> -----Original Message----- > From: Duane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 2:18 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Low Cost NAS > > Hi All, > > I'm looking for a low cost NAS solution for a home office. Preferable > something that supports SATA IDE drives. Any suggestions?
Among the four drive units that I researched the Buffalo was the cheapest at around $600 with small drives (something like 250 Gig of storage). It's updatable to 1.6 Gig at least. Buffalo also makes single drive NAS enclosures for as little as $200 and NetGear has a neat little two Drive box for a little over a $100 but I don't think it's SATA. Personally after researching things I went with the ReadyNAS box. It was a little more expensive than the Buffalo box (a lot more expensive if you get it preconfigured with drives) but offers a lot more options and operating system-level expandability. Also stay away from the Ximeta Boxes - they're on the pricier end and require the installation of a connectivity applet to each box that you want to access them. Big pain in the ass. The better units require no special installations on consuming nodes. Tigerdirect.com has a great selection of these boxes. They don't always have the best prices tho' - but the site can give you a lot of options to check out. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205096 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
