Recently got my hands on a Buffalo CloudStor.

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dave April 07, 2011

Recently got my hands on a Buffalo CloudStor.

It's basically a NAS with options to access all your content anywhere via an internet connection. Let me know if you have any questions about it!

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StevenWay 2011-04-08 14:14:24

So is it something like a slingbox, or does it access cloud storage services?

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dave 2011-04-08 14:37:03

It's more like a Slingbox since all the storage is actually on the device itself (I have a 2TB drive inside). The device itself runs a server that I can access via apps on my iPhone or iPad, or through the web via Pogoplug's website. Providing you have a decent broadband connection, the speed isn't too bad when accessing your data remotely.

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frankspin 2011-04-08 18:22:09

Transfer speeds

Often these pre-built NAS boxes have poor speed performance due to the firmware.

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dave 2011-04-08 19:40:10

Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on, but it's plugged into a gigabit ethernet switch and the transfer speeds are still excruciatingly slow. It's taking me forever to backup some of my older external USB drives.

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ArmpitOfDeath 2011-04-09 07:51:08

The speed of the network is irrelevant - I think a lot of people make the error of thinking because it has a gigabit port, it'll do gigabit wire speeds. Look at the pathetic throughput of the gigabit-socketed Time Crapsule for example.
The speed is dependent on the CPU and networking hardware onboard the NAS.

The Cloudstor isn't exactly a speed demon in those respects, and is further limited by the additional processing it does. Looky here: www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/31467-new-...

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frankspin 2011-04-09 12:51:07

Good call on smallnetbuilder, I always forget about that site.

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dave 2011-04-11 13:45:03

"The speed is dependent on the CPU and networking hardware onboard the NAS."

Yeah, that's a good point and something I didn't initially consider. The extra processing and indexing of metadata is nice, but it makes the performance of this device just painful. I spent the entire weekend trying to backup my old hard drive (~320GB). After running for 48 hours, it's only 50% done.

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