Hi, Hard drives are indeed very cheap at the moment but you need something to put them in and that something also needs to connect to your network.
The box we have based this on is very similar to the Linkstation but has better data transfer rates than the Linkstation. Of course whilst the unit runs Slimserver, there is no reason why the device can't be used as a normal NAS drive as well. The unit also has a USB socket and a copy button on the front so most digital cameras can be just plugged in and the pictures copied straight over. Whilst the box is Linux based it is going to have to be kept a closed system. The company who has developed the hardware for us wants to protect its IP but has worked with us on getting Slimserver working on it (and believe me it has been hard work). If you want a NAS device that you can run as a Linux application server either buy a Kuro Box or hack a Linkstation. Price wise the Linkstation has lowered the price NAS devices this is true and it would be great if we could just Telnet into the root of Linkstation and install Slimserver - but we can't without spending time hacking box and you get no support for Slimserver. A 120Gb Linkstation costs about �160 > �180 delivered in the UK so we aren't going to be that much more expensive plus the hard drives that we are going to use have been designed for RAID servers and not only are they very quiet they run very cool. Anyway all feedback is welcome. Ultra238a -- ultra238a _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
