I was actually going to ask about Home NAS options, hell, maybe building my own. I really need one that has some sort of RAID and support for Apple network protocols for Time Machine. DLNA would be nice too.<div><br></div>
<div>My "build a NAS" plan was going to be to find a MTX Atom board (with a CF or bootable USB slot), two 1TB HDDs, and FreeNAS. I haven't executed on it because I can't find an Atom board that suits the needs I have.</div>
<div><br></div><div>--Cameron<a href="http://ghostfreeman.net" target="_blank"></a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 12:56 PM, John Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j@intte.com" target="_blank">j@intte.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I guess the issues other than the basic one of price would be:<br>
reliablility.<br>
<br>
raid 1<br>
<br>
Ability to pop a drive out and read it if the unit fries. Are there<br>
systems with software versus hardware raid? My understanding is that<br>
software is easier to recover if the hardware fails.<br>
<br>
Transfer speed is probably not an issue. This is more for the first<br>
layer of backup for multiple pc's in the household. It probably won't be<br>
getting hammered on a regular basis.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On 09/16/2012 12:39 PM, JD wrote:<br>
> On 09/16/2012 12:02 PM, John Anderson wrote:<br>
>> Any recommendations/cautions about picking up a home nas? It's for my<br>
>> brother in law so he probably won't want a re-purposed PC. Looking to<br>
>> spend <$500<br>
> You usually get what you pay for.<br>
> <a href="http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-charts/view" target="_blank">http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-charts/view</a> will get you (or him) started.<br>
><br>
> There are many other caveats, but without requirements or use scenarios, I can't<br>
> begin to make any suggestions.<br>
><br>
> If he wants low price over all else, there are cheap 1 or 2 disk options without<br>
> any advanced capabilities. However, these have pretty poor performance, but that<br>
> may not be an issue.<br>
><br>
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