Diskless 2-bay NAS recommendations (Home usage)

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Morazl

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Hello,

I have two ST3750640AS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA that I would like to put in a diskless gigabit NAS for home to store backups/media on. Can anyone make some recommendations based onexperience? I'd like to spend 200$ MAX on it as I already have my disks...

Currently in my rig I have both of these drives along with a 320gb .10 I'm looking to get a little more performance with the new WD Black AALS 640GB so I'll be buying one of those for 79.99 from the Egg. That puts me up to 279.99 for the budget.

I guess i'll leave the 320 in my rig for additional storage for music, iso's, etc but I'd like to have my OS running well on the fast drive. Does this make sense?

One thing I want for the NAS is that the drives not be RAID'ed in any way, I want to be able to see the drives independently, not combined as one in any way. I've checked around on the egg but I'm not sure what to really look for. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
 
Check out the Netgear SC101T. It's a SAN device, so it requires drivers to see, but it has worked reliably for me.
 
Drivers to see isn't a problem, I just don't want to have to use some junk software app to view my files.

Does this box allow you to not use RAID and see the disks individually?
 
Here's what I've found...

Setting up the SC101T is relatively painful. You simply have to attach one or two SATA drives, connect the unit to a router or switch (one Ethernet cable supplied), and then provide it with power (external power brick provided). You then have to configure the drive using the Smart Wizard utility. Configuration options let you select disk mirroring (if required) as well password-protect share folders. Once configured the SC101T functions just like a local disk drive, accessible from any network computer, but without requiring a dedicated PC. One thing to note is that the SC101T doesn’t allow you to assign fixed IP address - you’ll need a device on your network, such as broadband modem/router, that handles DHCP services. Also, HDDs are formatted using Zetera’s proprietary Z-FS file system so you can’t remove a drive and place it in your PC.
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This is the only thing that concerns me.... I'm sure this means I won't just be able to pop my drives in and they'll just work, right?
 
The DNS-323 from Dlink has been really great, no apps needed on the PC to see your files.
raid0/1 or 2 single drives, the drives get formatted as Linux ext2 (might be ext3 i forget)
 
dbwillis said:
The DNS-323 from Dlink has been really great, no apps needed on the PC to see your files.
raid0/1 or 2 single drives, the drives get formatted as Linux ext2 (might be ext3 i forget)
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Thanks for your recommendation, it seems like any of these consumer NAS's i've looked at have very mixed reviews (on newegg)... It concerns me, but I guess I just have to bite the bullet. I look into the Dlink one, I've got a Dlink gigabit router too so that might come in handy when/if troubleshooting is required with dlink.
 
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