Scissor_digits said:So, not a Hot deal? Just plain old deal........
grdunn123 said:Forgive my ignorance Big Boss, I just bought an Iomega network hard drive and have found it reasonably easy to integrate in to my network. It uses 5 separate folders for music, photos etc and I can see all the files using my laptop, iphone, ipad and even through my LG tv via DLNA.
The hard drive you're talking about is an internal HDD for a home PC, being 3.5 inch?? I'm not sure how you attach it to your network as I had to physically wire mine up via ethernet to my router.
For the price, this sounds like a great deal!
grdunn123 said:The hard drive you're talking about is an internal HDD for a home PC, being 3.5 inch??
I'm not sure how you attach it to your network as I had to physically wire mine up via ethernet to my router.
+1 on buying the synology.bigboss said:grdunn123 said:Forgive my ignorance Big Boss, I just bought an Iomega network hard drive and have found it reasonably easy to integrate in to my network. It uses 5 separate folders for music, photos etc and I can see all the files using my laptop, iphone, ipad and even through my LG tv via DLNA.
The hard drive you're talking about is an internal HDD for a home PC, being 3.5 inch?? I'm not sure how you attach it to your network as I had to physically wire mine up via ethernet to my router.
For the price, this sounds like a great deal!
I'm planning to buy this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Synology-DS212-Bay-NAS-Enclosure/dp/B005TOXI6A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342219210&sr=8-1
It comes without a hard disk drive which needs purchasing separately.
The_Lhc said:grdunn123 said:The hard drive you're talking about is an internal HDD for a home PC, being 3.5 inch??
Perhaps you should read the press release, the WD Red is NOT designed for PCs, it's specifically designed for use in NAS devices.
I'm not sure how you attach it to your network as I had to physically wire mine up via ethernet to my router.
Riiiight.... :doh:
grdunn123 said:The_Lhc said:grdunn123 said:The hard drive you're talking about is an internal HDD for a home PC, being 3.5 inch??
Perhaps you should read the press release, the WD Red is NOT designed for PCs, it's specifically designed for use in NAS devices.
I'm not sure how you attach it to your network as I had to physically wire mine up via ethernet to my router.
Riiiight.... :doh:
Really worthwhile post!!
AAhh, thanks for that! Nothing like slagging off posters who've already professed minimal knowledge of a topic. Must make you feel all warm inside.
The_Lhc said:grdunn123 said:The_Lhc said:grdunn123 said:The hard drive you're talking about is an internal HDD for a home PC, being 3.5 inch??
Perhaps you should read the press release, the WD Red is NOT designed for PCs, it's specifically designed for use in NAS devices.
I'm not sure how you attach it to your network as I had to physically wire mine up via ethernet to my router.
Riiiight.... :doh:
Really worthwhile post!!
AAhh, thanks for that! Nothing like slagging off posters who've already professed minimal knowledge of a topic. Must make you feel all warm inside.
If you have minimal knowledge of the topic why did you post to tell Bigboss he was wrong in his original post? That's hardly worthwhile is it? You don't know anything about the subject yet you still feel it necessary to correct people that do know what they're talking about, that's stunningly arrogant.
bigboss said:1) The main difference between the 3 models is the speed. Even 212J is fast enough for home use.
2) 212 & 212+ have an extra USB port as compared to the 212J & are USB 3.0.
3) USB copy & SD copy means that you can insert your SD card (from the camera for example) or flash drive directly on the Synology & press "copy" to directly save pictures, files, videos etc. onto Synology without having to switch the PC on.
4) Why do you need hot swap HDDs? Can understand its use in a business situation where you may need a NAS to be working all the time. At home, you can always switch it off before swapping HDD.
I was considering the 212 over 212J because I could use the extra USB port to connect my printer & make it wireless. But now I'm considering the QNAP TS-212 which has 3 USB ports (although all 2.0 ) & is far cheaper than the Synology products. :?
professorhat said:One of the main things I've liked about the Synology is the packages you can install on to it - the one I use most is called CloudStation and allows me to synchronise local documents in a home drive to my NAS. I use this quite a lot for work, but also personal documents. Basically, it allows me to work on something locally on my laptop when I'm out and above and, as long as I have an internet connection (even just a tether through my iPhone's 3G connection), it will sync this back to my NAS at home, so automatically backing things up as I work. Having suffered a hard drive failure and lost a week of work before, this is something that makes me feel a safer! It also lets me sync documents between laptops really easily (if you have both a work and a personal laptop like me).
With the iPhone apps, I can also access all these documents through this - this has come in very useful as it means I can access all my documents when I'm out and about - really useful tool. It also works for all my photos and music - essentially, it's a private cloud as I can access everything held on the NAS from the internet, even just through a web browser.
Not sure if the QNAP has things like this, but it's worth investigating before you choose between them if things like this would be useful for you.
AlmaataKZ said:But what about wake on lan? isn't this very very useful for home use? or essential? does not having it means that the nas will not go to sleep? or if it does go to sleep will not wake when an SB touch wants to play music???