Recent content by Nixlimited

As an update, I directly connected the NAS to my Mac Mini and streaming is working perfectly. So, that narrows it down to my switch (highly unlikely) and my U-Verse Gateway router (likely). The cool thing is I am actually able to connect the Mac Mini on the second LAN port on the Ultra 6, while...

OK, will do.

I just updated the firmware so I assume I am running 4.2.15 now. I will check later. Interesting (re: idle). Is that an application or something? I did notice when monitoring the network throughput that the stream was very choppy, which concerned me. I set the disk spin-down in the NAS...

Not yet. Most recent version of RAIDIATOR 4.1.7 I believe. Yes, WD20EADS, which is on the compatibility list and as of 4.1.7 are fully supported even with 4kb sector sizes. I should add that my bulk read / write has been blazing. I was able to transfer my files over consistently at about...

I recently purchased a Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6 and installed 3 WD 2 TB EADS drives (green power). I have the ReadyNAS hooked to a d-link 24 port gigabit router that is also new. The router, currently, is my U-Verse gateway, since I have had trouble setting up my better router behind it. I am...

I just took the plunge and ordered a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 diskless... Hopefully it will suit my needs.

Thank you sir. I think I started to come to that conclusion, but needed a push in the right direction. Having a rack in a closet, it is hard to not want to get every piece of rack-ready equipment I can. So, as between something like a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 and the equivalent offering from QNAP...

I have been looking at NASes for a while now and find this site to be very informative; however, most of the discussion seems to be about desktop NAS devices versus rack-mount. As I have a rack at my house, I think it would be more space efficient to get a rack-mount NAS. The following are some...

So I recently pulled the trigger after what I thought was sufficient research regarding various different NASes. I got an HP MediaSmart Server EX495. Suffice to say, I have been dissatisfied with the EX495. Requiring setup through a PC was annoying, but workable. But what has really killed it...

Then what's the point of swapping a drive (other than for failure)?

Thanks very much. So perhaps the NV+ is worth looking into because of its steep discount. The real question is whether it will scale with my data needs. I guess with 2TB drives becoming more common, it should. Do you know if you can upgrade one drive at a time in terms of size? I.e. if I had 4...

So I posted most of this in another discussion, but it was admittedly off topic to that post. Briefly, my need for a NAS is primarily for home movie storage to be streamed to things like the Popcorn Hour and perhaps the Netgear EVA9150 in the future. I like to archive my DVDs as .iso so they...

OK, so I logged in now--(you responded initially to my unregistered comment). At any rate, some more questions. If the NV+ is not readable by most linux systems, does that means something like my Popcorn Hour (video streamer) will not be able to read files off it? If so, that would be the end of...

Just as a follow-up, I got a brand new SLM2008 today from Linksys and it appears to be a completely new version of what I sent in (an SD2008). Whereas the old one did not support PoE, this one does. This one also has some management features, which the old one did not. Two thumbs up to Linksys...

Nope, all store-bought. And again, they work just fine in a different arrangement.