Network Attached Storage

[leegroves86]

I want to hook a HDD up to my network as a NAS. I was wondering if it was possible to take an old IDE or SATA HDD, put it in some type of enclosure and just hook an ethernet cable into the back. Basically, cut out the need for a full flegded pc.
I know you can purchas NAS stationis but i want to this on the cheap. Newegg has external enclosures that go from IDE to Ethernet, eighty dollars though. Anyone aware of a simple converter or somethin? thanx

 

[leegroves86]

bump?

 

[Kenazo]

Buy old Pentium 200mhz era computer. Put hard drive in said computer, hook to internet, share hard drive, voila.

 

[leegroves86]

I know i could do that, but I don't have an old computer on my hands anymore. Instead I want the hard drive somehow hooked into my router directly. Are those NAS stations you see pretty much parts of a computer inside? Is there an IDE to ethernet adapter somehow?

 

[Kenazo]

Are there only windows computers on the network? Something like this would fit the bill. This one is only IDE though. Not that it matters, since the network connection will be what's slowing you down, not the IDE or SATA connection.

 

[leegroves86]

ya all windows computers