[ale] off the shelf NAS for school with Linux, Mac and Windoz PCs

[Chris Fowler]

Brian Pitts wrote:
>
>
> The disadvantage of NAS appliances is that the manufacturers
> differentiate the products by enabling or diabling features in the
> firmware. For example, does the school use Active Directory for
> authentication? If so, and you wanted the NAS to utilize that, you'd
> have to upgrade from the LinkStation EZ to Linkstation Pro.
>   

I've not looked at these products but how does the price delta
compare against a PC running a Linux disti geared toward file sharing?

The benefit of the PC could be raid.  I'm not sure if you can get raid 
with off the shelf NAS devices that are super cheap.


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