{"id":407,"date":"2007-12-14T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T10:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.devco.net\/?p=407"},"modified":"2009-10-09T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T13:08:32","slug":"qnap_ts-209_pro_nas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devco.net\/archives\/2007\/12\/14\/qnap_ts-209_pro_nas.php","title":{"rendered":"QNAP TS-209 pro NAS"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been looking for a good solid SOHO Network Attached Storage device for a while.  I was all set on the Lacie 2big 1.5TB Network device, it is attractive does what I needed – not much more than share files – and supports multiple drives.<\/p>\n

Problem is I have since discovered that Lacie UK are the most incompetent people on the planet.  I placed the order with them after their site showed they had the unit in-stock on a 3 days delivery time, after placing my order site said the same so I was confident it was all in order.  Needless to say the device never came.  I emailed their sales lines, no response, I emailed their supports lines, no response.  I called them (after spending about a hour tracking down phone numbers) they didn’t reply to voice mails.<\/p>\n

After about 10 calls I eventually spoke to someone who was unhelpful to say the least, I was told next-week, next-week etc a few times, next week came and went and no drive unit so I eventually just canceled my order.  No more Lacie devices in my future ever that is a certainty.<\/p>\n

Some searching later I found a few excellent reviews over at SmallNetBuilder<\/a> for this and other devices, they even have a very awesome tool for comparing different NAS devices for speed etc, I decided based on their review<\/a> to get the QNAP TS-209 pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The TS-209 pro is an attractive yet very well built little system, all the screws and connectors are proper solid bits of kit like you’d expect on real hardware.  It is a Linux box and you can ssh to it:<\/p>\n

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# uname -a\nLinux vault 2.6.12.6-arm1 #2 Thu Nov 1 03:31:14 CST 2007 armv5tejl unknown\n# cat \/proc\/cpuinfo\nProcessor       : ARM926EJ-Sid(wb) rev 0 (v5l)\nBogoMIPS        : 332.59\nFeatures        : swp half thumb fastmult\n# cat \/proc\/mdstat\n<snip>
md0 : active raid1 sdb3[2] sda3[0]\n731423296 blocks [2\/1] [U_]\n[==>..................]  recovery = 10.6% (78181504\/731423296) finish=144.0min speed=75574K\/sec\n
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So a proper little box then, I put 2 x Seagate 750GB drives into it for the same amount of storage as I would have had in the Lacie, the total price ended being about GBP50 more or so.<\/p>\n
That GBP50 is money really well spent in this case.  The device has hot swap drives – I tested it by yanking one out live without any problems, a few beeps, a few emailed alerts and log entries:<\/p>\n
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The device has a ton of features, the usual SMB shares are there but also NFS, Appletalk, FTP, Web access.  It has a MySQL server built in, a webserver with php so you can deploy whatever you want on it.  An iTunes server for your MP3s and a typical UPNP media server that will work with your PS3 etc.  <\/p>\n
This is a really capable device built on solid technology, so far I am very happy with it and will recommend to anyone.  If anything significant change on my experiences I’ll post more later but I suggest you read the review linked above and seriously consider this for your SOHO NAS needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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