On 3/2/19 8:24 AM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
On Fri, 2019-03-01 at 05:06 -0800, Todd Chester via users wrote:
What I have been lately, is building my own with drives
with Rosewill backup cases (RX304-APU3-35B). I populate
them with Western Digital drives
What are the advantages/disadvantages of this approach vs. NAS.
Here's what looks obvious: Rosewill is cheaper than NAS. However
NAS might have a faster interface. Data transfer over ethernet is
checksummed; what about data transfer over USB?
In my experience, USB3 and Ethernet are about tied with each other
for speed. It does not matter how fast your Ethernet goes, if
your computer can not process the data. eSata runs at the speed of
internal hard drive. (The Rosewill is Sata III.)
As far as NAS devices go, I find them pains in the neck. They
always have some weird quirk that ... I had one that
would not speak to Cobian Backup no matter what. Another
that would not delete directories when asked. And
yet another that would not talk to a Mac, even though I
was staring at the directions, along with an Apple Tech
remotely logged in. I prefer just setting up a Samba server
instead.
Does not mean that all NAS devices are bad, just that I haven't found
one I like yet. Their big problem is the same problem as USB
hard drives. They are meant to be cheap. No one even
looks at the expensive ones.
I look at it this way, when you need your data back, you need it
back. The last thing you want to deal with is an extra layer
of complication.
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