|
|
Welcome to the HEXUS.community discussion forums forums. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! |
| |||||||
| Apple Mac MacBooks, iBooks, iMac's , iPods, Powerbooks, and PowerMacs -Intel or PowerPC - if it's blended by Apple, here's the place to be |
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools |
22-06-2009, 07:50 AM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Wannabe layabout  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent
Posts: 792
Thanks: 103
Thanked 41 Times in 37 Posts
| NAS for Mac Cripes ! Someone has asked me to recommend a NAS for a Mac...  I know SFA about Macs and their siblings. Can anyone recommned a NAS that will do this for a Mac and not cost a major organ ? I have been looking myself at the 1Tb Buffalo which was on special at ebuyer, I'd be looking for something in same price range, i.e. cheap. and should be as automated as possible. The time machine app is built in to the OS, I think. Do macs use regular ethernet RJ45 ? I understand that the drive will work with Macs, but I expect there is some fiddling around re-formatting and connection. What else should I know ? Thanks in advance. Society's to blame, Or possibly Atari. |
|  |
|
22-06-2009, 10:40 AM
| #2 (permalink) |
| Gordy  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bristol
Posts: 3,614
Thanks: 49
Thanked 47 Times in 30 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac Pretty much any NAS will work with a mac, though some are better than others. You want one that uses AFP. The one I would recommend is the Netgear readynas duo it has AFP support. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 10:53 AM
| #3 (permalink) |
| Wannabe layabout Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent
Posts: 792
Thanks: 103
Thanked 41 Times in 37 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac Originally Posted by Gordy Isn't AFP something that would be created by a format ? OS is leopard I think. 
Society's to blame, Or possibly Atari. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 11:51 AM
| #5 (permalink) |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southampton/Chippenham
Posts: 5,008
Thanks: 158
Thanked 404 Times in 369 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac AFP and CIFS are network file sharing protocols. CIFS is closely related to (or might be the same as) SMB (server message nblock protocol) which has an open source version called SAMBA. Apple's current operating system is *nix based (open BSD) and therefore will include SAMBA as standard, allowing it to communicate with other servers (windows or *nix based) that use the SMB/SAMBA protocol. Therefore, provided the Apple has Samba correctly installed and configured, almost any true NAS (as opposed to directly attached NAS, which may use its own proprietary protocol) should work quite happily with an Apple machine. Is YOUR system up to Folding? Useful Information about HEXUS There are 10 types of people who understand binary - those that do... and those that don't. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 12:24 PM
| #6 (permalink) |
| Wannabe layabout Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent
Posts: 792
Thanks: 103
Thanked 41 Times in 37 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac But how does time machine fit into this ? Soooo.... 1) connect any storage box JBOD or RAID through ethernet to Router 2) fireup time machine 3) ??? 4) profit ! Is that right ? Or would a firewire external Hdd be better ?  Society's to blame, Or possibly Atari. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 12:27 PM
| #7 (permalink) |
| Gordy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bristol
Posts: 3,614
Thanks: 49
Thanked 47 Times in 30 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac Are you wanting to share files? If not just a simple external hard drive would be better for you. Time machine supports them better for one. Cost is also better. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 12:54 PM
| #8 (permalink) |
| Wannabe layabout Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent
Posts: 792
Thanks: 103
Thanked 41 Times in 37 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac Originally Posted by Gordy Nope - AFAIK it's for back up of large media files. As in - this guy owns a marketing firm that produces artwork for major brand campaigns.
Society's to blame, Or possibly Atari. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 01:05 PM
| #9 (permalink) |
| Does he need a reason?  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 15,974
Thanks: 325
Thanked 615 Times in 517 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac In that case something with a bit more performance, redundancy and capacity is probably needed. I'd look at one of the larger Thecus or Qnap units. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 01:12 PM
| #10 (permalink) |
| Seething Cauldron of Hatred Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 7,917
Thanks: 105
Thanked 367 Times in 280 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac If there is music to be shared, and stuff you want indexed: http://www.wegotserved.com/2009/01/0...of-show-award/ these tend to blow a lot of the high end SOHO NAS units out of the water for home performance, because of the indexing, yet they are in no way designed for sheer throuput. throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception) |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 02:09 PM
| #11 (permalink) |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,131
Thanks: 16
Thanked 50 Times in 48 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac Scan have their Drobo on offer today http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/, about halfway down. Although quite pricey, you also have to factor in the hard drive, this is a good nas device for a business, as there is plenty of room for expanding the capacity. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 02:19 PM
| #12 (permalink) |
| Wannabe layabout Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent
Posts: 792
Thanks: 103
Thanked 41 Times in 37 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac Originally Posted by vinnyT That does look like a fantastic piece of kit, but they do have a proper DR solution at the office. This is because he works from home a lot making the artwork and wants security at home, as well as backup for his domestic stuff.
What I think he's looking for is a set-up-and-forget box that backs up his data without him having to do anything. Remember 1) He is an artist, 2) He's >50, neither pre-dispose him to finding the inner workings of his home network at all enjoyable. It has to be as fire-and-forget as we can make it. Also 3) I am a total N00b on all matters Apple. Society's to blame, Or possibly Atari. |
|
| |
|
22-06-2009, 04:39 PM
| #14 (permalink) |
| Gordy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bristol
Posts: 3,614
Thanks: 49
Thanked 47 Times in 30 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac Originally Posted by b0redom
I agree. Just plug in an external drive and click the option that pops up asking for it to be used as a time machine drive. Nothing more needed really. I'd not touch the drobo its over priced and under featured. Add to that if a drive fails or the unit fails you need a drobo to recover the data I believe. |
|
| |
| Received thanks from: | Phage (23-06-2009) |
|
09-07-2009, 10:04 AM
| #16 (permalink) |
| Registered+ Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 47
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
| Re: NAS for Mac I use Qnaps and Synologies. I prefer the Synologies as the interface is superb, but both work perfectly for my NAS. The great thing about the Synology NASes is that from July they'll be able to work as TimeCapsules! |
|
| |
|
| Breadcrumb | ||||||
| ||||||
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Cannot use NT authentication | jabba | Thecus.care@HEXUS  | 8 | 09-05-2009 01:54 PM |
| NAS question ICYBOX IB-4220-B | ACE_RIMMER | HEXUS.hardware | 0 | 01-04-2009 05:54 PM |
| Cheap NAS | jamiesalter | HEXUS.hardware | 2 | 02-02-2009 09:04 AM |
| N299 nas upnp? | TheM@x | Thecus.care@HEXUS | 4 | 16-01-2009 03:41 AM |
| Thecus NAS device question | cotswoldcs | Thecus.care@HEXUS | 1 | 06-04-2008 04:46 PM |
