loosetooth;576666 Wrote: > It has been an intense few days of looking at NAS units to power the > Slim Server and become the base of my new digital music system.... > > TBH the majority of the research, trawling through reviews, > manufacturers websites and user forums, has been contradictory and > confusing but I have begum to get a sense of what is required. > > I started off looking at ReadyNas Duo units and then moved onto the > ReadyNas NV+... however I soon realised that this units were not fit > for purpose unless paired with a Sheevaplug (an extra £100 investment). > I then looked at Synology and Thecus units and decided that Thecus were > not supported too well here (UK) and Synology, whilst solid, were moving > into Qnap price territory. > > Looking at Qnap I moved through the two disk units and settled on the > TS-410... then realised that although it proved to be slightly better, > in performance terms than the NV+, it was on a par.... > > I have now decided to blow the whole budget on a TS-419P caddy and then > put 2 x HDD in it next month.... > > The TS-419P has a 1.2 Ghz processor and 512Mb DDR II Memory... (I would > go for one of the new Atom based processor but that adds £200 to the > price and I cannot get up that high) does anyone run Slim Server on one > of these machines? Does anyone else have an opinion of how Slim Server > would cope... there is no point buying the higher priced product and > then discovering I need a Sheevaplug after all.
Hi Loosetooth Have you looked at a vortexbox appliance as an alternative to a NAS? www.vortexbox.org - I went for that over a Qnap NAS a couple of years back Ian -- socistep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82005
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