I was eyeballing the Apple solution because it was (1) easy and (2) cool. I doubt I would be able to get the price tag past the goalie, although she does love the HTPC to the point that it has replaced TIVO.
Yes, the Apple solution is pricey, but I think if you contacted Dell, IBM, or any of the other vendors for a comparable solution it would be just as (or maybe more) expensive. Probably overkill for most home applications but still it would work well. On 2/22/07, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not really clear on what the value of the apple solution is when you can get full fibre-channel (chasis interface and drives) from other vendors for less. I'd stick to the realm of NAS. And as far as nice a NAS chasis that is esthetically accomidating enough to blend into a home environment, infrant technologies is your best bet. Specifically the ReadyNAS NV and NV+ models. http://www.infrant.com/ >From: j maccraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> >To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [H] I think I found the solution to my HTPC storage problem >Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:47:49 -0800 (PST) > >LOL, you're on crack! > >Apple? OMG, can you say overpriced? At what benefit >over something from >another NAS vendor? Why stop at 750's? > >Nevermind the hardware specs, for home use you'd be >better "served" >@$6000 (or less) building your own solution with 5TB+ >SATA using >off-the-shelf components & FreeNAS. > >Shit, you could do separate RAID & JBOD groups using >SATA drives and >some of these new mobo's with 10+ SATA-II connectors >built into a >Coolermaster STC-T01 case. Not to mention add some >bells & whistles like >a Addonics disk array 5SA's for up to 3 groups of 5 >drives, a pair of >slim DVD burners, & TV Capture card. > >That's the kind of dream I have, more bang & >flexibility for my buck. > > >Brian Weeden wrote: > > I figure one of these outfitted with 750GB drives >would do nicely: > > > > http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/ > > > > One can dream can't they? > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Be a PS3 game guru. >Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! >Games. >http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 _________________________________________________________________ Play Flexicon: the crossword game that feeds your brain. PLAY now for FREE. http://zone.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmtagline
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