"lmirg...@microworld.org" <lmirg...@microworld.org> wrote on 05/17/2011
01:11:42 PM:
> The interest of a NAS is that it provides a strong RAID system with
> a lightweight Linux system on top - and this at a reasonable price.
Yeah... No. No it does not. It provides *EXACTLY* the same RAID system
that you can get with *any* old Linux system.
It may include a very attractive package: I love the size and shape of,
say, the Iomega ix4-200d. But all its got is a very standard SATA
interface and MD for RAID. Just like *EVERY* Linux distribution in the
last decade or so.
> If you want a good RAID system on a standard server/desktop it
> becomes really more expensive (as RAID systems are generally not in
> the default configuration).
They are just as "in the default configuration" as that NAS device.
Low-end NAS devices offer nothing outside of packaging and turn-key
operation FOR THE SOFTWARE THEY INCLUDE. Everthing else is just one sharp
corner after another.
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