NAS questions

2015-04-03 Thread jeffrey greene
Hi, Ok first sorry for the long post! I’ve had bad luck with external hard drives. My 3.5 year old lacie 4tb thunderbolt is making strange noises. Figures, its 6 months out of warranty. So, I was considering getting a NAS drive. So here are my questions: 1 which brands do you guys recommend? 2 w

Re: NAS questions

2015-04-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I don't know about the NAS part but weird noises isn't always a for sure indicator. My old Mac tower has three hard drives in it and they have made all kinds of weird noises but they keep on going. Depending on your enclosure, it could just be the fan. For internal drives you can check the SMAR

Re: NAS questions

2015-04-03 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Chris, Its not just the noise, when I do a copy from my mac's drive to the lacie external the copy rate is slower than it used to be. I just thought I might have better luck with a NAS. Jeff On 4/3/15, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: > I don't know about the NAS part but weird noises