nice and cheap Network Attached Storage?

[iskim86]

where can I get one? I'm looking for ones that either have a built in drive or without.

what do you guys think about this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822154326

It's for home use with 8 of my roommates.

any input would be appreciated....

thanks!

 

[SmackAHobo]

Lol, nah man look around some more. For that your paying $1/Gb where as you should be paying about $0.50 - $0.75 per Gb. I know that doesn't sound like your spending all that much more, but if you add it up you'll see the difference. I found a 250Gb portable HDD the other day for $175.

 

[iskim86]

Originally posted by: SmackAHobo
Lol, nah man look around some more. For that your paying $1/Gb where as you should be paying about $0.50 - $0.75 per Gb. I know that doesn't sound like your spending all that much more, but if you add it up you'll see the difference. I found a 250Gb portable HDD the other day for $175.

is it a network attached storage.

 

[soydios]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...PERTY&SubCategory=481&Manufactory=1306
Ignore the first result, $160 for 160GB is awful, but any of the other ones are decent.

 

[iskim86]

what if I can get the Simpletech 160gig network drive for $90 with free shipping?

 

[erwos]

Buy the enclosure separately from the drive. That will not only give you more flexibility, but it could wind up being cheaper if you find a good drive deal. How are you guys connected? 802.11g? 802.11b? 10/100 ethernet? Gigabit?

 

[NuAlphaMan]

Originally posted by: erwos
Buy the enclosure separately from the drive. That will not only give you more flexibility, but it could wind up being cheaper if you find a good drive deal. How are you guys connected? 802.11g? 802.11b? 10/100 ethernet? Gigabit?

He makes a good point. Here is one that I use. It works fairly well as a NAS or USB connected device.

 

[imported_Ned Flanders]

NSLU2?

 

[robisc]

NuAlphaMan that NAS box looks interesting at that price, but you say it works "fairly" well, what do you not like about it? How fast is it? I had the WD Netcenter and it was excruciatingly slow, so I returned it, now I am looking for another.

 

[Madwand1]

Consumer NAS boxes are all slow until you spend a lot more money. The Thecus 5200 for example starts to approach the performance of a DIY NAS server (it has a 600 MHz Celeron M). Most others are what I call "fakegigabit" at best. Maybe in a year or so they'll get better.