NAS Drive Compatibility with NAS Enclosures

[squabbi]

Hey guys!

I just wanted to know if some enclosures have a minimum hard disk requirement? I'm looking at one of these NAS drives: http://www.mwave.com.au/hdds/nas-hdd-sata?sortid=1&display=list and I'm currently looking at one of these enclosures:

http://www.mwave.com.au/product/lacie-diskless-2big-2-bay-gigabit-nas-enclosure-arm-2ghz-cpu-2000345-aa38019#detailTabs=tabSpecifications

Does this one have any issues with hard drive capacity? Like minimum HD capacity? I understand that it has a 8TB limit.

http://www.mwave.com.au/product/dlink-dns320l-sharecenter-2bay-cloud-network-storage-enclosure-nas-aa38040#detailTabs=tabSpecifications

The above D-Link one states that it requires drives of 3TB and beyond, in total capacity or individual drives? 2x2TB or 1x3TB drive?

Thanks for your time!

 

[kanewolf]

The Dlink NAS units are OK at best. The performance is not very good. That model is a 3 year old design. I would recommend you look at the low end models from Qnap, Thecus or Synology. They will be more expensive, but the firmware/OS is updated and performance is higher.