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Another NV+ v2 vs Ultra 4 question
Hi all! I'm looking for a NAS system after running out of space on my 3rd 2TB external HDD and after initially considering Drobo, I found out about ReadyNAS and am having a huge amount of trouble ...
Hmm ... OK been doing a little more poking and now I'm even more torn between the two systems.
Newegg has the Ultra 4 with a 2TB Seagate for a combo price of $579.98. The same combo with the NV+ v2 is $319.98. Is the Ultra really $260 better? After some more poking around it looks like the only things lacking on the NV+ v2 that I can't work around with add-ons are:
- iSCSI (this is the biggest issue)
- Speed (not quite such a big problem)
Of course, if I do use iSCSI then the only way of accessing the files is via iSCSI, Access via the web interface will be impossible (perhaps not that big a problem if I also use Truecrypt - anything connecting to it over the net that can decrypt a Truecrypt volume will probably also have an iSCSI initiator).
*sigh* decisions decisions ... I wonder if iSCSI would be too slow to use over the internet anyway ...
Newegg has the Ultra 4 with a 2TB Seagate for a combo price of $579.98. The same combo with the NV+ v2 is $319.98. Is the Ultra really $260 better? After some more poking around it looks like the only things lacking on the NV+ v2 that I can't work around with add-ons are:
- iSCSI (this is the biggest issue)
- Speed (not quite such a big problem)
Of course, if I do use iSCSI then the only way of accessing the files is via iSCSI, Access via the web interface will be impossible (perhaps not that big a problem if I also use Truecrypt - anything connecting to it over the net that can decrypt a Truecrypt volume will probably also have an iSCSI initiator).
*sigh* decisions decisions ... I wonder if iSCSI would be too slow to use over the internet anyway ...
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