http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/ Engadget Comments for Addonics Mini NAS: when RAID is too much to ask for 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/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/
http://www.comgears.com/en/nas.html
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Slow USB hard drive: 30MBps
This NAS: 10MBps (80Mbps, after some TCP/IP overhead)]]>Nov 17th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=026714&cid=NTW.791

Admittedly it doesn't include the drive in the box itself. But it's still smaller.]]>Nov 17th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/
It's akin to the old Linksys NSL-U2, aka slug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2]]>Nov 17th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/
Although, gigabite ethernet would have been nice.]]>Nov 17th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/
I want a low-power single-drive NAS device with Gigabit ethernet that's relatively portable.

I already have a RAID NAS on the network that serves multiple machines. However RAID, as we are often reminded, is a hedge against the inevitable disk crash, NOT a backup solution. Therefore, I want a portable single-drive device that I can use to make weekly backups from the real NAS, then take offsite for storage elsewhere (my office @ work).

I really want a dedicated low-power device, not a removable drive tray in a linux box that I have to hang on the network with a 400W power supply humming away. Preferably, said device will also not be super expensive. If this Addonics thing had GigE, I'd be all over it.

Any ideas?]]>Nov 17th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/]]>Nov 17th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/
Not exactly portable...

For the same price, maybe I'll just get one of the Acer Revos and throw a bigger drive into it. Sure, I'll have to do more to configure the software, but at 7" square and ]]>Nov 17th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/Nov 17th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/hdlp-g/gallery.htm
http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/hdlp-g/spec.htm

Only available here in Japan though.]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/addonics-mini-nas-when-raid-is-too-much-to-ask-for/
In real world situations, I have seen a 2-3x speed increase when serving files from a USB 2.0 SATA drive over gigabit into memory (so I could exclude the write speeds on the receiving device)... not a huge difference, but helpful nonetheless.

Regardless, my point is there's a lot more to it than just having a cheap gigabit chip in there instead. And to be perfectly honest, 10/100 serves 1080p content fine to any extender in my house.]]>Nov 26th 2009 9:33AM