I was going to build a NAS, but then I saw this for sale the other day for about 10% off Amazon pricing, the other day. Reviews were good, basically its a Synology with a cheaper web UI, built by Asus. The things I liked were the dual gigabit, usb 3.0, eSata, HDMI (not that I would every need that) and the drive notification lights in case of a failure.
Asustor Intel Atom,1GB DDR3 8-Bay NAS - $749.99 + $5 standard shipping
I am wondering what harddrive you guys recommend? This will be used mainly for server backup (replacing a 2006 Buffalo Station with 1.2 TB. My main production server uses 250gb, runs on WD 1TB Blacks with WD Reds 4tb. My offsite server is a Lenovo TS140 with 4 - 1tb Seagates Enterprise with encryption.
I am debating on going with these:
HGST NAS 4tb: HGST 4TB Deskstar 3.5" SATA Internal Hard Drive 0S03664 B&H
or
used WD RE4 4TB. or possibly to 2TB RE4's since they are a 3rd of the price...havent decided how greedy I want to get on my space.
Do you guys have any different drive recommendations?
Asustor Intel Atom,1GB DDR3 8-Bay NAS - $749.99 + $5 standard shipping
- CPU: Intel® Atom™ 2.13 GHz Dual-Core Processor
- Memory: 1GB SO-DIMM DDR3 (Expandable. Max. 3GB)
- HDD Compatibility: 2.5" / 3.5" SATA II/III or SSD x 8
- Maximum Internal Raw Capacity: 64 TB (8 TB HDD X 8); Drives NOT included
- Supports Hot Swappable Drives
- Expansion: USB 3.0 x 2, USB 2.0 x 4, eSATA x 2
- Network: Gigabit Ethernet x 2
- Output: HDMI 1.3a x1
I am wondering what harddrive you guys recommend? This will be used mainly for server backup (replacing a 2006 Buffalo Station with 1.2 TB. My main production server uses 250gb, runs on WD 1TB Blacks with WD Reds 4tb. My offsite server is a Lenovo TS140 with 4 - 1tb Seagates Enterprise with encryption.
I am debating on going with these:
HGST NAS 4tb: HGST 4TB Deskstar 3.5" SATA Internal Hard Drive 0S03664 B&H
or
used WD RE4 4TB. or possibly to 2TB RE4's since they are a 3rd of the price...havent decided how greedy I want to get on my space.
Do you guys have any different drive recommendations?
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