Ducky wrote:Just wanted to throw in my NAS experiences.
I started out using a Thecus NAS (5200 pro roustor) which is a killer NAS but continued to have problems with the DS. The problem appeared to be linked to the Twonky module for the NAS. A Thecus NAS does not come with Twonky preinstalled and the module is not supported by Twonky or Linn for that matter.
I switched to using Twonky on my laptop and that actually worked super. No problems what so ever but of course limited disk space.
I now use the 1000GB Ripserver NAS. Ripping is a breeze and very fast compared to EAC with no noticeable effect on sound. The one thing that I can say as a negative is that the current Twonky version that comes preinstalled on the ripserver nas does not support album art for flac files. The version of Twonky I used on my laptop did have album art for flac. I will just have to wait for the folks at ripfactory to deem the next version of Twonky as stable enough to do an upgrade.
So the ripserver nas serves me well at the moment and even my wife has no problems ripping cd's :D
Lennart
Didn't realise you were here Lennart :) It's Kris.... I've still struggled to get anything working fully on the NAS (the N800 is however, working perfectly)
You're right, everything running on a PC using the NAS is fine.
Im trying to pin point what the issue could be.... :( I might send the twonky module guy a email... I dont want to sell this NAS!
I must admit to liking the ReadyNAS series but for low noise, I just can't believe how quiet the D-Link DNS323 with Samsung 1TB drives actually is; you really could use it in a music room (provided it was mounted on a cushion and not too close).
Good to see this post, Axel. I have been aware that Seagate was having some problems as I've been watching their 1.5TB hard drives continuing to drop in price. The plan was to stuff two of them in my MacPro to use as a RAID array for media storage. I think that should hold me for my inevitable purchase of a DS unit.
I haven't bought them so far since I keep reading complaints of these problems so I'm glad to hear that they've finally figured out the problem and have a fix for it. I'll watch to see if the complaint decrease now and probably pick them up.
ThomasOK wrote:so I'm glad to hear that they've finally figured out the problem and have a fix for it.
They seem to have a fix for it, but it also seems to be very difficult to get it. There is a Knowledge Base article at Seagates web site which says you should drop them an e-mail if you need a firmware update for your ES.2 drive. Well, I did and after 6 days(!) they answered with only a link to the Knowledge Base article... :roll:
ThomasOK wrote:so I'm glad to hear that they've finally figured out the problem and have a fix for it.
They seem to have a fix for it, but it also seems to be very difficult to get it. There is a Knowledge Base article at Seagates web site which says you should drop them an e-mail if you need a firmware update for your ES.2 drive. Well, I did and after 6 days(!) they answered with only a link to the Knowledge Base article... :roll:
True, the link reports various model of ES.2 but links to download the new firmware is still disabled! I think the ES.2 fw it's not yet ready...
For 7200.11drives the firmware are already available.
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Nicolav wrote:True, the link reports various model of ES.2 but links to download the new firmware is still disabled! I think the ES.2 fw it's not yet ready...
Nicolav wrote:True, the link reports various model of ES.2 but links to download the new firmware is still disabled! I think the ES.2 fw it's not yet ready...
It's available now.
Yesss.
Tnx Axel. :D
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