ILoveC4 Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Does anyone have any experience with LaCie? I need a NAS, and was looking at the NetGear Pioneer Pro Elite, but at $1,200 with no drives it makes the LaCie look great.Thoughts? Opinions?http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=11118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 Also curious if anyone knows whether it can handle different size drives or not?IE: Four of the drives being 1 TB drives, with the fifth drive being 1.5 TB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 It doesnt seem to support dynamic raid re-partitioning like the ReadyNAS, where if you start out with say 5TB total on 1tb disks, and you move to 1.5tb disks, you'll have to back everything up and re-partition it to take advantage of the new space. That was one of the main features that drew me to the readynas.you can mix and match drives in size most likely, but you wouldnt be able to take advantage of the extra 500gb on the last drive as all the drives will be formatted for the same space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 That's cool.My original plan was the ready NAS, however the 10TB in the LaCie caught my attention.codeman, have you ever used one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I had a lot of issues with Lacie and personally stepped away from them. There very overrated… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 LaCie? I've used one of their rack mount NAS servers before. Weren't they bought by Iomega? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 idk...Hopefully not, that’s just more of a downer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 No it was EMC that bought Iomega. And it was an Iomega snap or something like that at a previous job. Wasnt all that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 Good to know guys.I think I will stick with my original plan which is the netgear.Now, is the Pioneer Pro Elite worth the extra $800 or $900? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Compared to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 A normal ready nas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 There are several models. Here's a comparison of the Pro models.http://netgear.com/upload/product/rndp6000/readynaspro_comparisionchart_26feb09.pdfOthers will most likely have 4 bays as opposed to six, which could potentially limit your expansion.http://netgear.com/Products/Storage.aspx?for=All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jberger Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 What the heck is a Pioneer Pro Elite? Haven't heard of that model yet, and I don't see it in the charts or find it in on the price list. I'm assuming you are really referring to the prepopulated pro units?the prepopulated units have a better warranty that includes the drives, but you are paying for it in upfront dollars. The 6 bay units will let you run RAID 6 (2 disks of parity) so you are better protected. You can technically run RAID6 on the 4 bay, but it eats 1/2 the array's capacity. The Pioneer pro doesn't have the business feature set (iSCSI, AD Integration, Secure Rsync, etc) but it's a great NAS unit for home use. It's based on the Intel Chipset so it's a good deal faster than the other units in the home office lineup. BTW: ReadyNAS Remote was released today for all the ReadyNAS units. It lets you remotely access a ReadyNAS from a client without requiring a VPN. Neat setup for remote users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 The pro pioneer is what we're talking about. It's six bays and does not come with disks. ILoveC4 just assumes everyting Netgear makes is Elite http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/ReadyNASProPE.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akg4y Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 What about the D-link DNS 343? Much more affordable and seems pretty comparable to the ReadyNAS, although Im not sure about the dynamic RAID partitioning. I personally have a ReadyNAS NV+ but only because I got a killer deal on it for $650 including 4 750GB drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akg4y Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Dlink DNS 343 is currently $369 at buydig.com - $50 rebate - $11 fatwallet cashback (if you use that) = $308 for a 4 bay NAS. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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