway then since I have a 1TB I'd use in it.

Did you read any of this thread?

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: maximusfarticus

Originally posted by: lokiju
Noooooooooooooooo!

SATA sold out.

Dammit I wanted this!

Oh, that it says "up to 750GB" I couldn't have used it anyway then since I have a 1TB I'd use in it.

Did you read any of this thread?

Nope.

Not before posting.