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The [http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=85 "Pro" version] has NFS support, making it suitable for integrating a DS and Akurate Music Server in the same system allowing both products to share the same storage. | The [http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=85 "Pro" version] has NFS support, making it suitable for integrating a DS and Akurate Music Server in the same system allowing both products to share the same storage. | ||
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== <br>Lacie Ethernet Disk<br> == | == <br>Lacie Ethernet Disk<br> == | ||
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Revision as of 11:31, 28 June 2008
Placing your digital media collection on a NAS has a number of benefits:
- High availability - Many NASes draw very little power when they are idle, so they can be left permanently switched on. This means you wont have to wait for computer to boot before you can start streaming music
- Protects your digital media files - if the NAS has RAID capability (hard-drive redundancy), you are protected from failure of any one of the drives in your system. (However, this is not a substitute for a proper back up solution.)
Additionally, some NASes are capbable of running a media server. This relieves your computer of one more task, and increases availability of your audio.
QNAP TS409 Pro
This is Linn's recommended NAS. It comes pre-installed with Twonky Media Server, is easy to install and manage and has a good solid finish.
The "Pro" version has NFS support, making it suitable for integrating a DS and Akurate Music Server in the same system allowing both products to share the same storage.
QNAP's lower end products are also reasonable choices for DS companion. eg The QNAP TS209 is a good 2 bay NAS with Twonky pre-installed.
Netgear ReadyNAS NV+
Linn's other recommended NAS
Lacie Ethernet Disk
Summary Compatible with Linn DS products, comes with Twonky Media pre-installed, easy to set-up, no RAID
- No NFS
- No RAID
DLink DNS 323
The DLink is a cheap NAS, with RAID 1 capability. The drive has limited firmware out of the box, (the pre-installed UPnP server is substandard), but it can be upgraded to run Twonky Media Server.
Installation experience of Twonky is relatively straight-forward if you are prepared to follow the instructions to install "fun_plug", (http://wiki.dns323.info/howto:fun_plug) and the Twonky installation instructions (http://www.twonkyvision.com/Download/TwonkyMedia/TM4Technicians.html)
* 2 disk SATA
* RAID 0,1,JBOD
* Linux ("busybox") based
* DHCP
* pre-installed uPnP server (DLink custom)
