MSY - Lenovo Iomega 2TB 70A29001AP EZ Media Backup Center Network Attached Storage - $119

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  Gavman on 25/02/2015 - 17:13

  +1

  Anyone know if that could be good for PLEX server?

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    BeefBiryani on 25/02/2015 - 17:33

    +2

    Processor
    Marvell 6285, 1.2GHz
    Memory
    128MB DDR3

    With these specs? I don't think so.

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      rapid101 on 25/02/2015 - 20:10

      Doesn't Windows struggle with 128MB? I think some of them barely launch with it. Not even sure if something like FreeNAS could handle it with plex.

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        gmatht on 25/02/2015 - 20:19

        Plex has 512MB as a minimum requirement. Even if it didn't, how would you install Plex on this? OTOH, You could presumably buy a minimal plex server (e.g. a tablet with only a few gig of storage) and get it directly stream media stored on this NAS, if you really wanted to.

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  poporange630 on 25/02/2015 - 17:37

  -3

  2.5 Mbit/s download, 500Kbit/s upload
  Ancient technology

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    leetec on 25/02/2015 - 17:42

    +7

    that's "System Requirements ", can you read before comment?

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      poporange630 on 26/02/2015 - 18:43

      My apology, but still the performance would be awful based on the spec listed.

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        gmatht on 26/02/2015 - 20:37

        I used a server with close to 500Kbits upload before. A bit sluggish but usable for grabbing files and serving "web ready" photos. Clearly if you want to stream 4K movies from your home server to remote clients you'd want 100/40 Mbps NBN rather than a crappy 2.5/0.5 ADSL.

        However that's a limitation of ADSL not this device. With a 1.2GHz processor This should be able to saturate a 100/40 NBN connection, no problems. There wouldn't be much point putting a 1000Mbps lan port (1,000,000Kbps) on this if it couldn't do more than 100Mbps.

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  andycandy on 25/02/2015 - 17:54

  -1

  People this is just a NAS by the look of it.

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    Hellman109 on 25/02/2015 - 18:00

    Its exactly what it is, a NAS with a web server like they've all had for years that can do some basic stuff.

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    Deviner on 25/02/2015 - 18:44

    +5

    Was it the fact it said "Network Attached Storage" in the title a giveaway? ;)

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  IIGnomeII on 25/02/2015 - 18:03

  This is a hard drive with a network port to be honest.
  If you were after something to use for backups I would steer clear of this and get something with 2 drives that can at least do RAID1

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    gmatht on 25/02/2015 - 18:42

    +5

    I didn't downvote, but this may be relevant…
    http://serverfault.com/questions/2888/why-is-raid-not-a-back…

    One of these and, say, an offsite backup would be much better than a RAID.

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  c0balt on 25/02/2015 - 21:32

  For a lot of people, this is a much cheaper option that going a true NAS when they don't need the extra features.