Alternative to a NAS

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » October 22nd, 2009, 16:34

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Componen ... ctId=33911

Ethernet to USB for external HDD's. They come in, 1, 2 or 4 drive versions.

Net magic have FAT & NTFS.

Torrent magic only has FAT Filesystem.

Post by **FatherJack** » October 22nd, 2009, 16:38

I've got a 4-port USB ethernet jobber. It's okay, but only as quick as your network. It uses the disks in their existing configuration, rather than do anything clever with them. Does printers, too, but does only allow one PC to connect and requires a client. The bittorrent thing seems a little unneccesary unless you have a specific need to access them that way, rather than as a share.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 22nd, 2009, 16:38

That's pretty nifty, cheap too.

Tested them?

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » October 22nd, 2009, 16:39

These ones are better - http://www.scan.co.uk/Index.aspx?NT=1-0-18-405-0

as they use NTFS aswell. - But unsure whether they have torrenting.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » October 22nd, 2009, 16:41

FatherJack wrote:I've got a 4-port USB ethernet jobber. It's okay, but only as quick as your network. Does printers, too. The bittorrent thing seems a little unneccesary.

I have gigabit

And for me it would be handy, as the electric bill is getting really high, so I need to turn the computer off as much as possible.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » October 22nd, 2009, 16:43

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:That's pretty nifty, cheap too.

Tested them?

Not yet, will get one when I get some cash, but need some external drives aswell.