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Seagate STCU300 4-Bay NAS Diskless Arm 1.2GHz/512MB Ram/RAID Desktop NAS $199 (Was $299) @ MSY

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Seagate STCU300 4-Bay NAS Diskless Arm 1.2GHz/512MB Ram/RAID Desktop NAS $199 (Was $299) @ MSY
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ykwon10 on 27/01/2016 - 09:59 edm.msy.com.au (2447 clicks)
Last edited 27/01/2016 - 10:42

Seagate STCU300 4-Bay NAS selling for $199 at MSY, part of their Deal Of The Day specials. That is a saving of $100!! Limit of 5 per customer. Link is not updated yet but you should be able to get this deal in-store now. Based on previous experience, link normally updates around 12pm by their tech people.

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  • scuderiarmani on 27/01/2016 - 10:06

    That's tempting… any experience with the NAS on this forum? Seagate makes me shudder a bit, but I was originally looking at 2 bay for not much less…

    • Third_Gear on 27/01/2016 - 11:03
      +1

      I have one which has been running for about 6 months with no issues. Really decent unit for the price and is perfect if you are looking for a basic file server that transfers files quickly. Put your media on it and let Kodi do its thing or if you have a ps3/ps4 you can stream directly from it via DNLA.

      If you don't need a NAS with plex server running on it (not powerful enough) this is a great out of the box option that is very newbie friendly. I went with this NAS as I don't have the time or interest to tinker and just want stuff to work out of the box.

      • garage sale on 27/01/2016 - 11:11

        I run kodi and Netflix off my TV box ….the Nas just stores content…no transcoding needed….plex appeals to those that need transcoding.

        • F1Maniac on 27/01/2016 - 11:14

          Actually I want plex for the nice interface without transcoding as all my devices can support mkv no problems.

          Can some pls explain how Kodi works. Is it similar to plex? u need a client app for the nice interface?

        • jjcf on 27/01/2016 - 11:41

          @F1Maniac: Kodi is the client. And looks ten times better than plex.

          It reads files directly either locally or network via SMB/(s)ftp/nfs/upnp, rather than requiring a specific backend server like plex.

        • Xizor on 27/01/2016 - 11:52

          @jjcf:

          Hi… i have a PC with several HDDs on it and typically just use videostream to chromecast. I was thinking about installing plex to make it easier for the g/f and also so can stream from the wii-u & ps4, would kodi work/be better for this?

        • Third_Gear on 27/01/2016 - 11:57
          +1

          @Xizor: NAS + Kodi installed on Nexus Player. Girlfriend and Grandma tested as a simple and easy solution.

        • Xizor on 27/01/2016 - 12:57

          @Third_Gear: Yeah i do not want to buy anymore hardware… one tv has a chromecast, other tv has wii-u and ps4….

        • Smigit on 27/01/2016 - 13:16

          @jjcf: I thought Plex out of the box at least looked much nicer than Kodi, and was also more intuitive to configure. That's at the cost of needing to run a server though, which is somewhat of a hassle if you dont have an always on PC or relatively powerful NAS.

      • stevensx on 27/01/2016 - 16:18

        How do you use DLNA on the PS4? I thought it was only accessible via PS3.

        • Third_Gear on 27/01/2016 - 17:36

          Install the media player app from the store and it will find nd your server Doesnt play all media types though.

        • stevensx on 31/01/2016 - 10:39

          @Third_Gear: Wow, thanks for the reply. Totally forgot about that app. However it's not much help to me as it doesn't pick up my Plex server. I find this quite irritating as the PS3 does.

    • sallan75 on 27/01/2016 - 11:23

      Why does Seagate make you shudder?

      • scuderiarmani on 27/01/2016 - 11:33

        Their Hard Drive failures were extremely bad for a while there.

        • sallan75 on 27/01/2016 - 11:36

          One model, which I have 5 of (the 3TB from 2012). After 3.5 years 4 are still in use and the other one was still working but had some bad sectors. So I replaced it with a new 4TB Seagate. I have had more WD fail on me than Seagate. That doesn't mean anything, but I wouldn't write Seagate off just over one dodgy model.

