Here is what I'd like to see … a SlimSilentNAS (SSN) All the pieces are there. All that is needed is a tie integration of all components and a close partnership of all the vendors. The partnership would have a single focus -> To build a fully supported SlimServer on high performance quiet NAS <- The partners in my "dream scenario" would be Slim Devices, Infrant and A-Tech Fabrication. The SSN would be a ReadyNAS NV board inside an A-Tech NAS4x optimized to run SlimServer. Slim Devices already has some sort of partnership with Infrant and Infrant already supplies A-Tech with NAS boards. All we need is one or a combination of these vendors to put a small team together to built this SSN. This team would optimize the Slimserver to run on the NV or NV like board, find the best performance server duty RAID drives for the NAS4x box, test/built the SSNs and provide support to end users… when necessary.
Cons: Ok, there are some limitation. The NAS board that I'd like to have is the board in the ReadyNAS NV, but it will not fit in the NAS4x without "some modifications". Infrant makes other boards that do fit the NAS4x, namely, the IT71004 board. There is also limitations on Hot-Swapping the RAID drives as the NAS4x is a close box. Cost, well one can start with one drive and build up. Currently. Infrant does not support pre-releases of SlimServer or full support of Plug-ins. (Infrant is already working on providing full support for Plug-ins). Pros: Quiet (Fanless), would coexist and look nice with any AV System (the NAS4x is available in Black and Silver), 1 Gig Ethernet with big frames, up to 2TB of storage (4 500GB Drives), Plug-n-play out of the box, no need for a PC. Infrant Ready NAS NV http://www.infrant.com/ A-Tech NAS4x http://www.atechfabrication.com/products/mass_storage_NAS4X.htm Am I dreaming too big here? -- tamanaco ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21414 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
