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Build the $340 NAS for half the price but double the speed

Build the $340 NAS for half the price but double the speedHard Drives not included in this articleGeorge doesn't mention the cost of hard drives, currently a 500GB drive is about $120-130. The Elite 340 case George specifies in this article is a MicroATX case with two 5.25 and...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, NAS, FreeNAS

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

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Iomega's NAS: Is the mainstream ready for network storage?

I want one! ntntWow, that is monstrously overpriced...$699? You must be joking.I can get an 8(*t)b ReadyNAS for that, and it's a much better box. This isn't just 'kind of overpriced,' this is, 'wow, did the people buying this buy the first thing they saw?!' overpriced.Pricing from Iomega:CAPACITY CONNECTIVITY ITEM...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Apple Time Capsule, Consumer NAS, Iomega Corp., storage, NAS, tech support, network, network storage

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with Ikea

How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with IkeaDIYI used to have a voltage 110 to 220V convertor housed in a cocoa box, the guy who DIY-ed for me forgot to wash the box, so everytime the convertor got hot, that's every time, I got the nice cocoa smell all...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, DIY NAS device, NAS, How-To, IKEA

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with Ikea

The crazy chaps at Indestructibles have cobbled together a how-to guide on building one's own network attached storage, or NAS, device. Using the stainless steel "Emu" box from IKEA ($7 per set), one Instructables user created a NAS system to be proud of. And since he went...

Tags: NAS, IKEA, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-10

The great server-centric personal computing experiment begins

The great server-centric personal computing experiment beginsSounds good! One tip...I'd consider Ubuntu 8.04.1 server edition, instead of 8.10. Nothing like a rock-steady LTS for a server...If you need support for very new hardware: on January 22, version 8.04.2 will be released. Not only will this point release contain all accumulated...

Tags: Servers, Desktops, server, LTS, personal computing experiment, centric personal computing experiment, hardware, computing experiment, great Server, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Anyone here own a 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11?

Anyone here own a 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11?ConfusedSeaTools Enterprise Edition only scans for SCSI only found my DVD burner, but my 1.5TB is a SATA drive.Anyway, my drive has firmware version SD17 according to "SeaTools for Windows". I cannot find any information regarding part number, though.I haven't experienced any appreciable...

Tags: Storage, Seagate Technology LLC, RAID, SCSI, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

Best storage strategies for the multimedia PC

Best storage strategies for the multimedia PCCan FreeBSD or Linux use ICH Raid?I'm looking at building a NAS server for my video surveillance DVR at work. need lots of storage I am looking at rack mount cases and boards for this, my question is does the Intel ICH RAID only...

Tags: Operating systems, strategy, RAID, storage, Microsoft Windows, multimedia

Discussion threads 2007-08-26

Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSD

Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSDLinux server for home use?[i]By the nature of *nix aren't you running a server theoretically.It's just a matter of starting or enabling i.e. apt-get a few services or packages all w/o a reboot.[/i]I have one machine that is used as a server/desktop for backups,...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Nothing, Microsoft Windows Home Server, server, Linux, Linux server, Microsoft Windows, BSD

Discussion threads 2007-05-18

2.5 TERABYTE hot-swap storage for $730!

2.5 TERABYTE hot-swap storage for $730!FreeNASIf you want to build a simple NAS system and you have a spare PC hanging about... check out FreeNAS.Decimal vs. binary"Tera" is an SI unit, defined in decimal. So is "Giga", "Mega", "Kilo", etc.Only an old pedantic fart would still go on and on...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Taxes, Free trade, way thing, storage, NAS

Discussion threads 2007-04-30

Windows Home Server Build 3790 (Windows Home Server)

Windows Home Server Build 3790 Windows Home ServerHardware requirements wouldn't be too highCertainly a server that serves 100 or more clients needs better hardware, but if we're talking about enough to serve a family of as many as ten people even a three year old computer will have more than...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, Desktops, Video Requirements, server, Home Server, computer, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, hardware, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-04-20