wd dx4000 sentinel

[znil78]

Hi all first post here, i wanted to upgrade my old hp nas and i saw someone on craigslist selling the dx4000 brand new for 650 (12tb model, guy said it was given to him to try) is this a good choice if im just going to use it for music, photos and movies? Streaming to a few laptops, consoles and boxee boxes at home? Looks like the price is right for the storage? Any help would be much appreciated. Tia.

 

[thiggins]

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/31640-western-digital-dx4000-sentinel-reviewed

It's an old design that hasn't been updated in awhile.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/31628-new-to-the-charts-wd-dx4000-sentinel

Good price for that much storage.

Google around for problem reports.

 

[znil78]

hi tim, thanks for the reply just read the review and searched google, it looks like i wont have any issues with the problems. do you think for my purposes, its performance would suffice? i will be picking this up tonight unless someone can point me to a better solution with this much storage @650. Tia.

 

[thiggins]

It has plenty of performance for what you need. I'd just watch my back with anything on Craigslist.

 

[znil78]

Tim, thanks again. On my way to pick it up. (A known business office)

Edit; just picked it up for 600. Wo0t


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[znil78]

just an update, been using the DX4000 for more than a week now and its an awesome NAS! streaming Blueray iso's wirelessly to my HT while the kids are listening to their music/watching movies. Very fast transfer speeds (getting 100+ MB/s read/write), have decided to transfer all my raw photos to the NAS as well and is performing quite nicely. would like to say thanks again to tim

 

[thiggins]

Glad it worked out for you. Remember, RAID is not backup!