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External storage by CanadianOriginal on 11-04-2008 at 02:30 AM
I'm looking for an external hard drive enclosure that has RJ45 and USB connectivity that can be used simultaneously. I have one from Eagle that has both ports, but I can only use one at a time. I would prefer one that supports both SATA and IDE, but if I can't get that, then I'll live. The USB/RJ45 part is more critical.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
RE: External storage by ShawnZ on 11-04-2008 at 02:51 AM
why do you need both? 
RE: RE: External storage by CanadianOriginal on 11-04-2008 at 02:55 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
why do you need both?
I need the RJ45 to use the drive as NAS (Network Attached Storage), and I need the USB port to hook it up to an FTA satellite receiver I have to use its PVR function. That way, I can record my shows, and stream them or burn them from any PC on the network.
RE: External storage by albert on 11-04-2008 at 04:22 AM
I would honestly be surprised to see both USB and network working at the same time.. Logically, if you're writing with network you shouldn't simultaneously be able to read somewhere else..
RE: External storage by Voldemort on 11-04-2008 at 04:50 AM
quote:usb*, pirate!
Originally posted by CanadianOriginal
I need the RJ45 port to hook it up to an FTA satellite receiver
RE: RE: External storage by CanadianOriginal on 11-04-2008 at 04:57 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Voldemort
quote:usb*, pirate!
Originally posted by CanadianOriginal
I need the RJ45 port to hook it up to an FTA satellite receiver
Updated!
RE: External storage by Voldemort on 11-07-2008 at 01:33 AM
so, what FTA?
RE: External storage by RaceProUK on 11-07-2008 at 06:42 PM
quote:How's that different to accessing a regular server? After all, the hard drive still has to queue and cache reads and writes the same way.
Originally posted by albert
I would honestly be surprised to see both USB and network working at the same time.. Logically, if you're writing with network you shouldn't simultaneously be able to read somewhere else..
RE: External storage by Jarrod on 11-12-2008 at 03:12 AM
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=374
i think it's eveything you wanted
RE: External storage by Dr4g0n on 11-12-2008 at 02:58 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Jarrod
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=374
i think it's eveything you wanted
This doesn't have RJ45?
RE: RE: External storage by djdannyp on 11-12-2008 at 03:45 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Jarrod
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=374
i think it's eveything you wanted
* djdannyp drools
been wanting one of those ever since i first saw it......ended up getting a 750GB seagate instead (cos there was a fuck-off huge sale on them at maplin)
bit wierd that it doesn't have ethernet when it's one of its main boasts is being a network drive......seems a bit dicky connecting via usb when you consider the relative transfer speeds of usb and ethernet
oh well
RE: External storage by Voldemort on 11-12-2008 at 10:43 PM
so what fta rec. do you have?
RE: External storage by Jarrod on 11-13-2008 at 02:27 AM
quote:my mistake my mate told me it did, is there one on the wd site that does?
Originally posted by Dr4g0n
quote:
Originally posted by Jarrod
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=374
i think it's eveything you wanted
This doesn't have RJ45?
i did say 'i think' cos i didn't check weather it had Ethernet
RE: External storage by wj on 11-13-2008 at 07:12 PM
Yes, it's similar to a server, but the problem is you'll end up with two devices trying to manage the writes. You wont find one that will work because when you have the drive connected via USB, it acts like a local drive with the host machine wanting to do direct writes to it (in this case your reciever). When you are using the NAS it wants to act as the controling host. The enclosure is not setup for that kind of activity.
RE: External storage by Jarrod on 11-14-2008 at 10:41 AM
i found the right one this time, but i'm not sure if it will work the way you want it too
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=501&language=en
and it's bigger that a conventional external hard drive
but
quote:
Performance Specifications
Serial Transfer Rate
USB 2.0
Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mbits/s (Max)
Transfer Rates
Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mb/s capable