of an NAS, and now manufacturers are coming to the same conclusion. Music servers are starting to show up on many of the consumer-level NAS devices on the market. In this review, I'll take a look at a two companies that have joined forces to go after the whole-house...

Storage Appliance Summary RAID 5 NAS with built-in 8 port 10/100 switch and mediocre router / web proxy server Update None Pros • Supports up to RAID 5 • Automated backup capability• Compact form factor; up to 1.6 TB storage • Solid construction...

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Performance and an IT Perspective. NAS WD ShareSpace. Western Digital's new ShareSpace NAS comes equipped with 4TB and three flavors of RAID, but is it too complicated for a home or tiny office?. By Barry Gerber Here’s the WD ShareSpace NAS in our test...

directly compares to this device, since few have built-in RAID capabilities. For example, the Kurobox HG is a bring-your-own-disk, Gigabit-enabled NAS box going for $149, but it's a single drive unit, doesn't directly support RAID, and doesn't have a polished...

Product Maxtor Shared Storage II (N01R010) Summary High-performance dual drive RAID 1 NAS with gigabit Ethernet and multimedia serving Pros • Top-rate performance • Windows and Apple support • Media serving capabilities• RAID 1 support Cons...

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as well. Storage space can be sliced and diced in any number of ways, including a full-fledged RAID 5 array. Combine the total drive space into a single volume with RAID 0 for pure performance, or add fault tolerance by using RAID 1 or 5. Add more storage space...

It's also good to see that with the exception of RAID 5 write performance at higher record sizes, you won't pay a significant performance penalty for using the TeraStation's RAID capabilities to improve the robustness of your data storage. ...

Usability. mybook mirror raid. Western Digital offers up a 2 TB desktop monolith at the pleasing price of less than 28 cents per gig. Meet your data's new bodyguard: The "Mirror Edition" My Book offers two flavors of RAID.. Like the earlier Premium Edition...