Budget NAS Solutions? 35
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?"
Re:NAS? (Score:1)
I'm all for explaining acronyms where appropriate, but really, some are common place enough that you just got to assume that your average reader of this site will know what you are talking about. If someone posts about an Automated Teller Machine, I expect them to just use ATM without spelling it out (though this case might require the
Overheating an issue (Score:3, Informative)
Most do FTP, some do SSH. Watch out for overheating and buggy Samba installations.
Re:Overheating an issue (Score:1)
All do FTP, SSH, Samba, HTTP, VPN, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Routing, Bridging and what-have-you if you install Debian [nslu2-linux.org] on them... :)
;))
Also, the devices themselves are totally silent, so if you get a near-silent harddisc enclosure you won't hear them, either...
(Okay, maybe "playing DVDs" or "doing heavy-duty audio-work" isn't an option... but with an USB sound card you could even use them as audio players...
np: Metro Area - Orange Al
Linksys NSLU2 ... (Score:3, Interesting)
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ [nslu2-linux.org]
Kormac
Re:Linksys NSLU2 ... (Score:3, Interesting)
Mine handles my NFS storage needs, receives e-mail for a few domains (with qmail), and hosts my website which runs from Apache and a perl-based CMS I am writing. With mod_perl there are no performance issues at all, at least for the minimal traffic I receive.
The disadvantage of using this
Re:Linksys NSLU2 ... (Score:2, Interesting)
Not true. With the big endian OpenDebianSlug, you can use the openslug kernel together with all the packages out of the Debonaras repository (which is growing every day) *AND* the onboard ethernet. [nslu2-linux.org]
It's just that big endian Debian for ARM (ARCH=armeb) isn't a official Debian architecture - yet
Re:Linksys NSLU2 ... (Score:2)
"Silent Internal Fan." (Score:4, Interesting)
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.
Why not build your own? (Score:3, Informative)
You can get a 400G HD [softghost.com] for about $190 and a P4 combo board [memoryexpousa.com] for about $160.
Install slackware [slackware.org] and you're ready to rock and roll.
Good luck.
Re: (Score:1)
Infrant ReadyNAS (Score:2)
However, I'd think you could get a cheaper and more capable setup by building a low-power *nix system with a quiet case. If you have the e
Re:Infrant ReadyNAS (Score:4, Interesting)
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.
Convert the Buffallo to Kuro Box! (Score:2)
http://penguinppc.org/embedded/kuro/ [penguinppc.org]
More than you asked for... (Score:2)
Sounds Familiar.... (Score:3, Informative)
I have done DIY and bought a rig from eRacks & am happy with both.
Re:Sounds Familiar.... (Score:2)
Re:Sounds Familiar.... (Score:2)
I personally preferred having a standard rack-mountable server which didn't have proprietary software. The best "bang for my buck" a year ago was, as mentio
NSLU2 (Score:2)
Re:NSLU2 (Score:1)
Re:NSLU2 (Score:1)
I'm glad I replaced the old PC with this little device.
First it meets the usual set of goodness:
- No fans
- Can be put anywhere due to its (relatively) tiny size
- Quiet
- Much lower power usage
The 32MB of RAM sounds like a limitation at first, but I'd have to say its doing just fine.
I'm running the device off of a USB flash stick, and have Apache2 (with PHP5), the default Samba install, and an FTP server.
As
Re:NSLU2 (Score:2)
I sure have - for two months I've tried to get my hands on one. Long-time backordered here in Europe :(
Thanks for the community link. Hacking it is one of my purposes :)
Re:NSLU2 (Score:1)
Then again, an ASUS WL-500G Deluxe might also be interesting; it's only got 4 MB of flash and just a 200 MHz CPU (as oposed to the NSLU2's 266MHz CPU once you de-underclock it), but it's also got a 4-port switch and wireless access point in addition to 2 USB 2.0 ports, and you can run OpenWRT [openwrt.org] on it
Well, at those prices getting both is definitely an option...
np: Auch - Forever After (Kiss Tomorow Goodbye)
Netgear Storage Central (Score:2)
Pop in two IDE drives in either RAID 1 or 0 and you've got a simple NAS device. I call it the hard drive toaster
Re:Netgear Storage Central (Score:1)
Anybody know of something similar to this, but that uses a standard like SMB or NFS?
Expandable storage (Score:2)
I-O Data UHDL-G400U (Score:2)
Depends on your needs (Score:1)
I looked for weeks, until I found this goodie from Lacie (a french company known for its MAC products): http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=1059 4 [lacie.com]
compatibility:
Windows® 98SE*; Windows® 2000*; Windows® Me*; Windows
us robotics (Score:2)
hard drive NOT included, add any external drive you like.
LaCie network disk (Score:1)
Tritton Simple NAS (Score:2)
You can get capacities up to 250GB, but I bought the bare enclosure.
Upsides:
Cheap
Built-in SAMBA server
Built-in FTP server
Works with Linux
Public/Private shares
Downsides:
FAT32
100mb/s
Telnet doesn't work right
No SSH or SFTP
Bought it for $99 at Fry's.