My home network depends on my PC for filestorage needs, and the two mobile laptops archive alot of stuff on my PC. I'm looking for a cheap NAS solution so I can turn off my PC but leave a storage box online for access to mp3's, video files, doc files and such that currently are served via my PC.
I see alot of firewire/USB 2.0 enclosures that take cheap IDE drives. Does such a beast exist with some embedded RTOS or Linux
that I can take some cheap drives, throw them in and make them available to the network.
I don't want to gear up a small PC etc. Just a quiet little box that plugs into the router.
So far I found a Linksys 80Gb cheap NAS at Amazon/Buy.com
and a "Tritton Technologies" NAS box with 120Gb for 299.00
I'd appreciate some help and pointers...
p.s. RAID not necessary but a nice bonus. (About 200Gb)
Thanks
11Blade
I see alot of firewire/USB 2.0 enclosures that take cheap IDE drives. Does such a beast exist with some embedded RTOS or Linux
that I can take some cheap drives, throw them in and make them available to the network.
I don't want to gear up a small PC etc. Just a quiet little box that plugs into the router.
So far I found a Linksys 80Gb cheap NAS at Amazon/Buy.com
and a "Tritton Technologies" NAS box with 120Gb for 299.00
I'd appreciate some help and pointers...
p.s. RAID not necessary but a nice bonus. (About 200Gb)
Thanks
11Blade
