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Whats your Mac NAS setup?

  • 21-04-2008 09:16AM
    #1
    Drapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭


    ok, here it is! I wanna set up a nas across my wireless network at home for my mac and my windows p.c. (soon to be fecked out), at the moment I run by USB my storage via a shared drive in windows, hence both pcs need to be on (energy wasted)!

    can any of you macsters tell me (other than time capsule) what is your setup? i was advised of NAS, storage to router via lan cable and then this is shared over the wireless?

    any advice / tip and must be mac and pc complaint!

    (also, i need to be able to store my itunes / mp3 / musinc / photo collection on the storage drive and run it from there) :cool:


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  • #2
    WUSBDesign
    Closed Accounts Posts: 549 ✭✭✭WUSBDesign


    You have to know that the net transfer throughput, via wireless to a NAS, is not going to be great for iPhoto, iMovie, etc. Smaller files, such as AAC, MP3, etc., will do just fine. I have not tried out those PowerLine networking adaptors, but I have heard the 200MBps ones do provide performance close to a cabled ethernet system.

    I use a Dlink DNS-323 with 2x750GB (Western Digital GreenPower) HDDs, all accessed via my router. This little DLink box also serves as a iTunes server, although there is something about the album covers which it is not serving up. Otherwise, works extremely well for a backup, common file storage. Because MacOS accesses it via CIFS/SMB, there are limitations on filenames.

    *BUT*, Time Machine will not work smoothly, as do other backup software I know of. Maybe it is something I did wrongly...


  • #3
    dubmick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,936 ✭✭✭dubmick


    Cover Art doesn't work on shared libraries as far as I know.


  • #4
    Drapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭Drapper


    more interested in the setups?

    something like this :- http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=344472


  • #5
    cornbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    WUSBDesign wrote: »
    *BUT*, Time Machine will not work smoothly, as do other backup software I know of. Maybe it is something I did wrongly...

    Time Machine doesn't work with NAS drives (by design, AFAIK) but I came across an interesting hack to make it work, as I've been considering a NAS setup myself: http://www.bos89.nl/1220


  • #6
    WUSBDesign
    Closed Accounts Posts: 549 ✭✭✭WUSBDesign


    If you google more, someone out there has warned of *loss* of data using this approach once Time Machine starts to fill up the backup volume. Looks like if Apple calls it a hacked or unsupported feature, then you use this TimeMachine/NAS combination at your own risk.


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  • #7
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,554 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    No NAS as such, just 3 WD 500GB drives and 1 WD 1TB drive :)


  • #8
    kevmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭kevmac


    After a year of mickying about and not been quite happy I now have everything running 100%.

    Apple Extreme N running in pure 5ghz with MacBook Pro. Slotted into the AE are two Iomega 500GB drives: One each for Itunes and iPhoto.

    Then I have my Mac Mini with a MiniMax 500GB drive sitting under the TV that is linked through a second wireless network to the AE with a new Airport Express N.

    This has made the huge difference for me because before I was using an Airport Express G and it was not fast enough and the Beachball of Death was seen constantly.

    A second reason why things work effortlessly is because Apple seem to have made Airport Disk more reliable with a recent software update.

    I have no interest in Time Capsule: the only things that are precious are my photos.

    So they are manually backed up to another HD once a week.

    Hope this helps.


  • #9
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Before you go throwing out that old PC consider butting it to some use. In my house I have several Macs and a PS3 to serve along with Windows boxes. My weapon of choice was FreeNAS which provides:

    uPNP-AV for the PS3 via MediaTomb which streams audio, photos and video.
    AFP for all the Apple machines
    SMB (Windows File Sharing) which Windows needs and Macs understand
    FTP, NFS among others. It also supports RSync which is what TimeMachine is based on but I've yet to experiment with that yet.

    The best part is it's free and will run well with anything above a PIII 800MHz with 256MB RAM. It doesn't need a monitor, keyboard/mouse, sound card and any old video card will do. Configuration is via any web browser or SSH and is very easy.

    ZEN


  • #10
    nialler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 896 ✭✭✭nialler


    have a 2tb WD connected via firewire 800 to my G5 upstairs (over wireless), connect to it with the windows laptops, the xbox 360 (streamed 3 episodes of Season 4 galactica from it last night and it was purrrfect).

    If I need to copy any huge files I just wire the machines to my gigabit dlink wireless router.


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