Network HardDrive, Suggestions??

[thorin]

Does anyone know of a cheap Network accessable (stand alone) Hard Drive solution? I'd like to setup a hard drive on my network (not inside any 1 system) to act as a file server/backup solution.

Something like this . Only a bit cheaper (closer to $350 CDN).

Thorin

 

[nuttervm]

have you checked out the maxtor maxattach line? i don't know how much they cost, but they seemed to be somewhat value-oriented.

 

[Gunbuster]

That stuff has never moved to the consumer space, hence it costs big $$$. It's cheaper to pickup a lowend system to use as a server (and 700MHz is lowend these days)

 

[thorin]

Thanks for the suggestion, but just had a quick look and their 3000 series says "$1,595 for 40 GB, $1,995 for 80 GB, and
$2,495 for 120GB"

The one from Promise that I linked to in the first post is $600 without drives (IDE RAID say 2 40GB is roungly $300...bring the total to ~$900).

Thorin

 

[bozo1]

You're probably looking for something like this or this. The Maxtor model runs around USD$900 for the 80-gig model. The Quantum about $500 for 40GB, $750 for 80GB.

Your best bet would be to throw an old PC on your network and attach whatever size disk you need.

 

[thorin]

The Quantum Snap servers are looking the closest so far.

Keep the ideas coming guys.

Thanks,
Thorin

 

[Pariah]

This stuff isn't cheap:

MWave

 

[thorin]

The NETGEAR ones on that page don't seem too bad. I'll have to find more info on them.

Thorin