As I mentioned briefly in my last post, I’m currently looking into buying a NAS (Network Attached Storage) which will sit on the network and allow me to store and access my media (music, video etc) without having to keep a specific PC turned on all the time. As it’s just for home use I’m not looking to spend an absolute fortune on it but at the same time I want a decent amount of storage capacity.
I’ve done a bit of research and I think I know the device I’m going to get – an Edgestore NAS400 which has 4 hot-swappable drive bays, can handle up to 4TB of storage and has a 1GB LAN (4TB storage and 1GB LAN were the main features I was looking for). The device on it’s own costs about £300 and 4 1TB drives will cost about the same again.
Edgestore NAS400
My only worry at the moment is noise. I’ve checked out a few opinions on this device and have heard some say it is relatively quiet whilst others say it’s too noisy. It could be that the ones who said it is quiet are quite deaf or that there defective/old devices out there that are louder than others (I know my Xbox 360 is way quieter than one of my mates’)
Got to do a bit of saving as I want to get the device and the drives together (one without the other is pretty useless) but hopefully I’ll be able to get it in a few weeks and will post any further updates.
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