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Building a NAS Device w/ Embedded OS?

Posted by Cliff on from the when-off-the-shelf-just-isn't-good-enough dept.

An Anonymous Coward asks: "I've been thinking about building a NAS device similar to the Quantum Snap Server Has anyone come across anyone else working on a similar project? One that at the very least uses a small integrated board and some sort of embedded OS? Ive seen several systems that run a full Linux OS and separate boot hard drives, but this solution seems a bit too bulky for whats really required. Something that features a FTP/HTTP/SMB interface would be pretty slick!"

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  1. Microware by gerardrj · · Score: 4, Informative

    Microware's OS-9 is an ideal solution for such a project. The OS will run in a few K of RAM and has complete network stacks as I recall.
    THe OS runs on most chips from 6809(68K now) onward.

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