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Hey everyone! Hoping to get some advice on a new NAS device. Long story short my IcyBox 4220 has died (doesn't seem to be getting enough power to power the HDDs but reluctantly works without them) so I'm looking for a new NAS and hoping to get some experts opinions
basic requirements are:
1TB min
1Gb network connection
quiet running
good quality
print server
nice to have:
easy backups from pc and mac (time machine?)
interested to explore an iTunes server but not essential
access for anywhere sounds nice
it's basic use will be to backup a windows home server. But it may be used for other things - most importantly a print server.
I would be tempted to buy a new IcyBox 4220 but to be honest I was not to pleased with the quality of it. When left on for a couple of days or transfering data overnight it would sometime crash. Then again I did push it's limits with adding a web server and other bits, but generally not impressed by it's quality and ultimate death after 2 years of use (as a NAS server backup it kinda needs to be reliable)
had a look at the WD mybooks but sadly they don't have a print server and the Buffalo equivelants look almost perfect but they got bad reviews with many complaining about the noise!
any advice is greatly appreciate!
basic requirements are:
1TB min
1Gb network connection
quiet running
good quality
print server
nice to have:
easy backups from pc and mac (time machine?)
interested to explore an iTunes server but not essential
access for anywhere sounds nice
it's basic use will be to backup a windows home server. But it may be used for other things - most importantly a print server.
I would be tempted to buy a new IcyBox 4220 but to be honest I was not to pleased with the quality of it. When left on for a couple of days or transfering data overnight it would sometime crash. Then again I did push it's limits with adding a web server and other bits, but generally not impressed by it's quality and ultimate death after 2 years of use (as a NAS server backup it kinda needs to be reliable)
had a look at the WD mybooks but sadly they don't have a print server and the Buffalo equivelants look almost perfect but they got bad reviews with many complaining about the noise!
any advice is greatly appreciate!
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