Advice on storage purchase

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Jesus Crotch

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Advice on storage purchase
« on: October 17, 2008, 12:36:03 PM »
Hi, quite a few of you seem to really know your computer hardware stuff, so I though I might as well ask here as well.

I need storage.  I have a small (8 stations, 2 switches, 1 router) home network that includes my Xbox 360 and 2 TiVos.  We have a new HD video camera, around 120GB of music, and about 180GB of porn.  I am looking to add between 1-2TB of storage to the network, and I want to run it mirrored.

I was thinking I would go with the Buffalo Terastation 1.6 or 2TB, but have not been keeping up on these for a while.  A year ago when I spent a week researching, the Terastation 1TB was the top dog.  Are these still win?  Or have they been surpassed?
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Re: Advice on storage purchase
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2008, 12:36:48 PM »
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Re: Advice on storage purchase
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2008, 12:43:43 PM »
Do you want NAS or internal?
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2008, 12:47:35 PM »
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Re: Advice on storage purchase
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2008, 01:18:44 PM »
Outside of building your own, you're probably best to look at a QNAP NAS. They are generally very feature-rich and have had fairly solid reviews for the majority of their products. While I haven't seen all of their products, they generally come without hard drives, so I'd end up pairing them with the Samsung HD103UJ.

If I ever move to a HTN and NAS-type solution for it, I'd probably go with QNAP.
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