Buffalo TeraStation

Xeon SX · September 2nd, 2005, 08:46 AM

You think its worth it for 600 pounds?

OR do you know any alternatives with 1TB of space and gigabit link?

Xeon SX · September 4th, 2005, 12:13 PM

anybody???

absolut · September 4th, 2005, 02:57 PM

600 Pounds= $1200, no? If you have "skillz" i guess you could assemble a low-cost computer that would have the same function for a little less. 250gig drives are about US$100 each so that leaves plnety for the other stuff.

Buba · September 4th, 2005, 03:43 PM

Yep. Small computer (which you can use as a file/email server and router with 2 Ghz and 512 MB RAM with a nice Raid card and 4 of the drives mentioned above) would be cheaper... As long as you got a place to put it (little chamber somewhere where it doesn't bother anyone with its noise....)

Xeon SX · September 4th, 2005, 04:22 PM

But having PC will mean either Windows or Linux. Windows slows down after few days and Linux I think has some compatibility issues with some protocols...

Buba · September 4th, 2005, 05:24 PM

A friend of mine is running a file/download/email server with windows (various types, 2003 server, 2000 and xp) on a Duron 800 Mhz and he never had any problems with it. Last time I asked he didn't know when he had to restart the thing, it just runs...

Xeon SX · September 4th, 2005, 05:36 PM

Thats cool although I dont think it'll be cheaper. Here 250GB hard drive costs 90 pounds Then I need a gigabit card, thats around 15 Pounds, then the case, CPU motherboard with 4 sata connectors, memory and PSU. nows lets sup it up:

HDD 90 x 4 = 360
Motherboard 60 x 1 = 60
CPU 100 x 1 = 100
Memory 30 x 1 = 30
PSU = 30 x 1 = 30
Network card 15 x 1 = 15

595 pounds which is the same price but I'll still have to put it all together - time images/smilies/sad.gif

hokiethang · September 4th, 2005, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xeon SX

But having PC will mean either Windows or Linux. Windows slows down after few days and Linux I think has some compatibility issues with some protocols...

AFAIK all buffalo network storage devices run a specialized version of linux. Linux can be a pain to configure, but there are ways to make it work.

You also don't need a high end motherboard or CPU, since all the machine will be doing is serving files, so a lower end athlon xp chip would be fine, no need for 64 bit in a file server.

viilaaja@pt cruiser · September 4th, 2005, 07:37 PM

the terastation is slow SO SLOW 30Gb per hour read and 17Gb per hour write. not remember where read it.

Buba · September 4th, 2005, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xeon SX

Thats cool although I dont think it'll be cheaper. Here 250GB hard drive costs 90 pounds Then I need a gigabit card, thats around 15 Pounds, then the case, CPU motherboard with 4 sata connectors, memory and PSU. nows lets sup it up:

HDD 90 x 4 = 360
Motherboard 60 x 1 = 60
CPU 100 x 1 = 100
Memory 30 x 1 = 30
PSU = 30 x 1 = 30
Network card 15 x 1 = 15

595 pounds which is the same price but I'll still have to put it all together - time images/smilies/sad.gif

Yeah, got a point there... Would be cheaper for me since I have 2 old comps lying around... Didn't think of all that stuff images/smilies/wink.gif

Buba

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September 4th, 2005, 12:13 PM	#2
Xeon SX Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: December 26th, 2008 Location: London Posts: 1,122 Rep Power: 17	anybody???

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absolut Joined: Feb 19th, 2005 Last Online: May 20th, 2006 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	600 Pounds= $1200, no? If you have "skillz" i guess you could assemble a low-cost computer that would have the same function for a little less. 250gig drives are about US$100 each so that leaves plnety for the other stuff.

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Xeon SX Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: December 26th, 2008 Location: London Posts: 1,122 Rep Power: 17	But having PC will mean either Windows or Linux. Windows slows down after few days and Linux I think has some compatibility issues with some protocols...

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Xeon SX Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: December 26th, 2008 Location: London Posts: 1,122 Rep Power: 17	Thats cool although I dont think it'll be cheaper. Here 250GB hard drive costs 90 pounds Then I need a gigabit card, thats around 15 Pounds, then the case, CPU motherboard with 4 sata connectors, memory and PSU. nows lets sup it up: HDD 90 x 4 = 360 Motherboard 60 x 1 = 60 CPU 100 x 1 = 100 Memory 30 x 1 = 30 PSU = 30 x 1 = 30 Network card 15 x 1 = 15 595 pounds which is the same price but I'll still have to put it all together - time

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