Comments on: Linksys NAS-200 http://www.digitgeek.com/linksys-nas-200/ Hardware reviews and Tutorials Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: markiv http://www.digitgeek.com/linksys-nas-200/comment-page-1/#comment-4861 markiv Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:46:57 +0000 http://www.thehardwarereviews.com/linksys-nas-200/#comment-4861 I know that the NAS200 uses EXT3 as the filesystem for its internal drives, which is good. I have two specific questions, which I hope someone here can answer: *Q1* Can I hook EXT3 drives to the USB Ports on the NAS200 - I see that we can do this with NTFS, but its read-onl. We can do this with Fat32, but I have the 4GB file size limitation. Can I mount EXT3 drives to the NAS200? *Q2* I have two sata drives in the NAS200, but I didnt remove the Sata 1.5Gbps Jumper clip when I installed them (Totally forgot). I've already copied data over - its striped to 1TB and I have about 300G of data on it. Can I take out the Jumper clips now to up the interface to Sata 3Gbps? If I do, will I lose the data that the drives already contain. Answers to Q1 and Q2 much appreciated. Thanks. I know that the NAS200 uses EXT3 as the filesystem for its internal drives, which is good. I have two specific questions, which I hope someone here can answer:
*Q1* Can I hook EXT3 drives to the USB Ports on the NAS200 – I see that we can do this with NTFS, but its read-onl. We can do this with Fat32, but I have the 4GB file size limitation. Can I mount EXT3 drives to the NAS200?
*Q2* I have two sata drives in the NAS200, but I didnt remove the Sata 1.5Gbps Jumper clip when I installed them (Totally forgot). I’ve already copied data over – its striped to 1TB and I have about 300G of data on it. Can I take out the Jumper clips now to up the interface to Sata 3Gbps? If I do, will I lose the data that the drives already contain.

Answers to Q1 and Q2 much appreciated. Thanks.

]]> By: JohnM http://www.digitgeek.com/linksys-nas-200/comment-page-1/#comment-4010 JohnM Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:09:16 +0000 http://www.thehardwarereviews.com/linksys-nas-200/#comment-4010 I also bought one of these - everything is fine EXCEPT THE SPEED, terrible. I also bought one of these – everything is fine EXCEPT THE SPEED, terrible.

]]> By: Peter Chin http://www.digitgeek.com/linksys-nas-200/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 Peter Chin Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:16:19 +0000 http://www.thehardwarereviews.com/linksys-nas-200/#comment-2386 Yes the NAS 200 is cheap, easy to install and setup, but is terribly, terribly slow. I copied my video folder of 360GB to the Nas200, and it took one whole day and night! I also copied a folder from my iMac to the Nas200, but I cannot see any files from the iMac - although folder info says 39GB has been used. I can see the files from my PC though. Any suggestions, or omissions from my setup? Yes the NAS 200 is cheap, easy to install and setup, but is terribly, terribly slow. I copied my video folder of 360GB to the Nas200, and it took one whole day and night!

I also copied a folder from my iMac to the Nas200, but I cannot see any files from the iMac – although folder info says 39GB has been used. I can see the files from my PC though. Any suggestions, or omissions from my setup?

]]> By: imvp http://www.digitgeek.com/linksys-nas-200/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 imvp Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:25:40 +0000 http://www.thehardwarereviews.com/linksys-nas-200/#comment-1152 The disk is actually formated with Linux file system ext2/ext3; which is much better than NTFS or FAT from Windows because it doesn't require disk defragmentation over time. Now, the transfer speed, I'm getting about 3 MB/s doing ftp. I hope that Linksys can improve the speed through firmware upgrade. This speed is nowhere close to HD streaming requirement. The disk is actually formated with Linux file system ext2/ext3; which is much better than NTFS or FAT from Windows because it doesn’t require disk defragmentation over time. Now, the transfer speed, I’m getting about 3 MB/s doing ftp. I hope that Linksys can improve the speed through firmware upgrade. This speed is nowhere close to HD streaming requirement.

]]> By: Frank http://www.digitgeek.com/linksys-nas-200/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Frank Wed, 14 May 2008 02:47:43 +0000 http://www.thehardwarereviews.com/linksys-nas-200/#comment-741 I have purchased this about 2 weeks now. Contrary to the speed "problems" I find that the unit performs very much on par with my HP proliants also running @ 10/100. A speed test with 5 files equaling 5 GB, is NOT a proper test. Those files are just too big. For comparison it took a HP proliant DL380 to HP proliant DL380 transfer at 10//100 speeds over 6 hours to move 7GB of data, but each file was a half GB or more. (web log files). The OS on this device is a form of Linux with about 32 MB of RAM. For a SERVER that has authentication, private/public folders this is CHEAP. Throw in Media server, FTP, HTTP, and other goddies, and the unit seems pretty unbeatable. I have purchased this about 2 weeks now. Contrary to the speed “problems” I find that the unit performs very much on par with my HP proliants also running @ 10/100. A speed test with 5 files equaling 5 GB, is NOT a proper test. Those files are just too big. For comparison it took a HP proliant DL380 to HP proliant DL380 transfer at 10//100 speeds over 6 hours to move 7GB of data, but each file was a half GB or more. (web log files).
The OS on this device is a form of Linux with about 32 MB of RAM. For a SERVER that has authentication, private/public folders this is CHEAP. Throw in Media server, FTP, HTTP, and other goddies, and the unit seems pretty unbeatable.

]]> By: Steve Berry http://www.digitgeek.com/linksys-nas-200/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Steve Berry Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:49:29 +0000 http://www.thehardwarereviews.com/linksys-nas-200/#comment-558 I purchased one about 3 weeks ago, and everything in the above article is true. It is inexpensive and seems reliable. I have not located the automatic backup software yet. Had some trouble with the password to configure, but fixed that with a reset. Very SLOW! 14GB data took 4 1/2 hours to transfer. Probably going to unload it and buy a real NAS in the near future, but budget wise its great. Steve Berry Battery Universe I purchased one about 3 weeks ago, and everything in the above article is true. It is inexpensive and seems reliable. I have not located the automatic backup software yet. Had some trouble with the password to configure, but fixed that with a reset. Very SLOW! 14GB data took 4 1/2 hours to transfer. Probably going to unload it and buy a real NAS in the near future, but budget wise its great.

Steve Berry
Battery Universe

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