kidlat020 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 http://www.corsair.com/voyager-air I'm pretty excited about this but there's no price listed there. I'm thinking of using this for my LAN shop business and get rid of RAID based server PC. since it streams quite powerful I think this is a great alternative to RAIDs. so again, how much? and will this be cheaper in terms of electric bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Pricing is $199 for 500GB models and $229 for 1TB models. Source: Forbes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlat020 Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 wow that's actually cheap. for someone who'd use this as a substitute for RAID server PCs meant for LANshops / internet cafe. I wouldn't need the wireless feature but damn that's still cheap. Will this be available in my country (Philippines)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Technobeard Posted February 9, 2013 Administrators Share Posted February 9, 2013 Forbes is listing different information than the press release. http://www.corsair.com/en/pressrelease/corsair-unveils-voyager-air-first-all-in-one-wireless-mobile-drive-and-home-network-attached-storage Voyager Air will be available beginning early February from Corsair’s worldwide network of resellers and distributors. They will be available in 500GB and 1TB capacities with each being available in glossy red and soft-touch grey. Suggested retail pricing is $179.99 for 500GB models and $219.99 for 1TB models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlat020 Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 One last question... How much is the data transfer rate of voyager air when connected wirely to networked computers? I have 20 PCs in my net cafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Technobeard Posted February 9, 2013 Administrators Share Posted February 9, 2013 I take it you mean wirelessly? The press release says 802.11n/b/g, but of course it's a HDD and not an SSD, so it would depend on how many are connecting and what they're using it for. What is your end goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlat020 Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 My end goal is to try voyager air as a "tool" to change my net cafe from the usual individual HDD per client PC into a diskless net cafe. That is, connect the voyager air to the router, then the 20 PCs will connect to the voyager air acting as their HDD. One last question again: is voyager air's build based on mechanical spinning HDD or SSD? and can it work as a network BOOTABLE drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlat020 Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 bumping for answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Technobeard Posted February 13, 2013 Administrators Share Posted February 13, 2013 It's a standard hard drive. Theoretically it could work as a network bootable drive, but running 20 pcs like that, you'd have to be using the gigabit connection, and for optimization it would have to be a small linux image. Personally I'd recommend something built for a task like that, e.g. a NAS from Synology, QNAP, or a FreeNAS system, etc. Alternatively you could just boot from a USB stick and run Windows 8, linux, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlat020 Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Could someone link me to any tutorials about how to setup a diskless net cafe / LAN shop? I'm a complete noob about this for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Ask over at Petri (link in my sig). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlat020 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Just in case you guys missed because I wanted to be sure Voyager air has an RJ45 slot that can connect to the router/switch, right? which then I could theoretically use it as a network bootable drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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