Hi .. Iam after an ICYBOX NAS4220-B external caddy ... does anyone know any computer shops in sheffield that may have them ..?

Thanx

Col..

You'd be lucky, if you find any kind of hard drive caddies in any PC shop they'd be more likely to be USB.

This is the one iam wanting ... ICYBOX (http://www.nanopoint.co.uk/en/pages/products/external-cases_list.php?we_objectID=2878)

Col ..

I know what it is, you ain't going to find one in any old PC shop in Sheffield, & not in any that caters for the home market.

If you really can't order online for some reason your best bet would be seeing if one of these (http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&q=NAS4220&scoring=p) places has a trade counter.

If you really want a NAS box today I've got a couple of slightly sworn-at Netgear SC101's you could have pretty cheaply, but they're absolute crap on anything other than a Windows network.

LambdaTek do I believe.

Theres a local Computer shop here in Barnsley that sells them but when i called he said he had a recall on his last lot ..something to do with wrong fuses in them .. but he says he wont be getting anymore until next week ... Just wondered if anywhere in Sheffield had any ..

Col ..

LambdaTek do I believe.

Thanx .. i will give them a try tomorrow ...

Col ..

I know what it is, you ain't going to find one in any old PC shop in Sheffield, & not in any that caters for the home market.

If you really can't order online for some reason your best bet would be seeing if one of these (http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&q=NAS4220&scoring=p) places has a trade counter.

If you really want a NAS box today I've got a couple of slightly sworn-at Netgear SC101's you could have pretty cheaply, but they're absolute crap on anything other than a Windows network.

Hiya .. i looked at the SC101's before i decided on the ICYBOX .. but read alot of problems on the web about them ..

Col ...

I got mine from Scan.co.uk, as they were honestly the cheapest! Even after delivery it was about a tenner difference from the nearest competitor.

If you do buy one, make sure it has a 3amp fuse, as some were shipped with 5amp ones, which is bad and wrong.

I've got to admit, it's a nifty piece of kit. Bit noisy at times, though. Still, it's in my office and not my bedroom, so the general hustle and bustle of the working day covers it up.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions!

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions!

This offer will be used in full matey ... :D

Should hopefully have one next week ... what HDDs do you have in yours ..?

Thanx

Col ..

Are IcyBox after IcyDock's market with that name? Made in China, so probably!

I'm getting one of these IcyDock eSata units. They also do NAS units.
http://www.fatmac.co.uk/stores/mb561-white.html

This offer will be used in full matey ... :D

Should hopefully have one next week ... what HDDs do you have in yours ..?

Thanx

Col ..

2 500gb Western Digital (code ends AAKS - they're not actually designed for RAID but work very well). There's a wiki (http://en.nas-4220.org/index.php/Main_Page)for the Icybox that lists the recommended drives and some other bits and pieces.

Oh, and the drives will need to be formatted as ext3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3), but this is a good thing. This threw me initially as it only gave me ext3, ext2 or FAT as options. Thankfully it all works like a dream....