http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/ Engadget Comments for QNAP rolls out 2.5-inch, Atom-based SS-439 Pro Turbo NAS http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/

Kthxbye. ]]>May 20th 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/
Current max for your average consumer is 500GB for a laptop drive

Although there are 1TB 2.5" SSD's I believe, with higher capacity coming

But itll cost you a pretty penny

i could be wrong though]]>May 20th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/
Wait.. what?]]>May 20th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/
The costs cwould be three times the price of a homebrewed setup.

In return, you usually get slow performance, limited influence of hardware configuration,

I guess that most of the units, without discs, consume 30+W?
Add 10W pr. disc and you might reach 70W idle.

Compare this to a setup with supercheap AMD dual 3800mhz, Asus HTPC motherboard, 4 GB DDR2 RAM, 4 (used) 7200 rpm discs (with room for several more), energy efficient PSU, 2 quality and silent fans (Volt modded), some casing and as a bonus, all the connectivity one could dream off.

Then throw your homebrew in the closed or basement and get 100% silent and efficient network performance.


62W idle - and the price?
Below $300,-

Sure, my thoughts are similar to what have been said by others a million times before - and therefore, please enlight me with the reasons for buying a NAS anyway (?)]]>May 20th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/May 20th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/
1) Peace of mind - I can't explain, it just feels better
2) Minimalistic - It's hard build a smaller, more energy efficient 8 bay NAS (The one I got was 8 bay)
3) Drive health checks - FreeNAS weakness
4) Bad drive LED indicators - Pulling the wrong drive on a degraded array is disastrous

I'm sure there are others but these are the ones that came to mind.
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as for the question of why not do it yourself, for a home setup for a geek that is fine. However the QNAP IMHO is made for a quite different market. they are for that small office that doesn't need a huge excessively costly nas setup, but needs some type of nas, or a home office or studio. THE DIY route is ok, but honestly i do not trust IT people coming into any office setup saying yeah we need to go this DIY route and in 3 months when you can't find me to do work for you any more the support on it is less than zero. also the qnap's are rock solid and have some amazing features on them.]]>May 20th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/I'm setting up a 2x1TB system with a $149 atom system for my gf to have a NAS at her house.
2 rsync'd drives and a monthly rsynced external.
then she can't dump me cause I'm her IT person.]]>May 21st 2009 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/Slow network, slow performance (12 hours to copy out 110gigs to the esata attached hd), crap support (hello this is qnap, just let us log into your medical companies records backup system and let us try and fix it. uhm, that would be illegal for me to let you do that. Sorry no can help.).
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"Oh, no! The Paper Shredder is alive and going to kill us all! ACKKKKKK"]]>May 20th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/
it'll cost $699 (MSRP), hopefully already fully stuffed

source: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30825/76/]]>May 21st 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/20/qnap-rolls-out-2-5-inch-atom-based-ss-439-pro-turbo-nas/
Now, I have everything running fine (crosses fingers) and I'm working on a dual-site back up system between the drobo and the QNAP. The QNAP web-interface isn't all that bad. My one little issue is that if you are using smb and sftp and rsync, the processor pegs. smb takes 50%, and rsync takes 50%.]]>May 21st 2009 9:28AM