Comments on: Other World Computing’s NASPerform Network Attached Storage Review http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/03/review-other-world-computings-nasperform-network-attached-storage/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:14:50 -0500 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/03/review-other-world-computings-nasperform-network-attached-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-399458 Anonymous Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:29:27 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/09/03/review-other-world-computings-nasperform-network-attached-storage/#comment-399458 :yawn:, the last requirement is stellar. - The NASPerform must use FAT32 format. - On MacOSX, install the same NASPerform driver 1.x - Write access is assigned to one Mac computer (For more detail, please refer to subsection Write Access in Software installation for Mac) at a time and is passed manually from one computer to another. :yawn:, the last requirement is stellar.

- The NASPerform must use FAT32 format.
- On MacOSX, install the same NASPerform driver 1.x
- Write access is assigned to one Mac computer (For more detail, please refer to
subsection Write Access in Software installation for Mac) at a time and is passed
manually from one computer to another.

]]> By: Bill Woolsey http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/03/review-other-world-computings-nasperform-network-attached-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-399200 Bill Woolsey Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:11:15 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/09/03/review-other-world-computings-nasperform-network-attached-storage/#comment-399200 The Drobo isn't a NAS, either. The Infrant ReadyNAS (I use an NV+) is a pretty nice device: up to four drives, RAID, pretty nice firmware. I'm pretty happy with it. The Drobo isn’t a NAS, either.

The Infrant ReadyNAS (I use an NV+) is a pretty nice device: up to four drives, RAID, pretty nice firmware. I’m pretty happy with it.

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/03/review-other-world-computings-nasperform-network-attached-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-399087 David Mackey Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:50:18 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/09/03/review-other-world-computings-nasperform-network-attached-storage/#comment-399087 I guess the price is right, but I wouldn't buy it. Why? First off, it offers no redundancy. All hard drives fail, so sooner or later you are going to have complete data loss - unless you have it backed up somewhere else. I've found the Drobo to be somewhat interesting (just from what I've read/heard), but I also hear its a bit pricey. Anyways, the lack of RAID is a killer for a NAS device in my opinion. And if you are going to just get a single drive enclosure you might as well get an eSATA card, plug in a drive via that and get 1.2 Gbps and create a share for the other devices on your network to use. I guess the price is right, but I wouldn’t buy it. Why? First off, it offers no redundancy. All hard drives fail, so sooner or later you are going to have complete data loss – unless you have it backed up somewhere else. I’ve found the Drobo to be somewhat interesting (just from what I’ve read/heard), but I also hear its a bit pricey. Anyways, the lack of RAID is a killer for a NAS device in my opinion. And if you are going to just get a single drive enclosure you might as well get an eSATA card, plug in a drive via that and get 1.2 Gbps and create a share for the other devices on your network to use.

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