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marmel

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#119163 22-May-2013 19:52

I'm looking to purchase a NAS device to provide back up for my desktop as well as being used as a media server for my various devices including PS3 and Apple TV.

All of our music is purchased via iTunes.

I would probably want something to run two hard drives in mirror config.

It would be nice to have USB 3.0 compatibility as well.

I haven't used NAS devices before so any recommendations would be appreciated.

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  #823862 22-May-2013 23:10
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networkn:
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WD Live book nas solutions are nasty as are pretty much anything assembled in that manner. Expect little sympathy or assistance by way of data recovery if something happens with them.

I am using my NAS solely as a backup device, so it only gets used to backup all PCs on the LAN for a few hours each month and then I unplug it and put it away in another building until the next month.

With that sort of usage, it should last a very long time, but I take the point that it is a low-end piece of kit that shouldn't be relied upon as a primary storage device.  The hard drives in our 3 PCs do that job just fine.





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