Help picking a home NAS

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Hi,

I'm wondering can any of you help me please? I'm stuck for what NAS to get at home, or if I should even get a little NAS box or a small server running something like openfiler.

I like that a NAS box has the whole DLNA melarky so my PS3 and 360 can see it which I don't think openfiler can do.

I've been looking at the Netgear readynas and the Synology ds211, so roughly £150 quid without drives. I'm after something I can leave on 24/7ish so doesn't get very hot and doesn't take up much space.

Drive wise while I'm on, I'd be looking to get 2x 2TB green drives although a friend reckons faster drives would be better, any comments?

Thanks all, any advice would be much appreciated

Jim

 

Cheers guys. Dave I like your thinking, warranties are for losers I say ha ha

Check this out for a bargain! Apparently the web interface on it can be a bit of a PITA but I'll erm, 'circumvent' that.......ahem root! Throw the free 500GB in my ML115 and get 2x 2TB green drives in it on raid 1. I like the green drives because they run cooler, lower power etc which is ideal for me at home.

 

Honestly mate, I'm a lightweight at home. All I've got is a netbook, a laptop, a quad core ml115 with 8gb ram for my lab work and now this basic NAS. I had really fancied the HP micro but I don't really need a server on at home 24/7. This cheapo NAS will spin down and be quiet most of the time but it is DLNA so can talk to my consoles which I'm not sure Openfiler can, I'm not familiar with FreeNAS at all TBH.

One day I will pimp out a man cave but right now I'll have to wait till we get a new house in a year or two with either a basement (my pref) or a converted loft. So I'm just trying to keep everything cheap and light until I'm ready for some hardcore kit Cheers tho mate cracking suggestion and my 1st option but for the fact I was after a dedicated NAS rather than a configured server, which no doubt I negated to mention ha ha

 

We sell these to our home users.

Netgear ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 Home Storage Solution ( 2 Bay ) - No Drives Included: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Also used for some of our smaller customers as well.

From the Netgear you linked previously make sure you don't need any client software to access the NAS (other than setting it up) as it is hassle to set up. The netgear I have linked can be accessed just by IP address on any client which is what NAS should be.

 

I was going to get one of those only for the price of this one. From what I can tell they are similar in performance but I think the one I've ordered will need to be messed with beyond what most are compfortable with, which is OK with me, rooting it etc to get the most out of it. Cheers tho mate, let you know what this little thing is like when it comes.

 

Cheers mate, I'm going to ask a stupid question now, would you use that micro as your datastore......? TBH I need to blitz my lab, start from scratch. My ML115 is running 2008 r2 so my VM's are on Hyper-V....... :S

Do you mind if I ask what you've got setup please mate? I've got 2 weeks until I'm on the course then I'll be looking at taking the exam so I need to get my labs in order. Could someone tell me what costs are involved with using VMWare at home?

 

Cheers mate school boy error on my part not using the search! Appreciated