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finally it arrived...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:58 pm
by dmmh
Trekstor 500GB NDAS Ethernet/ USB external HDD
attached to my wifi router so I can access it wirelessly and it just has a drive letter. Great technique, love it. Slower then via USB, but I dont use it for massive file transfers, just backing up and downloaded stuff and music etc
all that for a measily $170
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 8:28 pm
by dmmh
and pron, I wanted to acces my porn from the back yard
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 8:39 pm
by Foo
There you go, see?
I endorse this.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:09 pm
by dmmh
I knew it
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:50 pm
by Kammesennin
Didn't even know an ethernet hdd existed... was going to test possibilities with a USB to Ethernet adapter I have though.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:52 pm
by dmmh
ow ys, they are normally quite expensive. Best thing is this can connected to any ethernet port (on a router/ switch though) and can be accessed normally via a drive letter. By multiple users as well, if need be
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:53 pm
by dmmh
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:57 pm
by Kammesennin
Very cool, thank you. I'll keep this in mind, especially considering the price of that thing. My largest hdd right now is 200gb and it was more than $170 at the time.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:19 pm
by 4days
really need to look into these things for work, can any of the techheads here recommend for or against them?
we've got an old gentoo box with a raid setup as the fileserver for 20-odd users, never more than 10 concurrent - seems like a waste of time to maintain the thing if there are black boxes with 1-page manuals that can do the same job.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:21 pm
by DooMer
I think I'd just stick a hd in a spare box and run openfiler or some shit. Leaves room for future expansion as well.
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:32 am
by dmmh
well, I have one of those, an SATA external HDD enclosure actually and it really sucks, they tend to be very low quality.
this thing does RAID 0 and RAID 1 over the air, how good can it get? Plus, you can stick it onto a router, no need for direct connection to a PC. Really good for if you ar on a laptop, like me.
Now I use microsoft's synctoy to sync folders for backup purposes to the network attached box. Never lose any files anymore.
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:40 am
by mjrpes
nice, but not available in america, so it sucks.
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:44 am
by dmmh
lol
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:45 am
by dmmh
there ar other brands which use the same technology, just search for NDAS external hdd or something