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Title: Xbmc And Nas
Post by: RadishNation on May 05, 2008, 11:07:00 PM

I am looking to get a NAS (this one http://www.welland.com.tw/html/network/740an.html#) to store all my media so I don't have to have my PC on all the time to stream stuff through my XBOX.

Is this model a good choice? Anyone had problems using a NAS with XBMC?

Title: Xbmc And Nas
Post by: dgm on May 07, 2008, 12:22:00 PM

Well, I don't know about that one. But there are three of us who use Thecus N2100 NAS. I personally have 1TB in my NAS.

Title: Xbmc And Nas
Post by: 1hotjob on May 07, 2008, 02:25:00 PM

I use the World Book by Western Digital. It is on even with the PC off. Look around, you can find some for a good price. I have a 1tb, but will be looking for another when it is full. You can also piggy back another USB drive from it to make that drive on the NAS.

Title: Xbmc And Nas
Post by: PantsOnFire on May 08, 2008, 04:52:00 AM

Aye but beware..  Western Digital MyBook ethernet drives..   slooow as slugs. The guy is right about it being on when the PC is off, but a spin-down feature would be ideal  (save power). MyBook dosen't have this.

Once you have mybook all stocked up with goodies, it's fine. But writing data to it over ethernet (100) takes mega-mega-long.

Title: Xbmc And Nas
Post by: dgm on May 10, 2008, 07:35:00 AM

The Thecus boxes have:

• Spindown
• ITunes server (DAAP)
• Multimedia Sever (Audio, Video, Pictures)
• Wiki
• Can have up to 3 USB drives attached (as well what's inside)
• can be wireless via Min-PCI/USB Stick
• Now can act as IP Camera Server (USB Camera required)

basically they can be upgraded via modules.