Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
14-07-2014, 16:53
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
But you don't need USB to use a NAS, it's attached to the network.
NAS = Network Attached Storage.
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14-07-2014, 19:33
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
To use a NAS you really need to connect via a Cat5/6 cable
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14-07-2014, 22:25
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
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... but is the non-working USB port 2.0 or 3.0?
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It doesn't matter as it's not active. May as well stand for UselesSBus.
It's 2.0, FWIW.
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15-07-2014, 01:43
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
Just out of curiosity, any ideas why they deactivated the USB socket? Seems like it would have been a fair "selling point".
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15-07-2014, 09:10
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
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Originally Posted by Milambar
Just out of curiosity, any ideas why they deactivated the USB socket? Seems like it would have been a fair "selling point".
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But open up a whole new can of worms for the Support Desk ..... 
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15-07-2014, 14:45
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
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That's pretty much the definition of any NAS device on the planet.
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Truth..
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15-07-2014, 17:00
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
A little NAS like the Synology or Qnap models will do the trick. They are simple and do the job.
If you have a computer that is always turned on, then you could just use windows sharing to share a folder on it. Should be able to do this with any usb connected drive, although it's not something I have tried.
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15-07-2014, 19:08
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
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Originally Posted by Milambar
Just out of curiosity, any ideas why they deactivated the USB socket? Seems like it would have been a fair "selling point".
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Thats why you buy a seperate Router and you can control it your way,
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15-07-2014, 20:49
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
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Originally Posted by Milambar
Just out of curiosity, any ideas why they deactivated the USB socket? Seems like it would have been a fair "selling point".
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Speed.
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18-07-2014, 22:47
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
I have got a Seagate NAS and a Buffalo Terastation, I defo prefer the Buffalo.
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19-07-2014, 10:20
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
Does any NAS get anywhere near 1Gbps write transfer speed?
What are the constraints? Like is Windows 7 a serious constraint?
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19-07-2014, 10:52
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
Mine read around 97MB/sec and write between 55-63. If i send a tonne of stuff across in one go it normally flattens out at 55.
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20-07-2014, 20:23
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
Mine gets 10Gbps write transfer speed, but being mine, it's basically cheating.
Windows 7 isn't a constraint, quite the opposite, Windows 7 contains new high-throughput features that most NAS devices don't support.
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22-07-2014, 13:47
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
Mine was a shock compared to my old Windows Home Server I built on an HP Server.
The replacement NAS is nowhere near as fast, in fact with a large number of small files, it's pretty poor. Can't remember the figures off the top of my head, but it's not great.
However, the upside is the electric bill 
I really didn't realise how much the WHS was costing to run 24X7 ......... the NAS is very, very economical in comparison.
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22-07-2014, 14:04
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Re: Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2
How much did you figure it was running, adduxi?
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