Originally posted by: dajeepsterI'm putting in two 500Gb and setting up as raid1
Originally posted by: OctaneZ
Originally posted by: dajeepsterI'm putting in two 500Gb and setting up as raid1
Can you let us know what firmware it came with, and if you had luck upgrading to the new official image?
Originally posted by: OctaneZ
Well I bit, and a couple hours later got a backorder notice:
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Order Summary - Backordered Items >>
Item SKU Quantity Description
760769 1 DLINK 2BAY SATA EXT NAS ENCL .
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Still says "Usually ships in 1-3 business days." on the website, rebate is good until March 2 so not worried yet.
Originally posted by: LoverBoyJ
Does this need additional software for accessing the data (i.e. like a proprietary NAS systems)?
Originally posted by: AkumaX
I have one of these, they are nice. Any questions on it?
Originally posted by: StarTech
What kind of timings can you get with this type of devices on a 1000MHz network?
Originally posted by: JackMDS
This device write speed is about 8MB/sec.
Which is similar to the functional transfer of 100Mb/sec. Network.
A real Entry Level Giga Device should yield between 30 to 50 MB/sec.
This is a common problem with all Entry Level NAS devices due to their OS/Firmware.
That means that if "Speed" is important using any simple computer (like an old P-III) with Giga Network card, and decent Hard Drive, provides better transfer "Speed".
However if the "Speed" is OK by you, NAS makes less noise, takes less space and consumes less electricity.
Originally posted by: OctaneZ
Originally posted by: LoverBoyJ
Does this need additional software for accessing the data (i.e. like a proprietary NAS systems)?
No it's a SMB/CIFS/FTP server though you can mount it as a drive letter if you want.
Being based on linux though there are alternative images that include other protocols like NFS/SSH/RSYNC/HTTP as well.