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letthiswork1 on 09/02/2012 - 13:00 www.onlinecomputer.com.au (4505 clicks)
Edited by scotty 09/02/2012 - 15:33

Hey Guys,

LOOKS LIKE IT WAS TAKEN DOWN!!!!…
Have a feeling it will be back up tomorrow Friday at 12pm…

Just saw this.. the NAS got my attention

http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/product_info.php?products_i...

Review here(Thanks Helmuth)- http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/30800-seagate...

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    phluffed on 09/02/2012 - 13:08

    http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/product_info.php?products_i...
    That's the NAS without HDD and it's $599 normally, so basically the deal is buy a segate NAS server, get 8TB free.

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      nimbin2k on 09/02/2012 - 14:20

      Thats's for the N440 model, not sure but i think the deal is for the N400 model which staticice show prices around the $450 mark… still a deal with the drives tho

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    greenpossum on 09/02/2012 - 13:10

    Looks like this one from the picture:

    http://www.seagate.com/www/en-gb/products/network_storage/bl...

  • +1 vote
    isdnman on 09/02/2012 - 13:16

    Already on sale @ 599
    8TB = 4 X 2TB
    http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/product_info.php?products_i...

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      letthiswork1 on 09/02/2012 - 13:18

      Thanks updated

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      snuke on 09/02/2012 - 13:43

      Hang on, it says "4TB (4x 2TB Seagate HDD) ".

      So I guess the heading is correct and this point is wrong?

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    viggenn on 09/02/2012 - 13:21

    I can't seem to find it… does anyone know what CPU this has?

    • +1 vote
      phluffed on 09/02/2012 - 13:32

      speed is 1.2 GHz if that helps.. don't know chip

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        viggenn on 09/02/2012 - 13:53

        Thanks :)

        Found out it's a Marvell

  • +3 votes
    engineeringprof on 09/02/2012 - 13:27

    Without hard drives it's only $456 at Harris Tech. Useful if you already have drives.
    http://www.ht.com.au/part/Z0425-Seagate-BlackArmor-NAS-400-N...
    Or $380 at B & H, + delivery of course. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/735499-REG/Seagate_STA...

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    wisc on 09/02/2012 - 13:31

    hmm i wouldnt be getting something like this withought setting up redundancy, lot of data to loose if one drive packs it in…

    not sure how you can set it up, but if you can raid 5/6 or mirror it might be a good idea…

    • +1 vote
      phluffed on 09/02/2012 - 13:33

      it supports raid 0/1/5/10

    • +2 votes
      samfisher5986 on 09/02/2012 - 13:34

      Personally I just don't like the idea of having all my drives turned on at the same time and all at the mercy of one device telling it how to raid. A lightning strike could easily kill all the drives, these are also a very similar batch so both drives could fail at the same time.

      I buy separate 2TB external hard drives and only have both of the mirrored hard drives on occasionally when mirroring them.

      • +9 votes
        eDust on 09/02/2012 - 13:43

        Raid is not a substitute for having a backup. If it's important you still need a backup system.

        Edit: I know you understand this, just saying it my way :)

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          greenpossum on 09/02/2012 - 13:48

          That's right, RAID will happily keep the filesystem RAIDed after you have done an accidental delete.

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          fleabag on 10/02/2012 - 02:28

          so get two raids

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          AlexF on 10/02/2012 - 12:30

          so get two raids

          Exactly, a backup (spanning more than one drive) is just a another RAID. The only issue is the time the two RAIDs last sync'ed.

          When you got 24 drives in a RAID, there's no "backup" tape/drive. The best you can do is activate (periodic) snapshots and have another same sized RAID (always) sync'ed.

      • +4 votes
        samfisher5986 on 09/02/2012 - 15:00

        I'm really not understanding the silly people who downvoted me.

        The least you could do is comment but I'm guessing the downvote wasn't based on an educated decision.

        •  
          UFO on 09/02/2012 - 15:44

          Lemmings mate. One does it, so the others just follow suit… even if it makes no sense.

        • +3 votes
          imaximax1 on 09/02/2012 - 15:44

          i didnt neg, i understand raid, but have no idea what u yapped on about.

        • -1 vote
          greenpossum on 09/02/2012 - 15:53

          Wasn't me. Your paragraph is not wrong, but argues for backup, as eDust wrote.

        • +4 votes
          jared444 on 09/02/2012 - 16:03

          I believe the politically correct name is little people. Not Lemmings.

    • +3 votes
      yanman on 09/02/2012 - 14:09

      you mean 30MB/sec?

        • +17 votes
          imaximax1 on 09/02/2012 - 15:04

          What newbies? i think its just you.

          Based on the review, i see that its 30MB/s (as yanman said), and not 30Mb/s (which is 8 times slower newbies)

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    Turd on 09/02/2012 - 13:49

    Product not found!

