I m not sure what is the price now. Last time I brought cost me rm200. The famous raid card is rocket raid brand I guess.

Look for old low speed proccessor should be ok too. Cheaper ma. NAS no need high speed proccessor. 90% is sleeping. Unless you use it as pc too.

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Added on March 6, 2010, 12:39 pmYes. it consume more. That is why if you run 24hr, not practical. The 4bay synology NAS is just use 56watt when full load. Compare pc NAS power supply 250watt.

This post has been edited by ozak: Mar 6 2010, 12:39 PM

I think for atom it will not reach 250w but around 100 and below because NAS doesn't use so much energy. But true, proper NAS will be more nergy efficient than custom.

The power consume not just the proccessor. The mobo, ram, HDD, card and fan. All this add up will consume more than your proccessor. And your power supply heat and efficeincy will take some watt too.

Then buy synology is more better . When selling it , is more value then the custom NAS .

Wah, bro. Not yet buy, already thinking of selling. He...

Synology quite pricey for me, is there any low-cost NAS?

Yes. There is alot of cheap NAS. But don't demanding for the function.

Yeah, Synology also is expensive for me. Most low cost I believe only support 1 HD if I'm not mistaken. I need at least 2 bays and NAS with 2 bays is far more expensive. In the future if I need to add another HD, I have to buy another NAS. So that's why I plan to build custom NAS but the problem is with the energy consumption. Either way, it will cost money. I wonder why the price is so much expensive?

A 1 bays NAS also cost RM 599

How much is your budget to custom build the NAS?

My budget is around RM500 only. HD not included.

Add more for DS110J bro. No regret.
I bought "tikut" for 2 bay NAS. It was so disappointed frankly.

I compare these 2 models due to the price is roughly the same.

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This post has been edited by guestx: Mar 7 2010, 02:26 AM

If buy used 1 ,maybe below RM 500

I want to do raid 1 or 5 to secure my data. But all NAS with 2 or 3 bays cost a lot. That's why I plan to build custom NAS.

if u use custom NAS for everyday , the electric bill sure more than RM 50

Well, maybe you can look for others brand. Like dlink or linksys or china brand. Those 2bay NAS cost not more than rm600. Cousume less power and cheap. Just don't ask for more function will do.

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Added on March 7, 2010, 12:31 pmElectric bill won't cost that much. Max running only rm40/mth. But add up a yrs will cost rm480. Use this rm480 add up can buy a 2bay synology NAS.

This post has been edited by ozak: Mar 7 2010, 12:31 PM

From this review of TS-439 Pro II :



And for Atom D510 based setup :



From the review, I see that there is not so much different in power consumption in both build. I also checked that DS110J and DS209 have maximum power consumption of 19W and 25w respectively.

For custom D510 set up, if change the SSD and add 4 HD, the reading must be more than that, probably 10-20w more. But still will be below 60W which can be consider low. Well, I don't have first hand experience, may be I was wrong.

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Added on March 7, 2010, 12:50 pmI also think about that. But it is really can reach Rm40/month? RM40/month for only running a custom build NAS, that really high. With my current pc spec (see my sig), my electric bill increase RM30/month when running 24/7. That's why thinking of reduce the bill with the NAS (with torrent function). But if it really can reach RM40/month, should be stick to my current spec la...

This post has been edited by qwerty79: Mar 7 2010, 12:50 PM

My calculation is base on running max 250w/hr. Which will come to 6kw/day and 180kw/mth. From TNB tariff, that will cost rm40/mth max. Of course your custom NAS won't run max whole day. Depend your software setup and hardware qty.

And do remember TNB tariff discount is for first 200kw. Your home consume more than that.

Last time, I use laptop to dl torrent 24/hr whole yrs. It consume less power which max only 90w. (base on the adaptor spec). Cheaper alot compare pc.

Tq, not really use with all these electricity calculation. Hmmm..will try to set up first.