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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1162940" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I think you're doing yourself a disservice with that methodology, particularly when it comes to technology. Let's be honest, 95% of self-proclaimed technology experts, have no idea what they're talking about.</p><p></p><p>If you're shopping for a toaster, sure, the customer reviews are valid. But for anything complex - especially something like a NAS - most of the reviews are based on ignorance or misinterpretation of whatever device.</p><p></p><p>I have a D-Link DNS-323 NAS and it's absolutely brilliant. Now, I did have some issues with the first set of drives I used - but as it turns out, that particular series of Seagate drives had some firmware issues. Once I swapped them out for WD drives, everything has been rock solid. Now, if I were the average consumer, I might have assumed (based on the behavior of losing the RAID set) that the device just didn't handle RAID well and given it a negative review. But since I did some research and educated myself on the product and its peripherals, I ended up successfully troubleshooting and found that it is indeed a very nice machine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure. Most NAS devices are just a small computer bundled in a box with drives. Mine runs Linux. In this case, you'd just be setting up a very powerful OS X-based NAS that has an external RAID controller.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You'd basically turn on Sharing for the services you want and set up your libraries to sit on the external drive.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OWC's Guardian Maximus line seems to be pretty solid for an external RAID-based drive. I think you already know what NAS I'd recommend <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yep.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>RAID 0 shouldn't even be a RAID classification because there's no redundancy. RAID 0 setups are all about performance and should you have a drive mech fail, your data is toast.</p><p></p><p>RAID 5 is only necessary when you need the performance benefits of striping with the reliability of RAID 1 (mirroring). But since your NAS is limited to a Gigabit Ethernet connection at best, you really don't need the performance associated with striping. You're only as fast as your weakest link.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I seriously think the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GK8LVE/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">DNS-323</a> is exactly what you need. If you haven't looked at it yet, you should.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1162940, member: 24098"] I think you're doing yourself a disservice with that methodology, particularly when it comes to technology. Let's be honest, 95% of self-proclaimed technology experts, have no idea what they're talking about. If you're shopping for a toaster, sure, the customer reviews are valid. But for anything complex - especially something like a NAS - most of the reviews are based on ignorance or misinterpretation of whatever device. I have a D-Link DNS-323 NAS and it's absolutely brilliant. Now, I did have some issues with the first set of drives I used - but as it turns out, that particular series of Seagate drives had some firmware issues. Once I swapped them out for WD drives, everything has been rock solid. Now, if I were the average consumer, I might have assumed (based on the behavior of losing the RAID set) that the device just didn't handle RAID well and given it a negative review. But since I did some research and educated myself on the product and its peripherals, I ended up successfully troubleshooting and found that it is indeed a very nice machine. Sure. Most NAS devices are just a small computer bundled in a box with drives. Mine runs Linux. In this case, you'd just be setting up a very powerful OS X-based NAS that has an external RAID controller. You'd basically turn on Sharing for the services you want and set up your libraries to sit on the external drive. OWC's Guardian Maximus line seems to be pretty solid for an external RAID-based drive. I think you already know what NAS I'd recommend ;) Yep. RAID 0 shouldn't even be a RAID classification because there's no redundancy. RAID 0 setups are all about performance and should you have a drive mech fail, your data is toast. RAID 5 is only necessary when you need the performance benefits of striping with the reliability of RAID 1 (mirroring). But since your NAS is limited to a Gigabit Ethernet connection at best, you really don't need the performance associated with striping. You're only as fast as your weakest link. I seriously think the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GK8LVE/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]DNS-323[/URL] is exactly what you need. If you haven't looked at it yet, you should. [/QUOTE]
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