Western Digital 4TB NAS WDH2NC40000N

[ward-3KHz9by4hz4 at public.gmane.org (Ward Vandewege)]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:22:37AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 07/15/2009 09:33 AM, Ward Vandewege wrote:
> > Have you looked at the qnap systems? Some are ARM based, and these can run
> > Debian if you're so inclined:
> >
> >    http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/
> >
> > The only thing to look out for is that the newest models (TS-219, for
> > instance) are much much faster than the older TS-209). The TS-219 shares a
> > lot of its guts with the sheevaplug.
> >   
> Currently, it appears that the 219P is in the $900 with 4TB.
> One fly in the ointment is that the supplier we must use does not carry
> QNAP. They do carry WD, Synology, and Thecus, but the bottom line is
> just that, the bottom line. $600 for a 4TB NAS (GB Ethernet) beats $900.

Yeah. $560 on Newegg.com for the mybook II, with free shipping. Newegg has
Qnap too, but like you say they are much more expensive.

I'd be interested to learn what kind of performance you see on the mybook,
and what its power draw is!

Thanks,
Ward.

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