ispgeek Posted October 23, 2006 CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 I have been using 4 ADS Tech NAS devices now for about 6 months. Got the barebones unit from Office Depot at half price ($69.95). The CPU of the beast is actually made by the same ppl that make the Triton version but with more whistles. Comes with no HD....you can put up to a 400GB puppy in there which is better than many. It's Linux based, offers built in web server, ftp server, torrent server. All of them performed well once I got over a few issues with directory locking and ftp (always disable the FTP portion while doing local work on the drive or baaad things happen..), a problem while annoying but easy to work around. Not widely available everywhere (newegg has em, try Office Depot too as they were clearing them out) they are worth looking at. This is the ONLY device I have found in this price range with all the features...and they do work well once you learn the quirks. I use them behind a router and have had no problems locally or remotely whatsoever.... I should note that the few reviews I have seen on the device have only been FAIR...but after reading them and with my experience my hunch is they just didn't know how to use them or get around the one quirk I mentioned above. ADS support is minimal but anyone with reasonable tech experience will love this drive. http://www.adstech.com/products/NAS-806-EF/intro/NAS_806_intro.asp?pid=NAS-806-EF Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 23, 2006 CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 why dont you make your own nas. using opennas. its so much better then anyone you will buy. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 why dont you make your own nas. using opennas. its so much better then anyone you will buy. Because I didnt want to dedicate a PC to it...nor the extra hardware size...these things are TINY. I leave my router on and just the NAS drives and the ppl who need to get updates from me....well lets just say it's totally trouble free and since I have cough...unlimited bandwidth....not an issue for me.... your solution is great if you have the extra hardware and space to mess with that...I don't...plus this is hardware based....no software hassles....no hacker baby issues....they just work.... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted October 23, 2006 CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 hmm... that is interesting.. I am still more for the full fledged hardware solution... But it looks like a decent product.. would like to see 10/100/1000 interface on it.. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 hmm... that is interesting.. I am still more for the full fledged hardware solution... But it looks like a decent product.. would like to see 10/100/1000 interface on it.. Actually so would I.....that is a minor drawback but for what I use it for....really not needed....but still it would be nice. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted October 23, 2006 CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 why dont you make your own nas. using opennas. its so much better then anyone you will buy. dlewis which one is the open nas project do you have a link i have read a few tutorials with this one looks good http://www.freenas.org Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 23, 2006 CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 dlewis which one is the open nas project do you have a link i have read a few tutorials with this one looks good http://www.freenas.org i actually ment free nas insted of open nas. I was reading something before i wrote that abut open nas and thats why i typed that. isnt finshed yet so there really isnt a website yet. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 i actually ment free nas insted of open nas. I was reading something before i wrote that abut open nas and thats why i typed that. isnt finshed yet so there really isnt a website yet. Was wonderin about that....checked the site out anyway..... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted October 23, 2006 CID Share Posted October 23, 2006 Actually so would I.....that is a minor drawback but for what I use it for....really not needed....but still it would be nice. I was quite surprised that it wasn't included because it looks like that site is more higher end video production equipment anyways.. O well.. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 24, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 24, 2006 I was quite surprised that it wasn't included because it looks like that site is more higher end video production equipment anyways.. O well.. The device is actually a exact replica of the triton device except the ADS device has the torrent client built in and Triton does not. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/16017-need-nas-capability-with-zingand-a-zonk-or-two/#findComment-179714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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