Thecus N2200+ / N2200PLUS 2-Bay NAS. $169 + $12 Delivery ($0 Pickup SYD)

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  dreamzz on 30/08/2011 - 13:09

  Cheaper once

  http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-30060530-NETGEAR_MS2000_Stora_Ho…

  http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-30060282-Edimax_NS_2502_2_Bay_NA…

  http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-30060620-Thecus_D0204_Extra_Spee…

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  UFO on 30/08/2011 - 13:11

  2 bay is quite limiting for a NAS, but small footprint… maybe good for a media player or something?

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    llama on 31/08/2011 - 12:27

    How is a dual bay limiting anything? It has 2 bays… you can fit one OR two hard drives inside. That is double what MOST people need in a NAS. I have a dual bay D-Link with 2 x 1GB's in it. It's not full yet. With a dual bay you can fit 2 x 3GB drives for 6GB in total… I hardly would call that "limiting" ROFL.

    You saying this is "limiting" is a bit like saying that a Falcon station wagon is "limiting". Yeah, I suppose so if you compare it with a truck - but who needs to drive around in a truck all day if they don't have to? :-)

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      UFO on 31/08/2011 - 13:38

      +1

      I completely disagree.

      A 2 bay NAS is next to useless for today's HD media storage requirements. 6 TERRA BYTES (I'm assuming you meant this and not GB) wont get you very far if you want to store even a small BluRay collection without compression. Then you have DVD's, Music, Home Pictures and Home Videos. Also, if you had more bays you could get a collection of 2TB drives at much cheaper prices than the equivilent storage in 3TB drives.

      So no… it's not what most people need in a NAS. The fact that you havent filled what I'm assuming is 2TB's of storage means you arent using the NAS for what "most" home users would use it for to be honest.

      To use your car analogy, you have your scales wrong. You are driving a Toyota Echo (not a Falcon Wagon), and accordingly most people would prefer the Wagon. A truck in this scenario would be a full blown server with multiple bays and 100's of TB's of data…. which would be overkill for most users I agree.

      Good day :).

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  Steptoe on 30/08/2011 - 13:21

  It's harder to see the value of this since the cut price of the hp proliant microserver.

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  Kaboda on 30/08/2011 - 13:30

  Still hard to get a HP proliant at under 230 to 250 though. That 199 deal as expired and I probably need to buy another one.

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    bargaino on 30/08/2011 - 23:16

    If you can still get the HP at $250, it remains an amazing bargain.
    This NAS price just reinforces that.

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  c64 on 30/08/2011 - 14:30

  silly question, what is the use of dual lan on a nas?

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    sonicentropy on 30/08/2011 - 14:38

    Not a lot, maybe if you have a private and public network ant you want different levels of access/security. Load balancing and throughput wouldn't really be required for this model.

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  jv on 30/08/2011 - 14:42

  +2

  http://www.expresspcparts.com.au/Items/Item.aspx?itemid=3350…

  $175 here… Personally, i'd rather pay $6 more and NOT buy from mwave…

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    GreenHornet on 30/08/2011 - 16:36

    Really.. they're not good?

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      jv on 30/08/2011 - 17:19

      well if you consider sending you faulty items and then asking you to pay return postage to replace them, and then 'threatening' to charge you $50 if they do not find a fault, as good, then, yeah, they are good…

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    davidl2 on 30/08/2011 - 16:45

    why? I even managed to get half price(50%) of their already heavily discounted Lian-Li case few years ago due to their mistake! they have been handling my problem professionally! :)

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      jv on 30/08/2011 - 17:21

      +1

      i don't regard intimidating emails threatening to charge you $50 if they do not find a fault as professional…

      Found guilty of breaching Trade Practices Act for the way they handle returns…

      http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/918525?pag…

      The ACCC was concerned about statements to the effect that:

      Mwave does not provide any warranty and consumers must deal directly with the manufacturer;
      warranties arising from statute do not apply; and
      the consumer is required to pay any shipping costs incurred in returning the faulty good to Mwave.
      

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        dealhunt on 30/08/2011 - 19:25

        Grey import??

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        UFO on 31/08/2011 - 13:47

        interesting….

        Mwave (if an Australian retailer), cant just T&C away their obligations under the Trade Practices Act (well, now the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 actually). Grey import or not, if the retailer you buy from is based in Australia then they are obligated to either refund, repair or replace the item if its not fit for purpose…. not just refer it to the manufacturer.