[wplug] NAS Appliance recommendations

[Andrew Fisk]

Why not just pick up and a PC and build one --  SME server  
(contibs.org) would give your users a pretty nice web gui and you can  
kill any and all services you don't want.  I just did a similar config  
for a client and the hardware from dell was about $700 (2 drives not  
4) -- but the raid card will support 4 drives.  Not sure if that fits  
within the budget -- It's  going to be more expensive than a USB  
solution -- but will offer better flexibility and performance,



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (412) 749-0162
andy at spitcomp.com
www.spitcomp.com






On Aug 13, 2009, at Thursday, August 13, 200911:19 AM, G.Pitman wrote:

> Hi,
> I am shopping for a small NAS appliance and would like some  
> recommendations.
> This is for a small business that does not want to spend much money  
> but would be interested in something a little better than a two disk  
> usb attached enclosure running raid 1.
> Ideally I would like to find something that would hold four 1 TB  
> drives and not be software raid.
>
> This would be attached to a linux server and be used mostly for  
> email svn repo backup.
>
> The more I read reviews about these devices the more they scare me.  
> If anyone knows of a trustworthy device I would like to know.
>
> Thanks, in advance,
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