Comments on: Norco DS-520G Network Storage Appliance Review http://mswhs.com/2008/02/19/norco-ds-520g-network-storage-appliance-review/ A server for the people !!! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:10:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nick Easton http://mswhs.com/2008/02/19/norco-ds-520g-network-storage-appliance-review/#comment-7355 Nick Easton Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:49:20 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/norco-ds-520g-network-storage-appliance-review/#comment-7355 Correction: I re-read the review and saw that it was the NAS device; mine was the eSata. My comment on NAS devices (I replaced a Buffalo raid 5 with the Norco eSata) is that i/o is extremely slow, much slower that my WHS, and I wouldn't touch NAS again for that reason...I deal with storage and manipulation of several hundred thousand files. Maybe the i/o speed problem was a design deficiency within the Buffalo op system Correction: I re-read the review and saw that it was the NAS device; mine was the eSata.

My comment on NAS devices (I replaced a Buffalo raid 5 with the Norco eSata) is that i/o is extremely slow, much slower that my WHS, and I wouldn’t touch NAS again for that reason…I deal with storage and manipulation of several hundred thousand files. Maybe the i/o speed problem was a design deficiency within the Buffalo op system

]]> By: Nick Easton http://mswhs.com/2008/02/19/norco-ds-520g-network-storage-appliance-review/#comment-7354 Nick Easton Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:40:07 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/norco-ds-520g-network-storage-appliance-review/#comment-7354 A very important issue that Norco and its retailers forget to mention is that if you want to exceed 2tb you need to run x64 flavors of Windows. And don't forget, it's joined at the waist to a workstation which has the sata pci card installed. And getting the drivers installed and functional can be a time-sink. And I lost a couple of drives when the fan seized up. I will stick to usb externals; however, I must mention that I had 2 Maxtors fry drives within 1 month because of seized fans... I dumped my Norco for WHS recently and never looked back...will keep my Maxtors realizing that they are TEMPORARY storage devices that require daily temperature checks... A very important issue that Norco and its retailers forget to mention is that if you want to exceed 2tb you need to run x64 flavors of Windows. And don’t forget, it’s joined at the waist to a workstation which has the sata pci card installed. And getting the drivers installed and functional can be a time-sink. And I lost a couple of drives when the fan seized up. I will stick to usb externals; however, I must mention that I had 2 Maxtors fry drives within 1 month because of seized fans…

I dumped my Norco for WHS recently and never looked back…will keep my Maxtors realizing that they are TEMPORARY storage devices that require daily temperature checks…

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]]> By: Keith http://mswhs.com/2008/02/19/norco-ds-520g-network-storage-appliance-review/#comment-7295 Keith Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:44:33 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/norco-ds-520g-network-storage-appliance-review/#comment-7295 I said it way back when you first intro'd this model... I love it! The size is perfect, the case is so awesome... compact, and the 5 hotswap bays are just perfect, and I also love the dual rj45 ports... BUT, it's too expensive. $599 for basically a bare bones system is way too much. If this thing were even $499, I'd probably still think it was a little pricey, but I'd have one in my house right now. I said it way back when you first intro’d this model… I love it! The size is perfect, the case is so awesome… compact, and the 5 hotswap bays are just perfect, and I also love the dual rj45 ports… BUT, it’s too expensive. $599 for basically a bare bones system is way too much. If this thing were even $499, I’d probably still think it was a little pricey, but I’d have one in my house right now.

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