Cheapest 2 Bays NAS, i think Dlink 320.

If you want more feature and functionality, i will go for Synology.
I paid RM585 for DS213J and i am so far very happy with my purchase

if you want to know more about what Synology can do, try to google Synology DSM to learn more.

This post has been edited by philipcs: May 5 2014, 08:21 PM

Thanks for the help.. That is what I did now. But still figuring how to setup a network backup with RSYNC/RTRR server between my N54L XPenology and TS470 pro

May I know where you buy your N54L.

Hardly found it anywhere online

Low Yat HP store still have plenty stock for N54L and also the Gen8 microserver. Price is around 800 for N54L and 1500 for Gen8

RM585 is cheap, willing to share where you bought it from?

I followed this guide to turn my old Dlink 323 to RSync server to backup my data in Synology DS213J.

http://www.fatdex.net/php/2013/05/20/how-t...ackup-location/

Dont use RSYNC if you just want to "copy" data from old NAS to new NAS. The RSync speed is very slow by design.

For backup wise, then ok to use RSYNC

Try to ask @Devour

Alright, thanks!

Hey guys I'd like to ask what do you guys do when you need to upgrade the storage space on your NAS? Let's assume that you're using a 4 bay NAS with 1TB each running on RAID 5 and you run out of space and want to replace all 4 HDDs with 3TB ones. Is it possible to remove one 1TB HDD and replace it with a 3TB and rebuild and repeat till u replace all of it and then expand the storage to 9TB?

Good tutorial from....
http://www.synology.com/en-global/support/tutorials/560

Thanks!

The idea is nice. But I dare not think about how long the rebuild time is going to take.

Dear expert, I am newbie for NAS. May I know what NAS functioning? I just know for storage only. Thanks

wat's the spec of your N54L and total price you paid for?

I'm not familiar with Low Yat, which floor is the HP store?

Mine was approx 1 day to rebuild 8 x 3TB.

speaking of rebuilding speed, I'm parking this link here for future reference >> http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=10268

network storage,for example if its connected to the wireless router in your home,everyone connecting to your network would have read n write access to it if there's no restriction placed

dam cheap, mine DS213j last time price around 700++.

anyway, those who always download movies, i also recommend synology, it got download manager n movie manager which is good. i downloaded and stream the movies in my pc, tablet, phones and even sometimes i streaming the movies from my friends house. its like u got ur own movie server

DS213j no more rm585,i ask several seller cheapest i find is rm690 now

Those on budget can try the DLINK DNS-327. It has decent write speed (can hit over 60Mbps) and functions to download torrents or direct downloads as well as free service for dynamic IP hostname, so you can access your NAS from the internet without worrying it changes IP. Only RM399 or less. Does the job good so far. Just stay away from the lowest end DNS-320...this will suck with turtle write speed.

This post has been edited by Matrix: May 13 2014, 01:52 PM