Recent content by HenryHonda

OK, thanks for the info Steve, I'll have a look around in the UK. Having read more about external USB drives not powering down, it appears to be the case that, many times, the NAS has some apps running which prevent that happening. However, there also appears to be some suggestion recently...

Thanks mate, Yes, I only have a 1GbE network at the moment but, being a total newbie, I had no feel at all for how much a mirror configuration would limit transfer rates. It appears not very much...? I've also ordered a pair of 4GB Kingston DDR3L RAM sticks to max the RAM to 8GB. As...

Thanks Tim, Yes I realise that RAID 10 or 2x RAID 1 is inefficient capacity-wise, but I've read so much about the limitations of RAID 5, and that it is 'inappropriate' for small NASs, that I was tending to the ultra-cautious configurations. I've ordered 4x WD Red 3TB (EFRX), giving a max...

Newbie question - maybe totally stupid - please be gentle... About to take delivery of TS-453 pro. Rather than go for RAID 10, can I set two disks up as separate volumes and then mirror them to other two disks? In other words, avoiding the striping which will be the case with RAID 10...

Thanks again, It may be a vain exercise, but I'm going to post on the QNAP forums in the hope that someone has successfully got an external enclosure to power down when automatic backups are not underway. I'd prefer to let everything happen automatically - checking occasionally of course...

OK, thanks again Steve. I took a deep breath and placed an order for a TS-453 pro (2GB) yesterday - together with a set of four 3TB WD Red (WD30EFRX) drives and a pair of Kingston 4GB DDR3L SODIMM modules to max out the RAM. Probably quite a bit of overkill at the moment - but should allow...

Thanks Steve So I'm now looking at a dual drive NAS with large USB3 backup... After some further Christmas surfing, I'm now wary of going down the QNAP route due to the sheer number of negative comments I've read about their apparently poor customer service and often unhelpful attitude...

Hi all I'm a newbie to NAS really, and have read a lot of the guidance on this and other sites - but don't pretend to understand a lot of it :confused: I wonder if some of you good folks could help me clarify which of my narrowed-down choices to go for? Basically, I'm after the following...