It supports JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) and RAID 0. The board has a mini-PCI connector for expansion. Sure you may use original Pogoplug device to share HDD content in the local network. The NAS Reference Design supports up to four SATA drives in addition to eSATA and USB devices. For the $99 you can get FreeAgent DockStar plus one year of Pogoplug remote access and sharing service ($29).
#DOCKSTAR NAS PORTABLE#
It’s a dock-station for FreeAgent Go portable HDD with Pogoplug NAS capabilities. Taking into account the price, offered functionality and the original idea for storage FreeAgent Theater+ can be success competitor for networked media players on the market.Īnother new product from Seagate is FreeAgent DockStar. The FreeAgent Theater+ Wireless Adapter is expected to be available in October as a separate accessory through for $69.99. The bundle player plus 500Gb FreeAgent Go costs $289.99. The Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ is already available at $149.99. The player for consumers offers a simple and intuitive user interface.
#DOCKSTAR NAS 1080P#
Sure it supports all known media formats and containers as many networked media players as well as 1080p HD video, DTS 2.0 + Digital Out or Dolby Digital technology. FreeAgent Theater+ has not only HDMI output but Ethernet port and ability to wireless connection to the LAN using USB WiFi adapter. It took 9 monthes to produce improved version of FreeAgent Theater. I am a complete newb, so this process would have to be fairly straightforward. I was wondering if I could take it and my USB external HDD (which is where my librarys currently stored), and set up a standalone server so that I could listen to my tunes w/out the PC running. But it had one big disadvantage – missed HDMI output. I have absolutely no experience using NAS, but I saw this little puppy on Woot. Especially for non-geek people who don’t want to spend their time to setup Popcorn Hour or HTPC. If you want to turn a USB hard drive into a cheap and easy network attached storage unit, Seagate's new DockStar does the trick.The company's first consumer NAS offering is built to hold a. Out of the box, if you connect the DockStar to your network, it will retrieve firmware updates and disable ssh on the device. This also frees up mtd3 for installing other things, like maybe a very small 219 MB Linux installation.
#DOCKSTAR NAS UPDATE#
I already wrote about Seagate’s FreeAgent Theater – media player with dock for FreeAgent Go portable HDD. So a one-time update to mtd0 sounds more reasonable. But the hardware and software quality cannot be inexpensive.
It isn’t so cheap as DLink devices, for example. The Synology NAS DS211+ is available now for about $400.
#DOCKSTAR NAS INSTALL#
Using additional packages from Synology it’ll be possible to install Squeezebox Server, Webalizer or phpMyAdmin. A 1.6GHz processor and 512MB RAM should be enough to have a good performance for UPnP or Samba services. Additionally it sports gigabit Ethernet, three USB and one eSata ports. The DS211+ supports two 3.5″ hot-swappable hard drives with summary capacity up to 6TB. I have DLink DNS-321 and the noise produced its small fan is really annoying. Its noise level is just about 20 dB(A) thanks to a 92mm low-rotation fan. Its new NAS DS211+ has a few very good features which distinguish it from many other similar devices. So, many companies offer their solution for SOHO segment. Its price is going down while the amount of media content is going up. You cannot delete your posts in this forumĬontact Us :: On Facebook :: On Twitter :: On Youtube :: Newsletter :: RSS Feed :: FAQ :: Links :: Sponsors :: Privacy PolicyĬopyright © 2000 - 2018 Bigbruin.Today NAS isn’t something unattainable for home users. It is extremely easy to setup and configure, and anybody that can follow simple instructions should be able to use it. Toss in the capability of using the PogoPlug online service, and the DockStar becomes even more valuable for the average consumer. As a simple NAS device allowing you to connect up to four USB hard drives to your network, the Seagate DockStar shines.
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