Recent content by ottavik

Does anyone have a recommendation for the class of hard drive to use in a USB attached backup enclosure attached to a NAS unit? -- WD Red, same as I intend to use in the NAS unit? -- WD Purple Surveillance drives? these have demand-modulated spin rates and they prioritize writes which seem to...

Joe... Thank you kindly for the reply, you make a lot of good points. Though I am quite puzzled about what characteristics in my post lead you to conclude "an explanation is in order". Perhaps that the title did not ask "A Reasonable 2-Bay Raid 1 NAS Alternative?". A brief examination of the...

NAS Wizards... I'd like to ask for some informed opinions as to why this product is decidedly inferior to a straight-up, 2-bay NAS (either Synology or QNAP). (There are multiple versions, including those that mount into front-accessible drive bays in a desktop machine.)...