OT: 4-drive NAS, Blu-Ray writer, 1TB drive $299

Coursedesign wrote on 1/29/2010, 4:23 PM
Built-in memory card readers and free shipping.

Newegg Combo Deal:

LG N4B1N Diskless System 4 Bay Super Multi NAS with Built-in Blu-ray Rewriter

Built-in Blu-Ray ReWriter for additional data backup option & protection
Hot Swappable and Lockable Trays
LCD Display shows important information and alerts
Built-in Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS, xD)
Remote Access/Multiple User Access
Network Print Server Support
Built-in FTP Server Functionality
Active Directory Support
Various User Management with Security (Users, Group, Folder)
Auto Sync. Back Up Support
iTunes Music Server Support
One Touch USB/Memory Copy & Synchronized Backup
Journaled File System
Quiet Device Operation
Low Power Consumption
RoHS Compliant

SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD103SI 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Comments

DWhitevidman wrote on 1/29/2010, 6:04 PM
Every once in a while I see a post like this and I read it to learn. You know, to check out what why it's here, must be a good deal hey?

The experience video editor, video hardware guy probably checks it out and gets it right away.

What about the up and coming want to be's out here? I read it and say, why would this be a potential good add on for me. Ok, ok, maybe the deal is, if I don't know enough to get it automatically, then a brief explanation or summary isn't going to help.

I read lots of posts that I wouldn't think specifically apply to me, just to learn, ya, I had a question about that once, but I didn't even know enough to phrase a question.

Summary:
Believe me, I'm not busting anyone's chops here, the more applicable information the better, we are after all, here to learn. Just a little intro or summary on these types of posts are very helpful. I have seen them and appreciate the little added effort.

Happy sailing, skiing, videographer and or editing, what ever floats your boat.
BudWzr wrote on 1/29/2010, 7:33 PM
The Readynas Pioneer or NV+ need to be considered. Many more features that you don't know you need yet. ReadyNAS is the biggest selling home NAS, and has been for a long time.

Optical drive backup is not reliable. The best way is mirroring to the web using Goodsync, or any other software that uses MD5 hash comparison, or automatic offsite backups from the NAS itself.

Raid 5 is a MUST!

Don't go super cheap because as you learn more about what a NAS can do you'll end up regretting the purchase. There's no free lunch.

Anyone considering a NAS should check the ReadyNAS line and compare.
JohnnyRoy wrote on 1/30/2010, 3:28 PM
It should probably be pointed out that the bundled hard drive is an extremely poor choice. First of all it's only 5400RPM which is slow for video. Second, it's a "green" drive which means it loves to power down to save power which means it will fall out of any RAID array you try and place it in because the RAID controller will think it failed when it can't cycle back up quick enough. It should be fine (albeit slow) for JBOD but not for RAID.

Only buy drives to put in a RAID that are actually rated for RAID. Most PC class drives are not and are meant for interactive use in a PC. You should purchase enterprise class drives for a RAID.

~jr
farss wrote on 1/30/2010, 3:53 PM
If you're after a decent NAS box then QNAP is the go:
http://www.qnap.com/Products.asp

I've got the fairly old Thecus 5200 with 5x Samsung 400GB HDDs in it. It's been rock solid but it's probably getting to the point where I need to think about something bigger running RAID 6 or RAID 10 and that's a bit faster. The Thecus products are a bit cheaper than QNAP and probably quite adequate for most people.

To answer the question above. Once you have a few clients and lots of libraries being able to hive media off to nearline storage that you can access from multiple systems it makes life so much easier.

Bob.
Coursedesign wrote on 1/30/2010, 5:22 PM
I use Green 1TB drives for automatic backup of project media every night.
Green makes sense for that, and speed is not an issue.

The LG NAS seems best for JBOD use, and is a good deal for that. One reviewer said "fairly fast" so it may be useable for moderate performance needs.

A GOOD NAS is mid 4 figures, and even then you won't get close to eSATA performance.

BTW, a lot of people are having problems with port multipliers, so avoid those if you have expensive projects.
UlfLaursen wrote on 1/31/2010, 10:13 AM
I have the netgear NV+ with 4 500 GB WD RE2 disks in Raid 5 and I love it a lt.

/Ulf