  • -3 votes
    IVI on 09/02/2012 - 13:52

    http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/product_info.php?products_i...

    was first -not- responding… later, it showed us a resource limit message

    [possible] SCAM ALERT:

    "Resource Limit Is Reached

    The website is temporarily unable to service your request
    as it exceeded resource limit. Please try again later."

    What bona fide eStore would rely on a resource-limited web hosting plan?!?

    We Say: Think & investigate before you buy from this place!

    • +4 votes
      lbft on 09/02/2012 - 14:54

      Onlinecomputer.com.au is a legit shop. Not only are they online but they've got a physical store too (or rather two, both in the Capitol Square shopping centre in Sydney).

      •  
        StewBalls on 09/02/2012 - 19:08

        Yep, I got one of the Seagate Goflex Home 3TB drives from OLC recently, outstanding service IMHO…ordered Saturday, arrived 7am Tuesday morning! :)

  •  
    Gaz1 on 09/02/2012 - 13:57

    "Starts Tomorrow 12pm!"

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    the_schelf on 09/02/2012 - 13:58

    http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/images/STUNT-FRIDAY-BANNER....

    hmm i wonder what sort of drives it has, i cant find any further info on the device appart from that banner

    •  
      imaximax1 on 09/02/2012 - 14:22

      Stunt friday banner????

      So is this just a publicity stunt?

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    letthiswork1 on 09/02/2012 - 14:01

    Looks like the took it down…

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    imaximax1 on 09/02/2012 - 14:14

    maybe wont be up till tommorow :<

  •  
    imaximax1 on 09/02/2012 - 14:24

    Oh, this post is back…..i swear it was unpublished for a moment…

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    engineeringprof on 09/02/2012 - 14:38

    Seagate 3TB for 160? not bad.
    http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/index.php

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    skyva on 09/02/2012 - 14:48

    My bet is typo. They have the same nas without drives on sale for $599, and the nas with 12tb for $1800, so my guess is that the 8gb version should be around $1000+. Whoever put the 8gb version for $599 probably stuffed up and it has been pulled.

    •  
      the discombobul... on 09/02/2012 - 15:11

      Or, alternatively, it's not midday Friday, yet.

    •  
      twisti on 09/02/2012 - 15:30

      They have the price on their home page right there, 8GB NAS $599. I think its legit, just gotta wait till tomorrow.
      To be honest not sure what I would do with 8TB, I struggle to fill 2TB atm.

      •  
        krisspy on 09/02/2012 - 16:11

        I have 6TB of stuff at the moment. All thanks to SOPA im slowing down. Just ebay the parts and youll probably make a small profit

  •  
    GreatWhiteHunter on 09/02/2012 - 15:30

    I realise that this is not the best NAS you can buy, but can someone show me a better one for $599?

    •  
      krisspy on 09/02/2012 - 15:39

      Thecus N5200 - 5 bays, 1.8Ghz atom

      Or build one of the HP Proliant Microservers and add in a raid card if you want serious RAID 5 performance.

      • +2 votes
        ryang on 09/02/2012 - 15:44

        Neither of which include drives…. That is the real bargain here.

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          krisspy on 09/02/2012 - 16:05

          I thought he just wanted to see what other units are out there, regardless of price.

          But yes, this is a very good for the current prices of hard drives. Even the HP Microserver would come out atleast $100+ higher to configure the same capacity.

    •  
      ryang on 09/02/2012 - 15:42

      You won't find better, with this capacity, at the moment.

      4x 2TB drives at the current prices are around the $500 mark.

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    GreatWhiteHunter on 09/02/2012 - 15:32

    And can anyone confirm if this is the 440 or 400 model?

    •  
      greenpossum on 09/02/2012 - 15:38

      I guess you are asking if the drives are included, since that's the only difference I can see from the Seagate pages. Doesn't the 8TB imply they are included? (Not sure myself.)

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    bleugh on 09/02/2012 - 15:41

    Sorely tempted

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    Forgot69 on 09/02/2012 - 16:32

    Came into the post just to dribble in awe!

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    alex27 on 09/02/2012 - 16:43

    Hi, guys, what you do with 8TB hard drive? I never filled up my 1TB. movie? video editor? or use as a server?

    •  
      imaximax1 on 09/02/2012 - 16:59

      i know people with this much movies. people who need 1080p.

      If u cant fill up a 1TB, this isnt for you.

    • +2 votes
      eides on 09/02/2012 - 17:02

      storage for all my 720p home movies.

    • +3 votes
      ryang on 09/02/2012 - 17:06

      Ripping bluray movies to disk, so I can stream them from any device I want.

    •  
      samfisher5986 on 09/02/2012 - 17:39

      1080p TV Shows can range between 1.5GB to 9GB per episode.

      My 2TB is nearly full and its growing quickly…

    •  
      krisspy on 09/02/2012 - 17:48

      AVC rips go from 30-50GB a movie. Plus people who have tons of movies on Blu-Ray that want it on a digital library instead

    •  
      tritorius on 10/02/2012 - 10:07

      1 word: Porn

  •  
    N3M3S1S on 09/02/2012 - 16:51

    Do want.

