But that goes back to what I originally said, about going with a NAS with 4-5 bays they are the same price you just add the drives you need. Try getting an WD with 16TB.
Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:47 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > exactly, but I think the WD is fairly similar to this and quite a bit > cheaper. > > > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Andrew Scott <andr...@andyscott.id.au > >wrote: > > > > > I'll let them speak for themselves. > > > > http://www.synology.com/events/2012_DSM_campaign.php?lang=us > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Andrew Scott > > WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > The bonjour service is just a discovery service, it's not a file > sharing > > > system. By default, iOS devices can't access file shares. You need an > > > intermediary service in between the two. I think that's one of the > > biggest > > > selling points of this "cloud" server. Right now, the easiest way to > > > transfer files from your pc and your iOS device, without a direct > > > connection, is to use something like Dropbox. If this NAS has it built > > > into it, it's a huge convenience. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Andrew Scott < > andr...@andyscott.id.au > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > What sort of integration are you talking about? > > > > > > > > For example I have the bonjour service on mine, as I don't own any > > Apple > > > > devices and don't really understand that service, I am guessing on > > what I > > > > do know, that this is maybe what you mean by IOS device > integration... > > > > > > > > Most NAS servers allow you to install modules onto the server, where > > the > > > > community puts things like Media Server support and a multitude of > > other > > > > things as well. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Andrew Scott > > > > WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > > > Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Zaphod <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, but you lose the iOS device integration. That's pretty > tempting > > > to > > > > > have a Dropbox like integration without the bandwidth limitations > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 21, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Andrew Scott < > andr...@andyscott.id.au > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Personally I would go with a NAS server, 3 to 5 drive bay and set > > it > > > up > > > > > > with raid. These actually work out to be far cheaper than buying > > > > > something > > > > > > like this from Western Digital. Hell, even a Raspberry PI or > Audino > > > > > running > > > > > > linux, could do better than Western Digital. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Andrew Scott > > > > > > WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > > > > > Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> What do you all think of this? It's windows and Mac > > > compatible, > > > > > >> which is perfect for our house since we have windows and mac > > > products. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> http://wd.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1140 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Bruce > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368017 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
