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Network hard disk / NAS that supports NFS?

  • 19-09-2008 2:35pm
    #1
    Orion
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    Does anyone know of any? I've been looking on Komplett at all the NAS and network drives but they all seem to be Samba based. I'm looking for one to use on a Linux network at home - I don't want to have to install Samba if I can avoid it. And I'd prefer NFS anyway so I can mount it locally on my HTPC.


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  • #2
    Kensington
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    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=365605

    Great box - NFS, CIFS, Samba, FTP and you can install a webserver on it also if you wish. Got one myself, very nice piece of kit!

    EDIT: Just noticed they are temporarily out of stock, would be worth hanging on for though.


  • #3
    Orion
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    That does look nice. What's it like noise-wise - that looks like a big fan in the pic.


  • #4
    Kensington
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    The fan is thermally controlled - when the box is idle, there's a very faint hum off it from the hard disk's idling but under heavy load, the fan ramps up full whack and can be quite noisy, makes a fairly loud whine. Not difficult to put it under heavy load either - it's got Gigabit ethernet on it so transfer speeds can fly along if you have a gigabit ethernet network. It's very similar to fan noise off a PS2 when the NAS is running hot (closest thing I can compare it to).


  • #5
    Orion
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    It's only 100Mb Ethernet but I'll be using it for video streaming to my HTPC. It'll be upstairs tho so it shouldn't be a problem. Is the fan replacable? I have spare 100mm and a 70mm fans handy that are quiet.


  • #6
    Kensington
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    It is AFAIK, I will double check for you later. If noise is an issue, you're able to manually override the fan speed to either Low or High via a jumper on the system board - at low speed it is barely audible over the noise of the hard disk drive(s). Probably wouldn't prevent even light sleepers from getting to sleep over the noise from it. Bear in mind though, that your hard disks may run quite hot so you would want to keep an eye on temperatures if you do go with this NAS or you could be sending the drive(s) to an early grave!!!


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  • #7
    Orion
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    Before I go ordering anything what do you think of this?

    A mate is in Chicago at the moment so I may get him to pick one up for me. ~€185 including two Hitachi Deskstar 500Gb disks.


  • #8
    Kensington
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    Specs wise it seems to be the exact same as the IcyBox - BitTorrent client, iTunes/uPnP server/Samba/NFS/CIFS/FTP/SSH all built in.


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