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External HDD + AEBS or NAS?

cosmichobo

cosmichobo

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G'day,

Looking for more network storage... Was just going to grab a 3TB WD USB drive, which I'd seen for about $140... but they're all gone... Instead noticed they had a 4TB WD NAS system for $350...

Lot more money... for only 1TB... but ethernet instead of USB2...

(No USB3 in my house as yet)

So - will I notice a difference between a USB drive and a ethernet drive?

Thanks,

cosmic
 
You may only notice a difference when moving massive amount of data from one drive to another, say more than 500GB.

Typically a NAS product will provide much better data throughput vs a AEBS+drive. Dunno about the WD product, however.
 
The one in question has been marked down around $150... I think it's been replaced by WD's "Cloud" model?

Think I'll just go the cheaper option and get the external drive and hook it to the AEBS...
 
I know that my AEBS "Simultaneous Dual Band" sucks for this, with the disk disconnecting many times and getting corrupted.

I tried it with 2 different enclosures.

And a few different AEBS firmwares.

And even got the AEBS "repaired" to no avail.

It is also really slow at this, even on ethernet, not worth it.
 
cube said:
I know that my AEBS "Simultaneous Dual Band" sucks for this, with the disk disconnecting many times and getting corrupted.

I tried it with 2 different enclosures.

And a few different AEBS firmwares.

And even got the AEBS "repaired" to no avail.

It is also really slow at this, even on ethernet, not worth it.
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The newer ones are much faster and more reliable.
 
Picked up a 4TB WD "cloud"... instead of the "4TB" raid duo... $313 at JB.

Hopefully will help with my data speeds for my HTPC...
 
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