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Buffalo's New NAS RAID-5 Box is iPhone Compatible Too
Posted by Kit Eaton at 6:27 PM on September 3, 2008
Buffalo has come up with a new network accessible storage system which not only hangs onto up to 4TB of your files but is also Time Machine and iPhone compatible. OK, so this last bit is over a dedicated web access system and the phone can't save the files, but it can view the contents of music, photo and video files. The LS-QL/R5's 13 x 18 x 22cm box can fit in up to four 3.5-inch drives, has a RAID-5 option, Gigabit Ethernet, a DLNA server and is due in late September for US$560 for a 1TB version, around US$710 for 2TB and US$1,300 for 4TB. [PCWatch]
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sirwebster
Posted 7:46 PM 3/9/08
is anything not iPhone compatible now? next thing you know they'll be making my fridge iPhone compatible, oh wait...
sirwebster
Zargon
Posted 8:08 PM 3/9/08
There's a market out there for Ipod pacemakers.
Zargon
cobaltage
Posted 10:15 PM 3/9/08
@Zargon: It's about time we put the controls for pacemakers in the hands of our iPhone using patients.
cobaltage
robpruitt
Posted 10:34 PM 3/9/08
Network Admins don't use iPhones, as their security isn't worth shit at this point. They use Blackberry's.
robpruitt
strider_mt2k
Posted 10:28 PM 3/9/08
Here is your compatibility sir.
Oh, and it comes with a free bowl of caveats, just for your pleasure!
strider_mt2k
dagwud
Posted 10:21 PM 3/9/08
I, for one, welcome our iPhone using, pacemaker controlling evil overlords.
dagwud
OtterKing
Posted 11:23 PM 3/9/08
The iPhone compatibility gimmick is really a decoy for the fact that this is a raid 5 box with FOUR slots. FAIL.
OtterKing
iphone4y
Posted 7:19 PM 3/9/08
there are also qnap devices... they have an itunes server...
www.iphone4y.com
iphone4y
godwhacker
Posted 12:35 AM 4/9/08
@strider_mt2k:
mmmm, yummy,yummy caveats
godwhacker
UofITom
Posted 12:43 AM 4/9/08
Not available empty, eh... sucks.
UofITom
TysonEdwards
Posted 1:12 AM 4/9/08
@OtterKing: RAID-5 is a Striping RAID Configuration in which there is full parity of all data. It is done so that you can build large storage arrays without needing full duplication while still gaining the benefits offered through striping data across the disks, in turn giving you both the size and speed benefits. RAID-5's size is calculated as N - 1, or the Number of Disks -1 Disk for parity data. In a RAID-5 Array, you can loose one drive while still keeping the array "intact", although in a degraded state so that you are alerted to replace the failed drive.
TysonEdwards
Bluesk1d
Posted 1:04 AM 4/9/08
@OtterKing: Whats wrong with 4 slots? RAID-5 doesnt refer to the number of drives if thats where you were going with that. That thing is perfect for home use. If it thing doesnt suck (and you can get it without any drives), Id be interested.
Bluesk1d
jimtravis
Posted 3:12 AM 4/9/08
Although the device sounds interesting, the ability to stream videos, photos, etc. from a NAS to mobile devices is not new. I regularly stream video to WM2003SE, WM5, WM6 devices and several Archos 605's from a 2003 era NAS. I also have the option of saving the videos, etc. on the mobile devices. It may be a new feature for the iPhone, but has been available in other platforms for years.
jimtravis
JEmlay
Posted 4:20 AM 4/9/08
@iphone4y:
Too bad QNAP is absolute garbage that can not be trusted.
After I sell my POS TS-201 to some sucker on eBay I'll add this new buffalo device to my list of possible new NAS'.
So that makes two now, a Netgear DUO or this Buffalo.
JEmlay