Server Elements NASLite-2 HDD Review
NASLite-2 has little to justify its $30 price over free alternatives.
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New to the Charts: HP mv5150 MediaVault Pro
The HP mv5150 Media Vault Pro is HP's refresh of its Linux-based Media Vault line. The attractive new enclosure takes its design cues from the troubled Windows Home Server-based Media Smart server. It is essentially a shorter version handling two drives. One is easily removable on a tool-less slide-out tray. The other drive also plugs into an internal backplane, but is not on a tray and requires removing four screws and a panel to access.
Buffalo intros palm-sized Terabyte RAID 1 NAS
Buffalo Technology today announced a new miniature dual-drive NAS with 1 TB capacity.
The LinkStation Mini (LS-WS1.0TGL/R1) measures only 1.57 x 3.22 x 5.31 inches and weighs slightly over a pound. It has a gigabit Ethernet port and dual 5,400RPM 2.5 inch notebook drives and supports both RAID 0 and 1, as well as Active Directory.
New to the Charts: Iomega StorCenter Pro 200rL
The 200rL Series is Iomega's first attempt at adding a Linux-based (Debian) offering to its Windows Storage Server-based Small / Medium Business NAS product line. The 200rL comes in 1, 2 and 3 TB configurations in a 1U rack-mount format. We tested the 3 TB version.
Synology CS407 Performance Retest
Last month, Synology officially released its Disk Station Manager 2.0 firmware for its Disk, Cube and Rack Station NAS product lines. DSM 2.0 features a new AJAX-based user interface and a host of other features. DSM 2.0 also is supposed to provide improved throughput, so we agreed to retest a CS407 Cube Station to verify Synology's claims.
Why Build Your Own NAS?
Bill Meade's Build a Cheap and Fast RAID 5 NAS How To has continued to be one of our most popular articles, even though now it's almost two years old. But with the price of ready-to-buy RAID5 1 TB NASes as low as $500, does it still make sense to roll your own?
LaCie 2big Network Review: No-frills RAID 1 NAS
LaCie's dual-drive NAS has a sturdy case, but relatively low performance.
New HP dual-drive NASes now shipping
HP today announced that its new dual-drive Media Vault NASes are shipping.
Has RAID failed you?
I’ve seen posts in the Comments of a few RAID ...
New to the Charts: LaCie 2big Network
Updated 3/30/2008 La Cie's 2big Network is the company's first real dual-drive RAID 1 NAS. Compared to its competition, the 2big's feature set is bare-bones with no media or print serving supported.
What are you using for backup software?
I’ve been meaning to review backup software, but never seem ...
Quieting Down the Promise SmartStor NS4300N
Reader Peter Bell didn't just complain about the fan noise of this inexpensive NAS. He did something about it!