Best NAS

[mmansueto]

I am looking for a cheap, small NAS box. I know I can build a dedicated system for NAS, but the wife wants something small and unobtrusive, so I can not build an entire machine. I need something like a Drobo, etc. Will be used as a media streaming device, so it must have gigabit Ethernet. It needs to be able to house at least 8TB of data.

What do you guys recommend?

 

[Lateralus]

Define "cheap." I'm not aware of any 4-bay NAS units that are cheap that I would trust my data to.

Personally, I'm considering going with the Synology DS410J or possibly the DS410.

You might also check out the Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ or something from QNAP.

Too bad you need the Gigabit ethernet; otherwise you could get something like the Lian Li EX-50 or Sans Digital TR4M but they require eSATA.

 

[mmansueto]

Define "cheap." I'm not aware of any 4-bay NAS units that are cheap that I would trust my data to.

Personally, I'm considering going with the Synology DS410J or possibly the DS410.

You might also check out the Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ or something from QNAP.

Too bad you need the Gigabit ethernet; otherwise you could get something like the Lian Li EX-50 or Sans Digital TR4M but they require eSATA.

Sub 500, is what i am looking for.

 

[Lateralus]

OK, my recommendations stand. I didn't get a lot of help regarding NAS units on this forum either, but I've pretty much decided on one of the Synology units based on reviews and my own research. The Netgear that I listed has a longer warranty (5 years vs. 2) but I've read the support isn't as good and Synology pretty much focuses on storage where Netgear is primarily networking and acquired Infrant (or their technology). Supposedly the older Infrant ReadyNAS units were better before Netgear acquired them.

I'm going with one of the Synology boxes. Good luck!