2 bay Nas with 2x 3TB hard drives. Seems quite good value for £170 using the promo on the page.
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markevans31
18 Feb 173#2
Good price, but don't expect too much performance from a 0.8 ghz processor and only 256meg memory :disappointed:
kencol
18 Feb 173#1
If bt don't cancel the order...I bought a NAS before Christmas...they said they had no stock.
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kencol
18 Feb 173#1
If bt don't cancel the order...I bought a NAS before Christmas...they said they had no stock.
markevans31
18 Feb 173#2
Good price, but don't expect too much performance from a 0.8 ghz processor and only 256meg memory :disappointed:
M_z to markevans31
18 Feb 171#3
Isn't it all about disk access speeds on a nas, rather than processing power?
gsk
18 Feb 171#4
It depends what you're doing with it. More and more people are using a NAS as a home server for Plex, email, cloud sync, torrent downloads and cctv recorders.
Dinno
18 Feb 172#5
This is godamn iLLmatic!!!
blammo to Dinno
21 Feb 17#39
Life's a bitch and then you die
markevans31
18 Feb 171#6
You are right but as per post #4, if you want to use it for streaming media to your devices around the home it will struggle with anything more than a couple of HD films at once
TrickyDicky99
18 Feb 17#7
It could be worth purchasing just for the disks. It depends what's in the NAS. Can anyone shed some light on the make/model in this unit?
ukhotdeals1 to TrickyDicky99
18 Feb 171#12
Checking the Buffalo specs, appears to be SATA II, no mention of speed or brand, but at a guess and given whole unit consumes (only) 19 watts, my guess is it's concentrating on low power consumption rather than speed.
I know where you're coming from, I used to buy SATA external disks and take them out the cases, until they started shipping them with USB interfaces on the actual controllers!
Lawlost
18 Feb 17#8
Thanks OP my 1TB is getting full so was looking for a replacement
georgescookie
18 Feb 17#9
Ordered, thanks OP
Anyone know if this has power schedule options? i.e set a time when to turn on & off automatically?
ukhotdeals1 to georgescookie
18 Feb 172#11
These tend not to be very hungry this one is only 19 watts, so less than two standard low-energy light bulbs. - powering on and off will cause thermal cycling, and reduce the lifetime of the product.
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I know where you're coming from, I used to buy SATA external disks and take them out the cases, until they started shipping them with USB interfaces on the actual controllers!
Anyone know if this has power schedule options? i.e set a time when to turn on & off automatically?