[PC Lan eBay] QNAP TS-453A 4 Bay High Performance NAS - 4GB Model $612 (Free Postage or NSW Pickup)

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soupratt on 14/04/2017 - 23:34 ebay.com.au (482 clicks)
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Looks like a good deal if you need a reasonable 4 bay NAS. Looks like a recent drop from $675 to $645. I don't think I have seen this any cheaper. Free postage.

Seems to have excellent reviews. I guess its always battle between this and Synology DS916+

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  pookie on 15/04/2017 - 08:52

  Just wondering what exactly does this do? Is it just a big storage device ?

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    jjcf on 15/04/2017 - 10:10

    +1

    yep. stick some drives in it, put it on your network, stick it in a closet and use it for backups/downloading/streaming your movies/musics/etc.

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    immortalbjr on 15/04/2017 - 12:26

    +2

    I was wondering the same thing a month ago, they're essentially a server also. I bought a 4 bay Synology unit but it can also run web hosting, email, ftp, all sorts of stuff on it.

    The best feature is the easy raid setup. I lost a harddrive years ago and just having my first child a few weeks ago I wanted to try keep the data safe as possible. With raid if any data gets corrupted the system can automatically rebuild and repair itself. I have 3 drives in mine and I can have 1 whole drive fail and it can still rebuild it all when I replace it. Its not fool proof but it does give extra peace of mind depending on what you may be storing on it.

    If you dont want to spend the money you can build your own PC and run FreeNAS, but I just wanted something out of the box and they work great. Im sure the Qnap ones would be just as good.

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      [Deactivated] on 15/04/2017 - 13:22

      RAID is not a replacement for backups. I can't stress this enough.

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        immortalbjr on 15/04/2017 - 15:28

        +1

        I never said it was, and I added in the "Its not foolproof" to try hint it, but theres always that one says "its not a replacement for backups", tips his fedora and gives himself a pat on the back.

        Was simply trying to let pookie understand the basics of a NAS, not give a lecture to the tech savy.

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        [Deactivated] on 15/04/2017 - 15:49

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        @immortalbjr:

        Don't give crap advice then.

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      m13 on 15/04/2017 - 21:22

      I thought about going the build your own route…but I think the pre built NAS devices generally use less power. They work pretty well at what they do too.

      I currently have mine backing up important files every morning to an external drive and am about to implement an offsite backup (which I should have had long ago). Photos have been being backed up to google in lower quality at least in case tragedy strikes.

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        Lafrin on 16/04/2017 - 11:38

        These pre-built ones definitely use less power and are just much easier to get your head around if you're new to NAS and RAID.
        I'd say the pros for going build it yourself are if you need/want more than 4 bays (pre-built tend to be way too expensive beyond 4 bays) or if you need multiple NAS and don't want a bunch of these boxes around the place.

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  soupratt on 18/04/2017 - 09:20

  Price back up to $679….