        • Xizor on 27/01/2016 - 11:53

          @sallan75: I had several 1TB and 2TB seagate drives die. They might be OK now but they had an absolute terrible run there for a while. They earn't the stigma for a reason but i hope they have left it behind them.

        • scuderiarmani on 27/01/2016 - 12:24
          +1

          @sallan75:
          Think atleast one of the 2's and 4's had reputations too.

        • Maverick-au on 27/01/2016 - 14:40

          Their Hard Drive failures were extremely bad for a while there.

          And guess what… so were Western Digitals and so were Samsung and the list goes on. Seems that some people cannot accept that a brand has a bad drive whilst ignoring the brand they are using having a similar or worse history.

    • geekboy on 27/01/2016 - 22:03

      I've got one of these too. Been working fine but not as configurable as I'm used too, I "upgraded" from a single bay QNAP which had many more apps, both official and compiled by community members. It does the trick though, had a disk fail on me on one of the raid partitions, and it rebuilt fine when I installed a new disk. Plex is actually one of the few apps that can be installed, and it runs fine as long as your client device doesn't need to transcode the files to play them, I've used it successfully with my Chromecast, PC and XBox One.

      The Security Camera app is a bit of a scam, as it only allows one camera, with extra licenses costing a not insignificant amount, but I don't think that's particularly unusual behavior, even if it means they'll get no money out of me.

      For the price though well worth it in my opinion.

  • Voldox on 27/01/2016 - 10:19
    +1

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  • ykwon10 on 27/01/2016 - 10:22

    I do not own this myself but based on Techspot review, its above average.

  • jjcf on 27/01/2016 - 10:31

    The biggest downside is that the seagate NAS boxes are light on prebuilt apps (ie, there are like two), so you need to be able to compile stuff yourself if you want to run anything beyond a simple file server/media streamer.

  • Reggienator on 27/01/2016 - 10:37
    +1

    http://edm.msy.com.au/27012016/online/html.html
    Entire daily deal email

    • ykwon10 on 27/01/2016 - 10:42

      Thanks mate! Updated link.

  • bchliu on 27/01/2016 - 11:08

    Just to let everyone know that the CPU used in NAS'es have limits to the addressing range of the drives. 32bit CPU's will have an addressing capability of 16TB (4 x 4TB in this example). So you will not be able to do 4 x 5, 6 or 8TB drives in these systems. Not sure if this particular unit has a 32bit CPU or 64bit but presuming the price and the run out sale they are promoting, then I'd say it will have a limit of 16TB with the 32bit ARM CPU.

    • alvian on 27/01/2016 - 11:30

      Sorry mate but this is bullshit. A quick search will reveal that this particular 4-bay NAS has a manufacturer specified limit of 20TB. http://www.seagate.com/sg/en/products/network-attached-stora…

      And in general, the storage spaces in a NAS need not be addressed linearly. With drive names or indicies, the problem is easily resolved.

  • syousef on 27/01/2016 - 12:05

    If you want more flexibility buy a mini-PC and attach USB 3 external drives.

    Just an example. You might be able to get this cheaper and you need to add RAM and HD:
    http://www.jw.com.au/asus-vivomini-06l-ultra-compact-silent-…

    • atlas on 27/01/2016 - 13:09
      +2

      Yes but then you need to manage the system, and have multiple wires/power adapters which can get cumbersome.

    • Smigit on 27/01/2016 - 13:18
      +1

      Or buy a HP Proliant type box which has physical space for the drives.

      • syousef on 27/01/2016 - 17:07

        Yep depends on whether you're prepared to mess with removing physical drives when they fail but almost no wires vs easy detachment but lots of wires.

  • atlas on 27/01/2016 - 13:08

    Hmmm was looking for a 4 bay JBOD device to attach to my Microserver, but I may just get one of these instead for not much more…

  • nick nick on 28/01/2016 - 22:04

    Do hdmis even work over 30 meters?

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