Router with USB storage for large HDD

[The Gonz]

I am looking at two wireless routers currently

ASUS RT-N16
Linksys E3000-RM

Does either of them support large HDD. I have an external 4-bay RAID 5 enclosure (4.5 TB usable space) I would like to connect through USB to the router and host the files on it.

I can't find any data from either router if they can support this so I thought I would ask.

If not, please recommend a router that would support it. Thank you.

 

[The Gonz]

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[damacus]

I've never heard anyone say anything good about the data storage features of any commodity router. Most of them seem to cap out around 10-15MB/sec xfer rate, and I have no clue the maximum volume size they support. I've also heard complaints about stability / consistency issues, and directory listing/indexing speeds. Overall, screw that.

If you want to do it fairly inexpensively and with a low heat / power requirement, I'd run something like OpenFiler on one of these, and share out your RAID through it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167041

If you really need the box to also be a router, you could investigate to see if some of the UNIX routers (theres a sticky thread) support samba sharing. I know ClarkConnect stuff does. Assume others do also.