Apple NAS Solutions
Generally we seek to provide solutions and tutorials for the general issues facing the creative Mac User… Well this post is slightly different ! We are trying to establish a work NAS solution for video / itunes that will work with OSX Leopard. Over the last year we have tried a range of different devices, from the HP Media Vault system to a USB drive attached to our router, none have really provided us with the solution we desire.
We are asking DigMo! readers to comment on what they think is the best NAS system available that integrates with OSX Leopard. We are wanting the ability to mount the drive on a number of Macs and ideally use the drive as an iTunes library as well.
All comments greatly appreciated :
We use the HP media vault but it can play up at times. We find it really struggles transferring large amounts of data especially if one of the connections over wifi.
I have heard a few good reviews of the buffalo stuff although would an Iomega Tera drive attached to one of the Macs and shared out not be the ultimate solution ?
a home Xserve would be the ideal for me but I can not see it happening. I am currently looking for a suitable NAS and am considering the new small HP mediavault and assume they work with Apple ?
Disk Station DS-207 gets 4 AMUGs out of 5!
The Synology Disk Station DS-207 provides a high quality solution for adding streaming multimedia support, file service, photo sharing and web site capabilities to any computer network with minimal power consumption. The small size, quiet operation and the outstanding web configuration tool provided with the Disk Station DS-207 make it a pleasure to use. Music lovers will appreciate the built-in Disk Station DS-207 iTunes sharing feature. With a DS-207 installed on the network, there is no need to keep large music libraries on each computer. Just copy the music to the Disk Station DS-207 and it will stream the audio selections to all of the iTunes users on the network. The Photo Station 2 software also provides an excellent interface for sharing photos over the network using a web browser. The wide range of services provided by the Disk Station DS-207 will enhance any office or home computer network
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