  • +3 votes
    apat on 09/02/2012 - 17:44

    I fear a COTD style server crash looming at midday tomorrow.

    •  
      N3M3S1S on 09/02/2012 - 17:56

      Hah yeah…

      Goodluck all! :D

    •  
      apat on 10/02/2012 - 11:01

      Website down. "Resource Limit Is Reached". Who would have guessed?

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    GreatWhiteHunter on 09/02/2012 - 18:30

    Do you reckon it will be limited to 1 per person??

    Yep - it is 1 per person for the 8tb NAS and the 3tb drives…

    I would really love one of these NAS…

  •  
    StewBalls on 09/02/2012 - 19:19

    Great price, wish I had an excuse to buy it!

    •  
      apat on 09/02/2012 - 19:33

      It's a bargain. What more do you need?

      • +1 vote
        greenpossum on 09/02/2012 - 19:38

        It's not a bargain if the money could have been used to buy other things you really wanted/needed.

        •  
          StewBalls on 10/02/2012 - 06:04

          Exactly, I just got a 3 terrier-byte goflex home so I'm kinda flush for network space ATM. So, as great a deal as this seems, I simply can't justify it myself, let alone get it past the little 'finance minister'! ;)

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    heloanand on 09/02/2012 - 20:50

    Any other good reviews about it? what is the read and write speed? any one using it? hows there experience.. i am currently using the micro server as my nas/htpc with 22TB+12TB drives on it+1Gb video card+8GB Ram.. is this one any better in terms of read/write speed? power consumption, sound etc… micro server is bit noisy now, i can hear its running

  • +3 votes
    OzzyMozzy on 09/02/2012 - 21:07

    OMG Ozbargain is NOT GOOD for the marriage, never mind the bank balance!!!

    This looks like a pretty sweet deal tho, with HDD prices the way they are nowadays.

    Must … Resist…

    •  
      ryang on 09/02/2012 - 21:44

      Well you'll be happy to know that hard drive prices are falling fairly rapidly. Should be back to pre-flood values within a month or 2.

  • +2 votes
    team teri on 09/02/2012 - 23:19

    Before you all jump on this offer, read some of the reviews this unit has on Amazon.
    http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BlackArmor-Network-Attached-ST...

    Scary stuff!

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    mickey on 09/02/2012 - 23:32

    Those amazon reviews have put me off buying this NAS. Sounds like the software is really buggy. Has anyone had any first hand experience with this product or know what the '3-year Limited Warranty' doesn't cover?

  • +3 votes
    Kaboda on 10/02/2012 - 08:08

    I am ripping out the hard disks and selling that NAS !

  •  
    nimbin2k on 10/02/2012 - 10:58

    so… false advertising?

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    N3M3S1S on 10/02/2012 - 10:58

    It's slowing down!

    •  
      the_schelf on 10/02/2012 - 11:03

      i still cant get to the actually product page i can see the 4TB model but get:

      Resource Limit Is Reached
      The website is temporarily unable to service your request as it exceeded resource limit. Please try again later.

      •  
        N3M3S1S on 10/02/2012 - 11:06

        Original link is now working, 40 for post. Still cheap I guess.

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          N3M3S1S on 10/02/2012 - 11:07

          Also 5900RPM drive, assuming green.

          EDIT: You can get the drives separate for <100. so that leaves the NAS @ about 200. Meh, retails for 300ish.

          Not as cheap as I thought.

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        the_schelf on 10/02/2012 - 11:07

        nevermind it must have just been because ozbargainers have been hammering the site :P

  •  
    nimbin2k on 10/02/2012 - 11:04

    the link to the page now works, pity about shipping costs…

    •  
      Mr_P on 10/02/2012 - 11:06

      Its meant to be free shipping according to the ad

  •  
    cuongizzle on 10/02/2012 - 11:05

    its up now. bought it. at least the site was still loadable and went to paypal with no hiccups.

    pity the HDD are 5900rpm but it will do :)

  •  
    heloanand on 10/02/2012 - 11:06

    5900rpm drives.

  •  
    cuongizzle on 10/02/2012 - 11:08

    SOLD OUT

  •  
    GreatWhiteHunter on 10/02/2012 - 11:09

    Complete hoax - sold out in 3 mins - couldnt get the page to load…

    •  
      N3M3S1S on 10/02/2012 - 11:11

      It isn't that cheap really. No lose in my opinion. Especially regarding majority of the reviews.

  1. imaximax1 on 09/02/2012 - 15:04
    +17 What newbies? i think its
  2. eDust on 09/02/2012 - 13:43
    +9 Raid is not a substitute for
  3. imaximax1 on 09/02/2012 - 14:21
    +6 http://www.ozbargain.com.au/d
  4. jared444 on 09/02/2012 - 16:03
    +4 I believe the politically
  5. lbft on 09/02/2012 - 14:54
    +4 Onlinecomputer.com.au is a
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