Dumb Quesion: Does this ZyXEL NSA320 NAS already come with 4 TB of storage or do I need to connect an EXT HD to this device?
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You need to install at least one internal hard drive for it to operate. It will take 2 hard drives internally. You can also attach and external USB hard drive to it, but you must have an internal drive for it to work. Any size internal hard drive will work.
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If you are purchasing the server with 4TB of hard drive it should already be installed. If you just purchased the server you will need to purchase drives separately and install them in the server. You CAN connect additional drives externally if you like but at least one internal drive is required before you go to external drives. By the way you do not have to start with 4TB. You can start with any size drives assuming they are SATA drives until you max out the server capacity. Hope that helps.
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The WD Red Series are the only drives I put in mine (17 of the 3TB ones). I would strongly suggest the 3TB or 4TB versions of the WD Red NAS drives for this unit and nothing else.
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The price is without drives. Worth every penny! You can use 4tb drives without issue. Check their website for certified drives. Most NAS or enterprise SATA are certified. Others work but no guarantees from QNAP
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The setup process should be pretty easy. Take the unit out of the box and connect to the router and power it up. Download the Qfinder to find the IP address of the NAS. Type in the IP address of the NAS then a step by step guide should pop up asking you insert the HDD and what kind of raid you would like. Yes you can back up to Amazon S3, Google drive, Drop box, elephant drive, and Microsoft Azure
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If you buy cheap externals like I did yes but it will also force your RAID into read only. If you spend the extra on NAS drives then you're fine. It's not the enclosure that dictates that but the firmware on the drives themselves.
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This device uses Linux as SO. There is an option to allow you to do it. But, you'll need to get the root privilege on the device. And, if you are absolutely comfortable with Linux, my guess is read a lot before, do a back up first and don't count on the EMC/Iomega after a failure they will do nothing to help you. Take look at: http://iomega.nas-central.org/wiki/Main_Page - a lot of good information tehre !
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Yes, yes it does. I am using 3 of these bad boys in my nas4free server right now. All 12 drives show up perfectly and i get decent speeds with samba2. Drivers are included in freenas and nas4free latest builds. I truly recommend this card, and it is an excellent way to add 4 simple sata ports to your system.
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Hi Carlos, I use an usb external HDD (1T) as storage, never try with nas, for me is an awesome software , I have 4 cameras continually recording.
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My understanding of your question is that you want to connect and external HD to the NAS usb port. I believe it should be possible and then use the one touch button to transfer. I believe the negative maybe speed of transfer
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Would depend on the disks you purchased for it and your network setup. This is an entry-level unit. Performance for me is adequate to back up multiple computers. Make sure you have jumbo frames enabled on all of your network devices. If you want a NAS that can really move data quickly across a network, look for models with dual ethernet ports and use trunking.
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You would have to replace the two hard drives in the LinkStation with drives that have a larger capacity. Supported drives can be found here:http://www.buffalotech.com/content/files/products/Supported_HDD_List_LS-WXL.pdfYou will still need to transfer your old data to the NAS after installing the new drives.
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I would never consider a 4 TB boot drive because I do not believe it's a great idea to keep data on the boot drive, for many valid reasons. I would also never build a system with a traditional platter HD. I installed an SD in my laptop, saw what I'd been missing, and installed one in my primary desktop. Best upgrade I ever made.I use WD Caviar Black drives for all of my data, as secondary drives. One issue with 4 TB drives is that some devices for streaming will not recognize them at all (Such as the WD TV Live).
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It does not come with a HDD. Qnap offer a list of compatible drives via qnap.com. The Segate NAS seems to be a good performance drive at a good value. Out perform the WD drives.
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Sure. This is not about WD 4TB NAS. This is much more about storing music in a logical way on a disk drive, and then telling itunes where the music is, avoiding itunes screwing with your careful disk layout, and gracefully letting itunes build it's internal database (and performing the transfer to the itunes devices. Any diskdrive will do, including WD 4TB NAS. I only have one comment about WD4TB My Cloud. The WD software is extremely keen to share your disk contents with the internet (protected only by your login/password.) It requires significant thought to use the MyCloud as a NAS, and not implement the Cloud functionality. Caveat Emptor. Sure. This is not about WD 4TB NAS. This is much more about storing music in a logical way on a disk drive, and then telling itunes where the music is, avoiding itunes screwing with your careful disk layout, and gracefully letting itunes build it's internal database (and performing the transfer to the itunes devices. Any diskdrive will do, including WD 4TB NAS. I only have one comment about WD4TB My Cloud. The WD software is extremely keen to share your disk contents with the internet (protected only by your login/password.) It requires significant thought to use the MyCloud as a NAS, and... » Read More Sure. This is not about WD 4TB NAS. This is much more about storing music in a logical way on a disk drive, and then telling itunes where the music is, avoiding itunes screwing with your careful disk layout, and gracefully letting itunes build it's internal database (and performing the transfer to the itunes devices. Any diskdrive will do, including WD 4TB NAS. I only have one comment about WD4TB My Cloud. The WD software is extremely keen to share your disk contents with the internet (protected only by your login/password.) It requires significant thought to use the MyCloud as a NAS, and not implement the Cloud functionality. Caveat Emptor. « Show Less
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I have not tried yet, I am not sure about it. I have got in touch with the technicians at USpeed for their answer. I might buy a 4Tb myself if it works.
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From my research the My Book World Edition can't be accessed via USB, only via network. Why pay the extra for another NAS anyway only to use it as a USB HDD? You can add a cheaper USB HDD instead.
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No you cannot. This is not a NAS, you cannot use it as a NAS, it has no ethernet port. Think of it as a box with an external drive connected to your PC except in this box you can have up to 8 drives and configure them in some RAID class.