Will it serve as a NAS for a Windows 98SE PC? I don't expect to run the software for this HD on the win98 PC but do want to get files from it. Stan
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I think that it will. I'm using it with Windows 7 and Windows XP. If the provided software doesn't work, you should be able to connect to it directly using the IP address http://192.168.1.5 or http://192.168.1.4
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I stream mkvs from a NAS all the time. It can access PC file systems too. The best part is that it will automatically retrieve movie info for those mkvs.I have no personal experience with HD audio. You can check the A-400 forum for that.
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I have 2 units In 2 locations. One is used with a WD Mycloud 6tb drive. The other with a 4tb Seagate cloud drive. I copy to them and back them up us a NAS. I stream from them using the built in DLNA server. They work great for me.
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The kingston Hyperx SDD is a storage device just like a hard drive. There should be no problem using it for Windows 8.
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This unit has it's own OS. It does not run Windows or Unix or Mac. Its basically like its own computer on your network. Assuming your Mac OS computer is on your home network, then you should be able to connect to this NAS unit just by pointing your file browser to \\name-of-unit ... that is assuming that this NAS unit has successfully joined your home network.
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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.
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Go to WD site support. It seems simple however there some reviews in the web forums indicating some application in the PC is required.
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No, this is not a NAS (network attached storage). It doesn't run on its own. It needs to be connected to your laptop to work. Try the QNAP and the Synology products. Those are standalone NAS units that can run Plex.
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Yes, but since its optimized for NAS, it will be somewhat slower than a desktop optimized drive.
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The diskless NAS does not have any drives installed in it. I bought the diskless thinking I would use the four matched drives I had in an existing server. That would have been perfect, but the drives were not supported by the EX4. If you have existing drives, and they are on the WD EX4 supported list, this would be a great way to make use of them. Otherwise, you might as well purchase with disks and have a single warranty covering the entire NAS and drives.
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Yes you can. It is supposedly specifically designed for the rigors of NAS storage though, in that it is designed to be run continuously. It is probably not necessary to pay the premium for this drive to use in HTPC setup. If the price is not really a concern, I would go with a faster drive, such as the WD Black range or the WD Velociraptor.
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Yes it works like a file server or can be used to stream music and video to devices in your home or to your wireless devices. I used to have a Windows NT server for shared file access. Now I just have this unit for file storage, file backup, cloud access, etc.
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I'm a big fan of NAS hard drives Usually used for network storage because of there toughness they still work just fine for desktop computer. They tend to last longer than a desktop HD and generally come with a better warranty. That being said I would get this WD hard drive it should more than meet your needs and is well priced. WD Red 1TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EFRX
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You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software that they made for this hardware is quite slick. You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software... » Read More You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software that they made for this hardware is quite slick. « Show Less
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i use it only for backup, i have 2 drives, one in my brothers house and one in my house basement, both drives doing rsync between each other for off site backup to my brother house. I am running 2 physical servers, dl hp 380, i am running Proxmox virtualization platform allowing me to migrate form one ip to another, with backup there as well onto separate RAID in each dl 380. Solution works well... trascoding maybe intensive with cpu, cpu is not the best here, since it's not pc, i would advise to have some powerful dl 380 doing transcoding with fast speed rpm drives. I help customers build backup solutions, and weird things that they need build in technology my site networkconsultant.net
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Yes it will. I'm not sure about brand of nas. For me, I have it connected to a Windows smb file share and it works great. It can be connected to smb, nfs and ftp for remote storage.
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This is a very good NAS if you know how to set it up. I use Cobian backup software to backup my files. Its free and very easy to use.