1st 1TB Nas Server Advice

dx052

I am looking to get a 1TB NAS probably from Ebay so I can stream my music via my router at home. What do I have to be aware of or look out for when purchasing one? I basically just want to store all my music files (wav) only on it and thats it. I have seen so many option and don't want to screw it up. My budget is £50 ish, not sure if that can stretch to 1TB but can work with 500G if I can upgrade in the future. I was looking at these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/500GB-10-100-Network-Storage-LAN-NAS-Server-Hard-Drive-/310215606953?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item483a4a82a9#ht_1957wt_1067

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1TB-1000GB-Network-Nas-Lan-Server-External-USB-Drive-/300457813292?pt=UK_Collectables_HardDriveEnclosures_RL&hash=item45f4ae652c#ht_2218wt_1067

jayme1

in order to stream anything it will require DLNA.

diable

Buy cheap buy twice.........

dx052

Can I achieve this via my existing Router? This is a new area to me!

diable

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/netgears-readynas-ultra-4-and-ultra-6-stream-to-tivo-mobile-a/

Coveredinbees!!!!

I got an iomega one out of staples I think it was about 100 squid but it was a while back so they might be cheaper now

dx052

Coveredinbees!!!! wrote: »

I got an iomega one out of staples I think it was about 100 squid but it was a while back so they might be cheaper now

What! something like this?

http://www.staples.co.uk/technology/external-hard-drives-usb-storage-blank-optical-media/external-hard-drives/iomega-network-drives

Coveredinbees!!!!

yes that's it, seem to work ok. you can probably get them cheaper somewhere else but I couldn't be bothered to muck about.

free4440273

Netgear Stora is what I have :cool:

kwikbreaks

By the time you've put some actual drives in it the price would be a tad over budget (like triple). Still the way to go though imo. I gave up on cheap NAS drives because the ones I tried were invariably too slow. I went for a D-Link DNS-323 which is the same sort of thing as that Netgear and having raid makes losing data a lot less likely.

myhooose

I use a Buffalo Linkstation Live. To be honest the DLNA media steaming is not great, for example, when I stream music to the TV the artist name refuses to display for all tracks. There are other bugs too.