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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    well ive just ordered a Synology DS110j thanks for all your help guys. Will let you know how it goes :)
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    thanks ... good to know someone else has done it at least :) which makes me think. Do I need anything fancy in my router or will just the usual port forwarding settings do. Its a dlink DSL-2642B Still having trouble deciding between the qnap and synology. So closely matched.
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    Found a local retailer which is almost as cheap as you can get them (maybe $10-15 max more online) Synology DS110J - $179 - 800mhz - 128Mb RAM - 9/19watts QNAP TS-112 - $199 - 1200mhz - 256Mb RAM - 5/7watts differences i have worked out so far Synology cheaper, QNAP faster, more ram, uses...
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    I thought that might be the case. Not really concerned device speed at the moment. So I think ill save my pennies and go qnap or synology.
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    hmm well current evaluation is Synology DS110j($179) vs QNAP TS-112 ($199) and maybe netgear RND2110 ($209 with 1Tb) Is the netgear comparable (apart from being 2 bay) in quality ?
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    have just been reading review on amazon and I am surprised. The iomega and western digital base devices seem to have very mixed reviews. in comparison the qnap and synology devices had only 1 'bad' review between them and it wasnt really valid. Its making me think twice about considering the...
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    hmm ok ... good to know. Modifying once off router settings shouldnt be a problem So I could pretty much go for anything in the cheap end of the range:) The iomega looks pretty good then. Cheap as chips :) Anyone know how mature the firmware is in them (eg have they released a few updates and...
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    dont the 'user replaceable' hard disk type ones keep the OS on internal flash memory?
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    thanks .. have read that .... good to know they will all do that. The main thing i dont know weather i like with the iomega is having the OS on the drive itself making replacing it somewhat harder. Are the WD my book's the same?
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    Cheap home NAS for NAS to offsite NAS backup

    Looking for my first home NAS so looking at a basic and cheap single bay NAS. Primary purpose to centralise all my stuff and be able to back itself up to a like device set up at a friends place (and maybe he can do the same) Lower priority features would be bittorrent stuff and the usual media...
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