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Best Home Network NAS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-wants-one dept.

jammerjam writes "My WD 120GB drive got its MBR scrambled so it no longer mounts in my W*ndoze box (I can recover the data so I know that's intact). But now that's made me realize I need to implement my data backup plan. Scouring the Internet I can't find a reliable resource for home NAS solutions. For every positive review I can find a negative that refutes it. My first choice from what I found starts at $1200...I've got $500. Anyone have a suggestion? I'm not looking for enterprise-level storage here — but I do want reliability."

4 of 802 comments (clear)

  1. Re:OpenFiler by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Get a real raid card not a software one good hard ones cost $250 - $1000

  2. Re:OpenFiler by magarity · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd tell her to get a Civic instead of a Yugo. RAID cards can cost thousands if you want to go nuts; the GP only recommending starting at $200 which is hardly unreasonable. Chill out.

  3. Re:OpenFiler by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you're going to use used parts then why not go all the way? Assume you can get a used RAID card for $25 at a flea market and used drives for $20 each. Don't forget to chase the roaches out first.

  4. Re:Build / buy a Windows Home Server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck off somewhere else, you fucking cretin.