Which NAS?

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Hi,

I'm currently using a Thecus N1200 NAS. Generally it's fine, but i have 2 problems with it...

1) It's noisy!
2) It's connected via Gigabit Ethernet but the speeds are incredibly slow. (I've tried Jumbo Frames Disabled/4000/8000)

Now unless anyone knows the secret to getting decent read/write speeds with this NAS, can anyone suggest a decent NAS drive I could replace it with?

Ideally it would:

- be fast
- be quiet
- be able to download via torrent/FTP/HTTP/etc.
- not too big a footprint (ideally mounted on an edge)
- be fairly easy to use

What do most people have success with?
I remember hearing good things about Thecus, Qnap and Synology but i'm not sure what's best to go for?

Thanks.

[b0redom]

Microserver and Linux/FreeNAS.

[abaxas]

All depends on your geek level.

Best way will be to roll your own, but can you do that?

[b0redom]

Well really FreeNAS is as simple as a firmware NAS.