Promise? What brand is that?

Just for clarification, the Pegasus R4 or R6 on Thunderbolt is a DAS and not a NAS.

But of course they also have NAS called SmartStor.

another question, do i need to format the HDDs? i already have a 1TB drive full of stuffs.

quadcube

thinking of buying wd mybook live 2TB..price is quite ok..my budget is around 500++..i know live duo  is better but the price is  too high 1k.

any opinion?

i dunno. bcoz some friends who bought NAS (not sure what model) had to format the drive because it has its own "file system".

i bought mybooklive 2tb yesterday at jayacom for rm429..very happy with the nas

I've been thinking of buying one cheap NAS for my office shared for about 30 staffs perhaps DLink or Promise or something less than RM1000. It's just for file sharing and storage.

Can I just buy and then plug it to the office router/switch and ready to be used? 

Hi guys,
I'm thinking of getting a Buffalo LinkStation Pro for home use. It says on the website that it offers simple network storage and backup for all PC and Mac.
Does that mean there will not be any problem for me to upload files to the NAS using a Mac OS and then download them on a Win OS right? What about Ubuntu?

good to know. thanks for the info.
how's your mybooklive so far? happy with the performance?
i've had bad experience using WD drives so i'm a bit skeptical about getting a WD mybooklive...

What's the point of all that interface speed if your hdd can't even keep up with the speed?

nas is wat?

Just finished setup my new Synology DS213j 3TB (WD-RED) - RAID 1 last weekend and migrated all my files from my old D-Link DNS323 500GB - RAID1.
Tested the single file (5.29GB) transfer from my iMac to DS213j via Gigabit LAN. Time spent about 2 mins and the writing speed to NAS is average 60MB/s to 85MB/s, highest speed rate at 100MB/s.
I am very pleased with the result of my upgrade!

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Hi, I'm looking for a reliable NAS for my office that have these function.

1. File sharing through Internet and mobile phone
2. Storing database for UBS accounting and allow remote access
3. User access rights function

Anyone can recommend me any brand or model. Thanks

hi guys, about a month ago i just bought wd mybook live 2TB on an impulse buy (i've meant to buy the much superior wd mycloud but all shops at lowyat then got no stock). so im stuck with this NAS that's quite slow and apparently outdated......is there any tweak/tips on how to increase its performance? i dont want it to be an expensive brick to baling anjing instead.

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

1) If I buy 2 bay NAS, can I mixed with surveillance hardisk?

2) NAS compatible any sound system?

3) NASA can use for surf net & torrent?

Made a video to help those thinking of using Freenas to create Network share at home?

I'm not so sure about the specification of the router but I can guarantee you will NOT regret spending on Gigabit performance, hitting hard disk bottleneck is another issue though. Transfer file like a breeze, 40MB file? You won't even see the transfer popup, just a flash through, few GBs in a minute... 
I did a transfer of 1.7TB in 8 hours... that's how fast Gigabit speed is, and yeah, the hard disk is kinda slow, between 60~80MB/s only
If you have SSD.. Gigabit LAN is the bottleneck, well.. new tech is kinda expensive so... we shall wait

Oh my... that's... so slow?   Why so slow? Its only 24GB.. you can use external hard disk and it's way faster than that. 20 minutes top from PC to external hard disk and back to PC (USB 2.0).
Only 200Mbps? The spec itself is already bottleneck, going max theoretically 23MB/s so you won't fully utilize the Gigabit switch. There's some much powerful one out there, if you don't mind to spend more... well that depends on your usage.

I don't mind drilling holes and pulling cables in my home, one of my friend even want to use Cat6 cable of which is overkill, but I'll advise him again.

@Homeplug sifu out there: Is there a risk of using Homeplug when there's lightning/thunder? Because even the phone line able to fry a modem...  My experience of see-ing my own modem hit by lightning and sparks lits up the room luckily the whole house was blackout (due to trip) before huge one hits it, otherwise my PC would have gone with it as well.