NAS Enclosure and Security Help

I'm thinking about setting one of these up, so that my girlfriend and I can share files and DVRs that I create with my TV Tuner. Not sure if I want to do it, but I'm probably going to get a new hard drive when I do.

I currently have two hard drives, and would prefer to use them in a dual-backup solution. This new drive will be used for the NAS.

Is NAS a lot faster, about the same, or slower than USB? I'm thinking slower, but I don't know that for sure. My external USB drives top out at about 120 Mbps (15MBps) on a good day.

However, I'm curious. Can these be password protected (or something) so that only we can get into it? Can that protection be easily cracked? I'm thinking about possibly setting up backups on this drive instead, if the situation was right. Personal files on a network usually mean bad things unless they are protected.

• Who makes quality NAS for IDE/SATA 3.5" drives?
• What about cheap storage, NewEgg?
• Password protection?
• Can password protection be cracked easily?
• Effectiveness for DVR and backups?

Any thoughts about this one?: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...osure&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1158316214658 I can get it for $169.99.
What about two of these?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145087 These are $74.99 each.

Total = $319.97 + TAX + S/H for 250GB RAID 1 NAS Solution.

Any thoughts???

 

What do you mean so that only you can get into it? Those are on your network. If you don't share them to the Internet, they won't be seen by anyone except inside your network. You can use something like TrueCrypt or just Windows password protection of files to protect them that way. They work just like a completely open file share (pretend you share a folder on your girlfriend's computer, and then you access it from yours. That's how they work.)

 

Just set up your router so that it is only MAC address usable so that only your computer can access it. The router will not talk to anything other then the matching MAC address, that is what I use. Here is a link to all the NAS on newegg.com
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=network+drive&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all

 

I may eventually want to access this files from anywhere (as in I'm at Starbucks or something), but still want to password protect it. If that is unreasonable, making in a local network only device would suffice.

The only problem with static MAC setting is that it only solves in internal access problem (from my network). I already do MAC filtering on my WiFi network.

Ideally, the NAS *could* potentially be safely accessed from anywhere by me.

The only problem with those is that I like to build my own storage devices. If the enclosure or the drive heads south, I only have to replace one...

 

I bought a D-link DSM-G600 and I love it... look for reviews on this bad boy.. it doesn't have the greatest 3rd party firmware support out there, mainly for the small flash memory it has so hard to fit firmware in it, other than that it's a fantastic NAS. Look into Buffalo LinkStation products too, big community out there for this baby.

 

Well, automatic shutdown is not avaliable by default,, but by installing 3rd party firmware, you can add whatever option you want. In my case I need something I can throw in my 17" case when traveling or going to friends~family house and I blieve you can't do that with a spare PC.

 

No it woun't. I want to browse files stored in that HDD and stream movies to my 37" TV wirelessly which's something you can't do with external harddrives. I don't want to have to carry the thing from room to room with me in my house everytime I want t access it, and it saves a lot in my electric bill.

 

Please read my post again:

Again, I'm talking about my case only which I believe is what you replied to in your post, number 9.

 

I didn't say PC based NAS is not the best way to do this, I just happened to travel alot lately so why not combine both in 1 device!!!! It's compact and all. It's cheaper to go with a PC based nas and does have more options, but I don't need all the extra options. I can setup a pc based nas, all it takes is google search it's not rocket science. But, I'd rather go for a compact, enerygy & space saver option that deos have alot of potintial but reqires "again" google search, believe me NAS enclosures are not for the noobies and require hacking skills to get the most out of it.