For a DIY rig, go grab FreeNAS and then snag this tutorial.
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| BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member  “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09 |  Posted - Nov 21 2009 : 6:24PMDo they make NAS enclosures (diskless)? Why can't I find piece-meal parts like all other computer components (for a DIY project)? I'm not referring to 1-3 bay NASes, but 4-5 bay systems. A small ATX mini tower is much cheaper to make, than a 5 bay NAS (but you don't get the space savings like the NAS). [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Nov 21 2009 : 8:20PM |
| BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Nov 22 2009 : 12:16PM I was spoiled in a previous job where I used a Thecus (5200 maybe?), but I know a 4-5 bay Thecus is out of my price range. I just have always found it funny that a 4 bay NAS is 4x a cost of a 5-6 bay mini-tower (including a cheap 6-channel SATA-II mobo and 1000bT NIC). But I forgot about the embedded OS and mini-motherboard. Thanks again. [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Nov 22 2009 : 12:22PM I did buy the ReadyNAS DUO simply because it was so freakin' small. It is literally smaller than a 2-year old Seagate external hard drive I've got and it holds two hot-swappable drives and has 3 more USB ports. I set that one up as our family iTunes server and as a central backup point for my wifes scrapbooking pics and all the kids' laptops. For the money, I'm happy with it as it is so small. I set this up at our kitchen desk where my wife does all her photo stuff...she can just pop her card into the reader and it goes right to the NAS and is now redundantly backed up as well. A minitower there would have looked atrocious. [Link] |
| BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Nov 22 2009 : 6:30PM I still don't get it either. Seriously, if I had a machine shop and materials, I would give it a wack and try to make my own. Maybe I would need to have it controlled by PC, but I think I could design an enclosure with power, fan & maybe ethernet board (RJ-45), all for fraction the cost. It doesn't make much business sense to me, to price NASes out of common SOHO users budgets. Especially as people's digital collections continue to grow bigger (and I'm not talking about those 1-3 bay NASes). [Link] |
| BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Nov 22 2009 : 8:31PM Now if these WD 2GB drives would just fall in price to $100-150... [Link] |
| cubesnake Senior Member 3858 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 1:04PM about these days [:P)][:P)][:P)]Cube [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 4:19PM [Link] |
| cubesnake Senior Member 3858 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Dec 1 2009 : 4:56AM Cube Edited by - cubesnake on 12/1/2009 4:57:32 AM [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Dec 2 2009 : 1:48AM I think I've digital OCD. :( [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Dec 8 2009 : 11:33PM [Link] |
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