Any NAS drive that has ethernet and USB connectivity?

[Aloke Prasad]

I am looking for a NAS (Network Attached Storage) to use with my home
LAN (using a Linksys router). Examples are the Maxtor Shared Storage,
WD MyBook World Edition and Linksys NAS200.

Being the paranoid type, I am wondering how I would access my data if
there is a hardware or software failure. Like what if I am having
network connectivity because of faulty router?

Is there a NAS solution that has both ethernet and USB connectivity?

Aloke

 

[Jesco Lincke]

I am looking for a NAS (Network Attached Storage) to use with my home
LAN (using a Linksys router). Examples are the Maxtor Shared Storage,
WD MyBook World Edition and Linksys NAS200.

Being the paranoid type, I am wondering how I would access my data if
there is a hardware or software failure. Like what if I am having
network connectivity because of faulty router?

Is there a NAS solution that has both ethernet and USB connectivity?

Aloke

http://www.trekstor.de/en/products/detail_hdd.php?pid=11&cat=0
http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=3401&CatID=8020&sCatID=1146195&ssCatID=1146196
http://www.conceptronic.net/site/de...30&ar=452&Prod_ID=1287&Prod=CHD3LAN&subid=559
http://buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/linkstation/

 

[Aloke Prasad]

http://www.trekstor.de/en/products/detail_hdd.php?pid=11&cat=0
http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=3401&CatID=8020&sCatID=1146195&ssCatID=1146196

http://www.conceptronic.net/site/de...30&ar=452&Prod_ID=1287&Prod=CHD3LAN&subid=559

http://buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/linkstation/

Thanks!!

It appears that the Buffalotech products use the USB ports to expand the
storage (by attachung extra drives (much like the Maxtor and WD
products). I don't think the device will use the USB port to connect to
a PC as a drive.

But the other 3 (trekstor, freecom, conceptronic) seems to be doing what
I was asking for. I hope these are available in US. Strange that I
have not seen these mentioned in any reviews in the US.

Aloke

 

[Aidan Karley]

Being the paranoid type, I am wondering how I would access my data if
there is a hardware or software failure. Like what if I am having
network connectivity because of faulty router?

Is there a NAS solution that has both ethernet and USB connectivity?

There's a number out there. I got one from Maplin (electronics
retailer in the UK,
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&DOY=8m8&ModuleNo=97390&crite
ria=) which worked fine ... until I got somewhere not far above 10,000
files on it, in various folders. Then it would start spontaneously and
irregularly forgetting file names and directory trees WHEN seen through
the Windows File Sharing interface. Look into the device through the FTP
interface and all the data is there though. Very bizarre, appears to be
some bug in the implementation of Samba, for which the only cure was to
power-cycle the machine. A warm boot wouldn't cure it.
The file system used on the hard drive was straightforward FAT32,
so in the event of the NIC/ Samba/ USB/ IDE controller going down, you
always had the option of pulling the drive, slapping it into a
conventional caddy and recovering your data from there on any machine
that supported FAT32.

In that device (made I think by "Bona Computech"
http://www.bona.com.tw:8080/home.php), the Samba bug was a disabling
feature. Both Bona and Maplin appear to have updated their ranges now.

 

[Aloke Prasad]

Thanks!!

It appears that the Buffalotech products use the USB ports to expand the
storage (by attachung extra drives (much like the Maxtor and WD
products). I don't think the device will use the USB port to connect to
a PC as a drive.

But the other 3 (trekstor, freecom, conceptronic) seems to be doing what
I was asking for. I hope these are available in US. Strange that I
have not seen these mentioned in any reviews in the US.

This device seems to have all the features I am looking for.

LACIE 301156U Ethernet Big Disk $279 at Newegg
http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10882

Anyone have any feedback on this? Is it reliable?

Aloke