question for home nas

[hallohej]

gonna buy 4 disk's questing is..

gonna use them as storage at home to HTPC and other junk.

Raid5 or JBOD?

what is best and will it effect my speed on my network?

 

[hallohej]

any one?

 

[Abula]

Speed.... will depend in a lot of things, are you buying a prebuild setup or building your own? if you are going into prebuilds and interested on speed, check Smallnetbuilder NAS Performance Chart

 

[hallohej]

buying a prebuild one.. only thing i can affort atm

was looking at Qnap and acer but ended here :

http://www.synology.com/enu/products/DS411j/index.php

 

[danswartz]

Risk of JBOD is if any drive dies, you lose all your data. With raid5 you can lose one drive.

 

[Abula]

buying a prebuild one.. only thing i can affort atm

was looking at Qnap and acer but ended here :

http://www.synology.com/enu/products/DS411j/index.php

Some users have reported

For the RAID 5 volume, I get 25MB/sec write and 70 MB/sec reads which I am very satisfied with.

I'm getting about 35mb/sec on write and 70mb/sec on read.

 

[hallohej]

well that kinda sucks!

 

[Abula]

in raid 5?

remember its synology entry lvl for 4 disk, so its their slowest. If the transfer rate isnt fast enough for your needs, save more the Synology DiskStation 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS411+ (Black) should give you 100 MB/sec.

 

[Jesse B]

It'd be way cheaper to build a basic rig and populate it with disks than it would be to buy a dedicated NAS unit. On the other hand, with the NAS you'd get warranty and a proven interface. I think building your own would be worth considering, as you could easily make one for 50%-60% of the cost of that Synology posted by Abula.

 

[Abula]

It'd be way cheaper to build a basic rig and populate it with disks than it would be to buy a dedicated NAS unit. On the other hand, with the NAS you'd get warranty and a proven interface. I think building your own would be worth considering, as you could easily make one for 50%-60% of the cost of that Synology posted by Abula.

I second Jesee statement, i think its worth considering building your setup, you can build according to your needs. The synology is a atom dual core setup, something similar.....

SUPERMICRO MBD-X7SPA-H-O Mini ITX Intel Atom D510 processor Server Motherboard $190 (has 6 satas and intels nic )
Crucial CT2CP25664AC667 200-Pin SODIMM DDR2 PC2-5300 CL=5 Unbuffered NON-ECC DDR2-667 1.8V 256Meg x 64 2GBx2 4GB Kit $60
ES34169 External Storage Bk 4BAY Internal FSP-120W Open Frame $133 (comes with 120W PSU) and a video incase you want to see in action.
Total $385 (free shipping)

 

[hallohej]

Abula :

The Syno u post there is 4113 KR where the one i post is 2178 KR and with HDD's it will be 4400 kr.

but here is the other stuff :

Chenbro tower 2021 DK / only come with 180W PSU in DK )

MB : 1600 kr http://www.edbpriser.dk/Product/Details.aspx?q=ICH9R&sp=all&pid=4572589
cant get the other in DK

ram : 400 kr

Shipping : 200 KR

so 4221 KR with out HDD's

HDD's 555 x 4 = 2220

so that is 6.2 k for it and i cant affort that it blows!

1$ = 5.21 KR