Does something like this exist? For a reasonable price?

[RaiderJ]

I'm looking for basically a NAS device that can take SATA drives and do RAID 5 w/ hot swapping. I don't really need something too fancy, just a more elegant way to store data other than hard drives on individual computers. USB/Firewire functionality would be a plus, but not required.

Any suggestions on a good brand/company to go with?

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1780693,00.asp

This is a great NAS with 1TB of storage, 4 USB 2.0 ports for expandability, Ethernet, and RAID 0/1/5 capabilities. It's pretty costly though, at a whopping $1000. Dunno if it has hot-swap or not, but it is "elegant".

 

[RaiderJ]

I looked at that... doesn't seem too pricey if that were to include the 1TB of storage, but $1000 for only 250GB it seems a bit much.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Nonono it is 1TB for $1000

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822155306

 

[imported_Kensai]

Not bad. But it's 1$ a gig.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Well, it's techincally a MINI COMPUTER with $1 a gig

 

[21stHermit]

Consider this in a build your own NAS:

Base it around this SuperMicro 5 HDs in 3 bay rack.
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/17-121-404-04.JPG

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[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: 21stHermit
Consider this in a build your own NAS:

Base it around this SuperMicro 5 HDs in 3 bay rack.
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/17-121-404-04.JPG

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That wont fit into normal drive bays... those are for Rack drive bays not tower drive bays... I wanted that one but the biggest one they make is 4 bays.

 

[21stHermit]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
That wont fit into normal drive bays... those are for Rack drive bays not tower drive bays... I wanted that one but the biggest one they make is 4 bays.

I think you are incorrect, check the dimensions.
The photo shows the drives on their flat sides, I think that to fit the drives are on edge. So you have a 5.25" wide bay and fit 5 - 1" HD's in that space. Cozy, Yes!!!

Hermit

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I would build your own. A cheap Celeron Sever board like the Trinity GC-SL (S2707) 256MB of 2100 memory. With the PCI-X slot, get you a good LSI RAID card like the MegaRAID 300-8x, 6x, or 4x. Get a Celeron D 315 Get all the harddrives you want for it. Grab a good PSU depending on the HDs you get and then put it all in a good server case with a Hot Swap cage. Get a good Intel Network card like the Intel 8490XT Gigabit While this will all cost more, it would be certainly more effective.

 

[imported_Tick]

BYORNAS.

I sugest taking an old tower, gutting it, putting it in a server case, adding a raid card (PCI-X isn't gonna make a huge difference.), and adding drives at will.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: Tick
BYORNAS.

translation plz