[Macworld]

Post your comments for LaCie 2Big NAS offers 6TB of network storage here

[drdreric]

"Our tests unit was the 6GB version, which shipped as a mirrored RAID with 3GB of available storage capacity. "

Kinda small for $700.... ;-)

[thomaspin]

For $30 more my Mediasonic enclosure holds 4 3TB drives, adds USB3.0 and is near silent. Hard to see the value proposition here.

[drdreric]

 thomaspin, on 23 July 2012 - 04:28 AM, said:

For $30 more my Mediasonic enclosure holds 4 3TB drives, adds USB3.0 and is near silent. Hard to see the value proposition here.

Time Machine compatibility, remote access across the 'net, etc.

This is more than yet another RAID enclosure. Best I can tell from a glance at the Mediasonic web site, their 4 drive enclosures are just RAIDs.

[TeaEarleGreyHot]

I've been very happy with my LaCie 2Big NAS (4TB). It's quiet and reliable and was easy for a novice (me) to get running.

[billthecat]

For $299, why not just get a 2tb time capsule instead?

[stevenoz]

This drive uses the XFS format. That is why you see the Mac invisible files. You should be able to read and write files, but the file format is not the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) that we all know and love.

So I don't recommend it for Mac users.

As another poster suggested, for a wireless network, get an Apple Time Capsule for backup and you can even attach a USB external drive to that for even more HD space.

Another alternative to a SAN's network storage is also Apple's Mac mini Server, that can serve it's own 1.5TB drives (custom config) or a fast, attached, large-capacity Thunderbolt drive attached to it. Then you have all the other services of a full-fledged server too.

[JakeT]

What type of filesystem? Most low end NAS devices only support Windows file systems. I'd like to have one that I can format for whichever OS I'm using.

[JakeT]

 JakeT, on 24 July 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

What type of filesystem? Most low end NAS devices only support Windows file systems. I'd like to have one that I can format for whichever OS I'm using.

Well, according to their user's manual, I can create an iSCSI share which can then be formatted by my OS.

[jeffreyebest]

Why pay for NAS when you could just get a mac mini server? You can even rent em from what I understand.

http://www.macstadium.com

[lucafaz]

An aspect not mentioned and very annoying is the lack of quota management with the shares. this is specially critical for peopel wishing to use time machine (that will use all the available space).

I do not belive that quota management on share is soemthign that should be missed in a similar product.