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See this one.
You can buy it with $160.
http://supertank.iodata.jp/products/sotohdlwu/

CPU: SH-4/266MHz
DRAM: 64MB
NIC: 100BASE-TX (Realtek)
USB: 2.0 x2 (NEC)
SerialConsoleCable: (not include. extention$33)
HDD: 3.5 ATA HDD x2 (not include)
OS: Debian GNU/Linux SH (iohack version)
kernel: 2.4.21
daemons: mt-daapd, akaDAV, vsftpd, wizd,
mdnsresopnder, telnetd

Web reviews (Japanese)
http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/column/jisakuparts/023/
http://bb.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/special/10056.ht ml
http://bb.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/special/10074.ht ml

Well, they're overpriced for UXGA resolution. But, there are a couple of models at least smaller than 20".

I-O Data has a 15" UXGA (92000 yen - about $900) http://www.iodata.jp/prod/display/lcd/2004/lcd-ad1 52u/index.htm

And here's a Planar 19" http://store.salestores.com/plct19uxaclc.html

No put you can raid 5 with some USB harddrives and convert it to a LAN drive.
I not sure if this has performance enough for you but you can then put a WIFI at the back and have a network raid 5 server ;)

http://www.iodata.jp/prod/storage/hdd/2004/usl-5p/ index.htm
Sorry this in Japanese only.

Lars

Then why does it clearly say 1.2TB on the front of the case?

I'm sure you already knew this, but obviously they figured it looks the same as an older model of the same line, seen here: http://www.iodata.jp/news/2004/12/hdz-ue.htm You can also see how much you save by going for four 300MB drives (over $600 saved), or four 250MB drives (nearly $1900 saved) on that page.

.. and happy about it. Although it won't play wmv9 and divx/xvid encoded with q-pixels enabled. And no USB connection.
old model page: http://www.iodata.jp/prod/multimedia/video/2003/av lp1dvd/index.htm
and other than the included software, you can use Uzuhttp://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Cupert ino/2647/ as a lighter drop-in replacement, with a lot of customization options.

I know this isn't *exactly* what you're talking about but this is close enough
2x2.5" drives + a raid controller in the space of a 3.5" drive.
english gizmodo.com link here

These are laptop IDE drives though, so imagine them with the SCSI drives!

I have the IO DATA AVELink player, which is a custom OEMed Momitsu for the Japanese market (main difference is wired ethernet, no SCART, but a D4 japanese-market digital video connector). Been running it in wired mode, though I could pop in a wireless card (but when I built the house I did put a cat5 jack on the same wallplate as my antenna jacks).

The AVELink (and presumably any of the ones tracable back to Momitsu) hasn't had problems playing any video I've thrown at it.

Nice thing is that IO DATA has a little NAS that they developed themselves (SH2 embedded linux actually, although I cannot find any information on getting any GPL-required code changes) which has the server-side streamer code that works with it, so I have a nice near-silent storage box for this with plenty of disk space (300gb in the NAS itself and you can add on 2 USB2 external devices)

As a note, the server-side of most of these is just a webserver running on port 8000, support for wake on lan, and in some cases a uPnP responder program. There are several open source alternatives out there. An example

I have the IO DATA AVELink player, which is a custom OEMed Momitsu for the Japanese market (main difference is wired ethernet, no SCART, but a D4 japanese-market digital video connector). Been running it in wired mode, though I could pop in a wireless card (but when I built the house I did put a cat5 jack on the same wallplate as my antenna jacks).

The AVELink (and presumably any of the ones tracable back to Momitsu) hasn't had problems playing any video I've thrown at it.

Nice thing is that IO DATA has a little NAS that they developed themselves (SH2 embedded linux actually, although I cannot find any information on getting any GPL-required code changes) which has the server-side streamer code that works with it, so I have a nice near-silent storage box for this with plenty of disk space (300gb in the NAS itself and you can add on 2 USB2 external devices)

As a note, the server-side of most of these is just a webserver running on port 8000, support for wake on lan, and in some cases a uPnP responder program. There are several open source alternatives out there. An example

Then you should check out the IOData or Buffalo products. I have the former, which plays everything thrown at it. It supports RTSP so I imagine third-party servers would work. I wouldn't recommend the IOData because, although it's Region 2, it doesn't play Region 0. It's not made by IOData, of course: some of the more exotic error messages are still in English. It also responds sluggishly to the remote. Since you're in Japan, you know you can get a Cyberhome DVD player for next to nothing that will play all regions, right? Nowt wrong with having more than one DVD player.

You bought it in Japan, then?

Apparently, "AirPort" as a trademark for wireless networking was already in use by IO DATA, so Apple had to use a different name.

On the plus side, all 14 channels are allowed in Japan (13 in Europe, 11 in US/Canada, 4 in France), so my AirMac card in my iBook will work anywhere.