The possibilities are only bounded by your imagination. I plan to buy a bunch of these and build some sort of super cheap SAN. If you wish to follow my steps, here are some instructions on installing Openwrt on a Dockstar. Openwrt is a very light, simple, linux distro, designed for embedded systems and routers. The stock OS is indeed Ubuntu 9.04, however my OS of choice for this hardware is OpenWRT. Now, there are lots of distros, not too many that support the ARM processor.
#Dockstar nas serial#
Here are some instructions to hook up a serial port to the Seagate Dockstar. To hack this thing, all you need to do is connect to its internal serial port. They are designed to provide local as well as cloud. Now the next question, what Linux distro should we use, and how does one go about installing it? After all, there is no keyboard ports, no display, no cdrom drive. CloudEngine's Pogoplug and Seagate's DockStar are NAS (network attached storage) boxes that provide file sharing over a LAN or the Internet. Lose your P4 electricity guzzler and stick this on your shelf with some harddrives plugged into it. How much would you pay for such a neat little device? $100? $120? What if I told you that this device is ~$35. It can share files, serve media, be a router, make backups for you, host a lamp stack, be a mail server, etc. What if I told you there was a computer out there, a small one, with gigabit ethernet, 4 USB 2.0 ports, runs on 5 watts, and serves as a great NAS (network attached storage) for your home. And it has two USB ports more.The Seagate Dockstar: A Very Cool Linux Device But FreeAgent DockStar is more suitable for FreeAgent Go owners. Sure you may use original Pogoplug device to share HDD content in the local network. 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. But it had one big disadvantage – missed HDMI output. Especially for non-geek people who don’t want to spend their time to setup Popcorn Hour or HTPC. I already wrote about Seagate’s FreeAgent Theater – media player with dock for FreeAgent Go portable HDD. 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.
Today NAS isn’t something unattainable for home users.
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