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Budget NAS Solutions?

Posted by Cliff on from the network-storage-at-a-decent-price dept.

DeliBoy asks: "After getting tired of the noisy power-sucking IBM PC Server 325 that I've been using as a JBOD server, I've decided to purchase a small network disk. Specificially, I'm looking at the Buffalo HD-HG300LAN. With FTP, a USB print server, and expandibility options, this unit looks very attractive. I was wondering what other NAS solutions Slashdot readers were purchasing for their home or small office. Is there anything better out there for around the same price?"

3 of 35 comments (clear)

  1. Linksys NSLU2 ... by Kormac · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It even runs Linux! (and is hackable to have it do all kinds of extra stuff)

    http://www.nslu2-linux.org/

    Kormac

  2. "Silent Internal Fan." by Tim+Browse · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Silent Internal Fan. Not.

    I have a 160Gb Linkstation, and while it's great for what I use it for, it's certainly not silent. It's not loud, but it's louder than I expected. Given the fan was described as 'silent', that is. No way is it silent.

    Apart from that, though, it 'just works'. Which is nice.

  3. Re:Infrant ReadyNAS by ErikZ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I just ordered the readyNAS X6 this week. The selling points were:
    Raid-5
    X-RAID
    and an a salesman from the company that hung out on our Audio-video board, answered our questions, sent ideas to the engineers (Which were sometimes implemented!) and acted the complete opposite of a company PR hack.

    I bought the ReadyNAS because I think that sort of thing should be rewarded.

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